Extracts from Commons debate on Global Britain: Nord Stream 2 - Jan 11
Tuesday, 12 January 2021 08:22
Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):...The United
States of America has been a very good example in its effective
engagement with the three seas initiative, treating those 12
countries as a specific entity, investing in them and supporting
them strategically from a defence perspective. In the post-Brexit
era, we can show real leadership on our continent by supporting the
three seas initiative and putting sanctions on the Nord Stream 2
pipeline. Now no longer constrained by our...Request free trial
(Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):...The United States
of America has been a very good example in its effective engagement
with the three seas initiative, treating those 12 countries as a
specific entity, investing in them and supporting them
strategically from a defence perspective. In the post-Brexit era,
we can show real leadership on our continent by supporting the
three seas initiative and putting sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Now no longer
constrained by our membership of the European Union, we ought to
follow our American friends in imposing sanctions on any company
involved in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is a real
issue for many politicians who represent countries in the three
seas initiative.
This undersea gas pipeline that the Germans are building directly
to Russia, bypassing all the gas and oil networks that run through
our NATO partners, is extremely dangerous because it puts our NATO
partners at great additional pressure from Moscow and makes them
susceptible to additional energy blackmail, which the Russians have
used so successfully in the past. The United States of America has
managed to halt temporarily the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline through
sanctions on companies involved. I urge the Minister now, in a
post-Brexit context, to show the same courage and resolve that his
American counterparts are doing in standing up from a moral,
strategic and security perspective, challenging the Germans not to
endanger our NATO partners in this way, and imposing sanctions on
any company involved in this highly risky project for the future
security of our continent...
The Minister for Trade Policy ():...Let me zip through the other speeches. My
right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr
Francois) quoted the words of Pericles; we were all expecting to
hear Churchill, but instead he quoted another of the Prime
Minister’s great heroes and we thank him for that. My hon. Friend
the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham () talked about Nord Stream 2 my hon. Friend the
Member for Morecambe and Lunesdale () about the importance of Heysham as a port, my hon.
Friend the Member for Congleton () about the
importance of human rights, my hon. Friend the Member for
Rushcliffe () about both manufacturing and Stilton, and my hon.
Friend the Member for Barrow and Furness () about
international development and vaccine development...
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