Extract from Opposition
day debate (Commons) on Support for Ukraine and Countering
Threats from Russia
(Tottenham) (Lab):...NATO’s
fundamental importance has been restated and reaffirmed, with new
deployments to eastern European allies. Chancellor Olaf Scholz
has taken the brave decision to cancel Nord
Stream 2 to increase German defence spending and
to export military equipment. Sweden and Finland—non-NATO members
with histories of neutrality—have exported weapons to Ukraine.
The United States has restated its absolute commitment to the
security of Europe. The EU has agreed unparalleled sanctions, and
the energy transition towards a low-carbon future for Europe,
free from the shackles of dependency on Russian energy, has been
accelerated, as has been underlined by my hon. Friend the Member
for Rochdale ()...
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Extract from Lords
repeat of Commons statement on Ukraine
(LD): I
imagine that the Minister, like me, has been in awe of the
demonstrations of physical courage by so many of the citizens of
Ukraine. I hope I can persuade him to accept that there have been
some illustrations of political courage. I have particularly in
mind the policy reverses of Germany: to supply defensive weapons
to Ukraine, to increase defence expenditure by €100 billion and
to suspend Nord Stream
2 Mr Putin can hardly be thought to have expected
any of that.
(Con): I thank
the noble Lord for that. I am not sure it was a question, but of
course I agree with him: it was a courageous act on the part of
the Germans, and well done them.
