Situation in Russia

Lyn Brown Excerpts
Monday 26th June 2023

(10 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Cleverly Portrait James Cleverly
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The hon. Gentleman sadly displays a lack of knowledge about international law. Governments cannot simply seize the assets of individuals; to do so would be in complete violation of the normative standards of international law. We have passed legislation making it very clear that frozen assets will remain frozen until significant and appropriate reparations are made by those individuals and entities that have facilitated the conflict. With regard to the frozen Chelsea FC assets, I refer him to the answer that I gave him when he asked his factually incorrect question at the Foreign Affairs Committee session.

Lyn Brown Portrait Ms Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab)
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That is really not very clever.

Eleanor Laing Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)
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Order. I say to those on the Opposition Front Bench that they should not be heard while they are sitting down.