Ukraine Humanitarian Support 2023-01-31
2023-01-31
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Q1
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The ongoing conflict in Ukraine and international support for the country.
What diplomatic steps is his Department taking to strengthen the international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine?
The UK has committed £220 million of humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and the region, enabling the provision of essential services and protection for the most vulnerable. A review of humanitarian spend will be published later this year. The UK is working closely with our international partners, including those in the G7, to accelerate efforts to secure a just and sustainable peace for the people of Ukraine.
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Did not provide specific diplomatic steps beyond general statements about collaboration and humanitarian aid
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Support from the UK towards Ukraine, focusing on long-term commercial support.
What long-term commercial links are the Government building with Ukraine to ensure that reconstruction efforts are successful and sustainable?
The hon. Lady makes an incredibly important point. We are proud of the role that the UK has played in helping Ukraine to defend itself against the initial attack by Russia, and increasingly it is pushing Russian forces back in the east and south of the country as it successfully repulses the illegal invasion. She is right to say that we should be thinking about what happens next, and the reconstruction and reform programme. We will be hosting an event in June this year where the international community will come together to discuss the long-term relationship with Ukraine, to ensure its safety and economic rebound.
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Did not provide specific commercial relationships or commitments beyond mentioning a future meeting
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Supporting Ukraine, focusing on ensuring that those who funded the invasion bear costs and reparations.
What is being done to ensure that Russia pays for the damage it is causing? Specifically, what are his thoughts on the Canadian model targeting frozen assets of oligarchs?
It is the most obvious tenet of natural justice that those individuals and entities who funded the brutality that is being directed at Ukraine and the Ukrainian people are ultimately those who should go on to carry the heaviest burden for the payment, and the cost of the reconstruction and rebuilding of that country. We work closely with our Canadian allies. I discussed this matter with the Canadian Prime Minister on my recent visit to Canada, and we will look closely and learn lessons from their activities on this issue.
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Did not provide specific actions or commitments beyond general principles and collaboration with Canada
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Support for Ukrainian refugees in the UK, emphasizing the importance of rapid aid provision.
What diplomatic steps is my right hon. Friend taking to ensure that our allies also hear the message about supporting Ukraine's frontline?
My hon. Friend speaks about the compassion and support of his constituents in Newcastle-under-Lyme for Ukrainian refugees. Other families in the region and across the UK have offered that, too. That is their important contribution to Ukraine's war effort. Our contribution is that military aid, the economic aid and reconstruction aid, but also to ensure that we rouse our friends in the international community to provide the Ukrainians with the tools that they need to liberate themselves from Russian aggression. We were there at the start and will be there at the finish. We will continue to support the Ukrainians in their self-defence.
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Did not provide specific diplomatic steps beyond general commitments of ongoing support
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Cutting of total international development spending in the UK and its impact on influencing other governments to support Ukraine.
How much more difficult is it for the British Government to exercise such influence since their decision to cut total international development spending?
The hon. and gallant Gentleman is right to say that Russia has made a concerted effort to fracture the international coalition of condemnation, particularly in the global south and in Africa. My ministerial colleagues and I, and in particular the Development Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell), have been doing very focused work on countering Russian disinformation in the global south about the war in Ukraine, highlighting that it is Russian aggression that is limiting food supplies to the global south. We know that will be an enduring piece of work, and I assure him and the House that we will continue to make people understand who is genuinely at fault in this.
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Did not provide specific impact or difficulties caused by reduced funding beyond mentioning ongoing efforts to counter disinformation
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