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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"What assessment have the Minister and the Government made of Lukashenko’s statement in the past couple of days that, in any furthering and deepening of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Minsk will not stand by and be neutral? Would that not be bad not just for people in Ukraine, …..."
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Written Question
Taiwan: Foreign Relations
Friday 19th November 2021

Asked by: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when officials in her Department last communicated with the office of the Lord Provost of Glasgow in relation to Taiwan; and if she will publish a minute of those discussions.

Answered by Amanda Milling

An official from Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office communicated with the office of the Lord Provost of Glasgow on Friday 12th November. As this was an informal discussion no minute was taken of the conversation.

Written Question
Ukraine: Press Freedom
Wednesday 17th November 2021

Asked by: Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Scottish National Party - Glasgow South)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take to support the independence of the press in Ukraine following the recent closure of the English language newspaper The Kyiv Post.

Answered by Wendy Morton - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The FCDO is committed to supporting freedom of the media, and preserving media plurality, in Ukraine. We do this through targeted project interventions and advocating on media freedom issues in our political messaging, both in public and in private. We are currently providing support to the Ukrainian Public Broadcaster, working with BBC Media Action, and have previously funded projects assisting a number of independent media channels.

The FCDO remains committed to the Global Media Freedom campaign launched in 2018. Through the UK's co-chairing of the Media Freedom Coalition we are working to improve media freedom domestically and internationally. We support, and encourage our European partners to support, the Global Media Defence Fund, managed by UNESCO, to which we have pledged £3 million over five years. The Fund has already supported over 1600 journalists globally, including in Ukraine.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Sanctions

"We welcome the measures by the Government—we have no objections to them whatever—and I do not think there is any point in detaining the House on this any longer than we must...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Afghanistan: Inquiry

"I congratulate the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), the Chair of the Defence Committee, on securing the debate, and commend him for the leadership he has shown in the weeks and months since the withdrawal was undertaken.

It would perhaps seem strange if we did not acknowledge …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Afghanistan: Inquiry

"The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I believe that the Defence Committee has started its investigation, and we on the Foreign Affairs Committee have started ours. Parliament has a role to play in doing its job and scrutinising what Government have and have not done, and making recommendations for …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Afghanistan: Inquiry

"Indeed. Can the hon. Gentleman imagine what a slap in the face it will be to those who put on the uniform so bravely—for whom we wear the poppy at this time of year—if we do not take the time to learn lessons, as the right hon. Member for Bournemouth …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Afghanistan: Inquiry

"And turn—and even if the hon. Gentleman suggests that we rise again, I suggest that this should perhaps be something from which we learn and get to what we really need, which is the reinvigoration and assessment of what the liberal international order is actually for and how it will …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Afghanistan: Inquiry

"As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I can tell the House that we are proceeding with our inquiry on this. However, I submitted a number of written questions to the Minister’s Department when the previous Foreign Secretary was still in post. I do not want this to come …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Nov 2021
Afghanistan: Inquiry

"Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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