G20 and Ukraine

Vikki Slade Excerpts
Tuesday 25th November 2025

(1 day, 3 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I agree with the right hon. Gentleman, and I can give him that reassurance. That is why we are working as closely as we are with the Ukrainians, particularly with the President but at all levels.

Vikki Slade Portrait Vikki Slade (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (LD)
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I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as the host of a Ukrainian.

Given the growing instability around the world and the absence of the US President from both the G20 summit and COP30, how will the Prime Minister use the close relationship between the UK and America to ensure that Trump does not undermine the ability of global partnerships and agencies to keep us all safe from all types of problems in the future?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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It is very important that we make the case for multilateral work across the globe, whether it is done by the G20 or by COP30. We will constantly make that case, because it is important for a rules-based system throughout the world—of which the United Nations is one part and the principles of war are another—but it is also in our own interests as the United Kingdom.