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Mark Eastwood

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Prisons and Probation: Foreign National Offenders
Tuesday 12th March 2024

(9 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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The British Government have always made it clear that they will recognise the Palestinian state when they think the time is right and such recognition would be helpful.

Mark Eastwood Portrait Mark Eastwood (Dewsbury)  (Con)
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T5. The Belarusian company Alutech has somehow managed to circumvent sanctions and set up in the UK, in direct competition with its business partner, Dewsbury-based Alunet, whose turnover has been halved from £30 million to £15 million and has shed jobs as a result of that unfair competition. Will the Minister agree to meet with me and directors of Alunet to discuss how we can resolve this terrible situation?

Anne-Marie Trevelyan Portrait The Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Anne-Marie Trevelyan)
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I thank my hon. Friend for raising this important issue. As he knows, some of our officials have met representatives of the company concerned, and we are continuing to take action to close gaps between our Russian and Belarusian sanctions—we keep them under constant review. I would be very happy to meet with my hon. Friend to discuss the Belarusian sanctions further.

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