Oral Answers to Questions

Justin Madders Excerpts

Wednesday 16th March 2022 Commons Chamber

[The Deputy Prime Minister]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I pay tribute to not only his constituents, but the Polish community in particular for their big-hearted support for the people of Ukraine. As a leading donor—I believe the second largest donor to Ukraine—we have committed a further £174 million in aid, bringing our total to £400 million. But that will also support those countries in close proximity to Ukraine—its neighbours—and first and foremost will be Poland.

[Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab)]

Q11.   On 28 April 2018, when he was Foreign Secretary, the Prime Minister is reported to have attended a party at a castle in Italy, where he met a former KGB officer. That was just weeks after the Salisbury poisonings and immediately after he attended a NATO summit on Russia. If that is not astonishing enough in itself, it is also reported that he travelled there without any security detail or officials present. So will there now be an investigation into what sounds like a complete failure of national security?

[The Deputy Prime Minister]

The hon. Gentleman is talking total nonsense and I do not have anything to add to what I have already said.