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Nigel Mills Excerpts
Tuesday 8th March 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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What the hon. and learned Lady said is simply not true. The Polish Government, who the hon. and learned Lady should be listening to—and she should take responsibility here—have said that donations in kind generates

“disproportional amounts of additional work and cost, which proves ineffective and counterproductive”.

With all due respect to the hon. and learned Lady, I think the Polish Government know more about the situation on the border with Ukraine than she does.

Nigel Mills Portrait Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con)
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What discussions are the Government having with our overseas territories and Crown dependencies to ensure that the measures we are taking on illicit finance are being supported by them—that those same rules are being introduced in their own territories as well?

Amanda Milling Portrait Amanda Milling
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The UK and the overseas territories stand united in condemning the Russian Government. The UK sanctions regimes apply to all overseas territories, which are completely in step with the UK and our international allies in implementing sanctions against Russia.