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Ministerial statement on Monday, 11 June 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Tony Blair.

G8 Summit

Statement on the G8 Summit which took place between 6 and 8 June 2007 in heiligendamn, Germany.

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Parliamentary proceeding
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461 c513-30 
Session
2006-07
Department
Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Andrew Mackinlay | 461 c519 (Link to this contribution) In his bilateral discussions with President Putin, was the Prime Minister not impressed by the case ...
Tony Blair | 461 c529 (Link to this contribution) Because that is neither what we are saying nor what we are doing. Allegations have been made in rela...
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Tony Blair | 461 c522 (Link to this contribution) I understand entirely the point the hon. Gentleman is making. I was quite heartened by the contribut...
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 461 c520 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, and I am sure that he speaks for the whole House in ...
Tony Blair | 461 c519-20 (Link to this contribution) What my hon. Friend says is the Russian case, but we have said throughout, and I believe this to be ...
Tony Blair | 461 c517-9 (Link to this contribution) First of all, let me— [Interruption.] First of all, let me— No, you lose any sense of embarrassment ...
Tony Blair | 461 c521 (Link to this contribution) Well, I did obviously have a discussion with President Putin about that. His view is that it is a pr...
Jeremy Corbyn | 461 c521 (Link to this contribution) In the meetings that the Prime Minister had with President Putin, was the issue of national missile ...
Tony Blair | 461 c520 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I am. One always has to be careful about taking the attitude that everything has not been achi...
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 461 c515-7 (Link to this contribution) I would like to start by thanking the Prime Minister for his statement. I wish to raise four main ar...
Tony Blair | 461 c513-5 (Link to this contribution) With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the G8 summit, which took pl...
Tony Blair | 461 c525 (Link to this contribution) The point that my hon. Friend makes is important, and I think that he is right: once an agreement is...
Tom Levitt | 461 c525 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the G8’s acknowledgement that the world’s poorest countries are also the most vulnerable t...
Tony Blair | 461 c525 (Link to this contribution) It is important that we ensure that we treat people who are here fairly. We will put £1.5 billion in...
Evan Harris | 461 c524-5 (Link to this contribution) I was pleased to hear the Prime Minister agree that the use of condoms is critical in fighting AIDS....
Tony Blair | 461 c524 (Link to this contribution) As I said earlier, if people want America to move, and it moves, let us at least say that it has mov...
Tony Blair | 461 c523-4 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I think it is important that America does that. After all, America and Russia share some clear ...
Colin Challen | 461 c524 (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the Prime Minister’s statement and congratulate him on the progress that he has made...
Tony Blair | 461 c523 (Link to this contribution) I think that it does assist the process. If the United States holds such a meeting—of the G8 plus 5 ...
Malcolm Rifkind | 461 c523 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that the recent spat between Russia and the west has little to do with...
Elliot Morley | 461 c523 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for taking the trouble, with all the pressures in his diary, personally t...
Tony Blair | 461 c523 (Link to this contribution) Of course it is. That is precisely why on the face of the agreement there is a requirement for consu...
Angus Robertson | 461 c522 (Link to this contribution) There is a lot to do on debt relief, HIV/AIDS and the environment, and on behalf of the Scottish Nat...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 461 c522 (Link to this contribution) May I add my congratulations to the Prime Minister on his achievement on the environmental front, pa...
Tony Blair | 461 c522 (Link to this contribution) It was not a specific part of the discussion, but the effectiveness of transmission programmes was. ...
David S Borrow | 461 c522 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend’s remarks about increased expenditure on HIV treatment programmes, bu...
Peter Tapsell | 461 c521 (Link to this contribution) Did the Prime Minister explain to the leaders at the G8 summit why the policies he has supported in ...
Tony Blair | 461 c521 (Link to this contribution) No, I did not. I have to say to the hon. Gentleman that I am afraid I do not recognise that either a...
Ann McKechin | 461 c521 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the emphasis on the world trade talks at last week’s meeting, but does my right hon. Frien...
Tony Blair | 461 c521 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. Part of what we did at the G8 was to recommit to the aid for trad...
Vincent Cable | 461 c528 (Link to this contribution) Following the Prime Minister’s cryptic response to the question from my right hon. and learned Frien...
William Cash | 461 c528 (Link to this contribution) As the Prime Minister knows, a child dies every 15 seconds from foul water and lack of sanitation in...
Tony Blair | 461 c528 (Link to this contribution) We are committed, as we were at Gleneagles, to deliver the water and sanitation pledges that we made...
Speaker | 461 c527 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman therefore had an opportunity to stand at the beginning.
Speaker | 461 c527 (Link to this contribution) Order. I expect hon. Members to stand at the beginning, so that I can make a calculation as to who I...
Tony Blair | 461 c528 (Link to this contribution) But not one that we shall pursue. The truth about the relationship with Russia is that we need good...
Chris Bryant | 461 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) Unlike the right hon. and learned Member for Kensington and Chelsea (Sir Malcolm Rifkind) and the im...
Tony Blair | 461 c527 (Link to this contribution) The protection of minority communities is an important issue. That is where Russia, for example—[Int...
Keith Vaz | 461 c527 (Link to this contribution) May I join the Leader of the Opposition and others in congratulating the Prime Minister on his great...
Tony Blair | 461 c527 (Link to this contribution) It is going to be an increasing feature—let me put it diplomatically—of those summits that they invo...
Alistair Burt | 461 c527 (Link to this contribution) On Kosovo, the Prime Minister and the House will recall the contribution made to the first Balkan cr...
Tony Blair | 461 c525 (Link to this contribution) I am used to unkind souls occasionally casting aspersions on what we are trying to do, but on that p...
Edward Leigh | 461 c525 (Link to this contribution) Some unkind souls have suggested that in bilaterals with Sarkozy and Merkel, the Prime Minister took...
Tony Blair | 461 c526 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for that. In relation to education, it is important that we ensure that...
Jane Kennedy | 461 c525-6 (Link to this contribution) May I invite my right hon. Friend to say a little more about what he anticipates the benefits will b...
Tony Blair | 461 c526 (Link to this contribution) Yes, that is right, and of course the whole purpose of building up something such as the clean devel...
Lord Maples | 461 c526 (Link to this contribution) It seems to me that President Bush injected a welcome note of realism and was very constructive in p...
Tony Blair | 461 c530 (Link to this contribution) Well, all these issues need to be examined. I think the most important thing is that Russia does und...
David Curry | 461 c529 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will acknowledge that there have been reassurances after every summit meeting abo...
John Bercow | 461 c530 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister’s candid exchange with President Putin. Does he agree that the abuse of...
Tony Blair | 461 c529-30 (Link to this contribution) Part of the trouble is that underneath the surface, an immense amount has been going on. The matter ...
Subjects
Education G8 Air pollution Climate change Developing countries Africa Health services International assistance HIV/AIDS Peacekeeping operations Pollution control Darfur Treaties Trade agreements United Nations Russia Sudan Greenhouse gas emissions
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