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UK Relations with Russia

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

497 c73-96WH 

Session

2008-09

Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Greg Hands | 497 c74-6WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, which I assume has come from fairly close to Downi...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 497 c74WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the thrust of the hon. Gentleman's argument this morning, but will he confirm that the ...

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Greg Hands | 497 c76-8WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is of course right. A little later, I will talk about some of the historic precedents...

Nigel Evans | 497 c76WH (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend not also staggered that the Foreign Secretary's visit to Russia in November is the...

Greg Hands | 497 c79WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, but I strongly disagree with him. Members of Parliamen...

Mark Field | 497 c78-9WH (Link to this contribution) The logic of what my hon. Friend says is that we should be interfering with what BBC interviewers do...

Ed Davey | 497 c79WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Greg Hands | 497 c73WH (Link to this contribution) I was delighted to secure the debate back in late July and I start by welcoming you to the Chair, Mr...

Greg Hands | 497 c73-4WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He has devoted considerable time to these issues. I re...

Mark Field | 497 c73WH (Link to this contribution) I had hoped to make a speech, but unfortunately I have another engagement. Whichever of the two appr...

Greg Hands | 497 c94WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?

Chris Bryant | 497 c94WH (Link to this contribution) I will not, because I have only a few minutes and a great many issues to reply on. The Prime Ministe...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 497 c94WH (Link to this contribution) Should the Foreign Secretary raise the Khodorkovsky case on his visit? If so, will he?

Chris Bryant | 497 c94WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I am sure that my right hon. Friend will. I hope to speak about that case in more detail later....

Greg Hands | 497 c95WH (Link to this contribution) My question was whether, since he became Prime Minister in 2007, the right hon. Member for Kirkcaldy...

Chris Bryant | 497 c95-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry; I misunderstood what the hon. Gentleman was asking. He referred to the President and I t...

Chris Bryant | 497 c94WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman restrain himself and wait for a moment? We try to maintain relations at the ...

Chris Bryant | 497 c93-4WH (Link to this contribution) Like my right hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd), I think this is the first time th...

Mark Francois | 497 c91-3WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Streeter. I congratulate my hon. Friend the M...

Greg Hands | 497 c79-80WH (Link to this contribution) I will not take another intervention yet; I want to move on to another point. I recently met Peter ...

Ed Davey | 497 c88-91WH (Link to this contribution) I would like to begin by welcoming the Minister for Europe to his new position in the Government. I ...

Nigel Evans | 497 c88WH (Link to this contribution) My contribution will be more of an intervention than a speech, Mr. Streeter. None the less, I am gra...

Speaker | 497 c88WH (Link to this contribution) I call Mr. Nigel Evans. You have one minute. I am sorry; you have a bit longer.

Mike Hancock | 497 c86-7WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham (Mr. Hands) on securing the debate and on ...

Speaker | 497 c86WH (Link to this contribution) We have six minutes for two speakers.

Ann Clwyd | 497 c84-6WH (Link to this contribution) Mr. Streeter, it is a pleasure to see you here. This is the first time that I have spoken under your...

David Wilshire | 497 c82-4WH (Link to this contribution) I was born when fighting stopped in Europe at the end of the second world war. I grew up in a househ...

Madeleine Moon | 497 c81-2WH (Link to this contribution) We need to look at our relationship with Russia having examined our past. We in Europe have come out...

Speaker | 497 c80WH (Link to this contribution) Five hon. Members want to catch my eye, and we have about half an hour before Front-Bench speeches b...

Subjects

International relations Germany Foreign relations USA Russia Diplomatic relations Brown, Gordon Putin, Vladimir Medvedev, Dmitry

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