Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Elections Bill (Fifth sitting)
"I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, because what we heard in evidence was that the financial threshold is exceptionally high for people to get over. We also heard in evidence that people did indeed risk their entire financial situation—they faced bankruptcy—to take that matter forward. …..."Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Elections Bill (Fifth sitting)
"I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, because I was about to come on to him...."Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Elections Bill (Fifth sitting)
"The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point, which is why I am proud that this Government have closed the tax gap to the smallest in the G20—not least through the IR35 legislation that has just gone through, which is a very important piece of legislation. This Government have done …..."Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Elections Bill (Fifth sitting)
"The point I am making, drawing on the comments that have been made, is about faith in the electoral system, and this clause creates those levels of faith. It is all very well trying denial and complacency about where we are today, but we have to accept that we now …..."Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Elections Bill (Fifth sitting)
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Elections Bill (Fifth sitting)
"The hon. Gentleman has made the point, quite rightly, that there is electoral law in place that can be used to prosecute fraud, but we heard in evidence that there is a very high bar for people, not least financially. Prevention is better than prosecution. Preventing electoral fraud from happening …..."Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Elections Bill (Fifth sitting)
"The hon. Gentleman seems to have a slight contradiction in his opinion. He said that there was minimal voter fraud and that we should take no notice of it. He has picked on one Conservative politician out of hundreds and used that as an argument...."Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Elections Bill (Fifth sitting)
"I am merely making the point that to dismiss one argument because there are not lots of people coming forward with an allegation, to then pick on one person out of hundreds of Conservatives and say, “Therefore, this is why we should not do it,” seems slightly at odds with …..."Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 20th July 2021
Asked by:
Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative - Wetherby and Easingwold)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
What recent assessment he has made of the political situation in the Crimea.
Answered by Wendy Morton
- Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Seven years on from Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, we continue to make clear to Moscow that Crimea is, and will remain part of Ukraine. Russia must withdraw forces and end illegitimate control.
Under UK leadership, G7 Foreign Ministers issued statements on 18 March, to mark the seventh anniversary of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, and on 12 April, calling for de-escalation following Russia's build-up of military forces in Crimea and near the Ukrainian border. At the G7 Cornwall Summit in June, G7 leaders called on Russia to withdraw military troops and materiel from Crimea. The Foreign Secretary has raised these matters directly with his counterparts, including on 17 June with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.
We will continue to call for international monitoring missions to have access to Crimea, currently denied by Russia. We have contributed nearly £700,000 this financial year to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission, which monitors and documents human rights abuses in Crimea. We welcome and support Ukraine’s proposal to establish an International Crimean Platform. We are exploring what role we can play.
We also remain deeply concerned about ongoing human rights abuses experienced by minorities in Crimea, including Crimean Tatars.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Feb 2021
Myanmar
"The events in Myanmar have shown that democracy is fragile. The reality is that the actions of the democracy-denying narcissist Trump in the past three months have undermined such values. Will my hon. Friend the Minister not only work with the G7, as he said, but impress upon the new …..."Alec Shelbrooke - View Speech
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