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  • Dominic Raab – 2021 Comments on UK Carrier Strike Group Deployment

    Dominic Raab – 2021 Comments on UK Carrier Strike Group Deployment

    The comments made by Dominic Raab, the Foreign Secretary, on 16 July 2021.

    The Carrier Strike Group deployment marks the start of a new era of defence cooperation with allies in India and the Indo-Pacific.

    By visiting 40 countries and working alongside our partners, the UK is standing up for democratic values, seizing new trading opportunities and tackling the shared threats we face together.

    The deployment will interact with India, strengthening our already deep ties for the benefit of both our peoples’ security and prosperity.

  • Ben Wallace – 2021 Comments on UK Carrier Strike Group Deployment

    Ben Wallace – 2021 Comments on UK Carrier Strike Group Deployment

    The comments made by Ben Wallace, the Secretary of State for Defence, on 16 July 2021.

    The UK Carrier Strike Group deployment is a major moment for UK defence as we develop this cutting edge capability across the globe.

    The group is sailing the Indian Ocean and will shortly conduct exercises with the Indian Navy, building on our already strong partnership with an important ally and friend.

    The deployment illustrates the UK’s enduring commitment to global defence and security, strengthening our existing alliances and forging new partnerships with like-minded countries as we face up to the challenges of the 21st century.

  • Conor McGinn – 2021 Comments on MI5’s Threat Warning

    Conor McGinn – 2021 Comments on MI5’s Threat Warning

    The comments made by Conor McGinn, the Shadow Security Minister, on 15 July 2021.

    This is a stark warning from the Director General of MI5 of the scale of threat our country is facing from hostile state actors. Those in our police and security services are working tirelessly to tackle this threat.

    However, Labour has warned time and again that the Government is not doing enough. Conservative Ministers delayed the publication of the Russia Report for years and have still not committed to its full implementation. The failure of the U.K. Government to act fully on this threat is a serious risk for national security.

  • Emily Thornberry – 2021 Comments on Boris Johnson and Amazon Environmental Crisis

    Emily Thornberry – 2021 Comments on Boris Johnson and Amazon Environmental Crisis

    The comments made by Emily Thornberry, the Shadow International Trade Secretary, on 15 July 2021.

    What is happening to the Amazon rainforest is one of the worst man-made tragedies in history, and our own Prime Minister is one of the guilty men. He refused to support EU action in response to the Amazon fires in August 2019, and was thanked by the Bolsonaro government for doing so.

    While the EU are now finally reconsidering their trade deal with Brazil out of concern for the Amazon, Boris Johnson is ploughing ahead with Britain’s negotiations regardless. And while Labour has proposed a due diligence law that would apply to all damaging deforestation, the Tory version only requires companies to comply with the local rules set by governments like Bolsonaro’s.

    We will never stop and reverse the planet-destroying damage being done by men like Bolsonaro until governments like ours stand up to him, but under Boris Johnson, we are doing the opposite, standing by while he burns the Amazon with impunity.

  • Lisa Nandy – 2021 Comments on Boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics

    Lisa Nandy – 2021 Comments on Boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics

    The comments made by Lisa Nandy, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, on 15 July 2021.

    Today’s landmark decision by Parliament to back a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics sends a clear message that appalling human rights abuses must have consequences.

    By refusing to back today’s motion, this Government is sleepwalking into a situation where members of government and the Royal Family will participate in a PR coup for the Chinese authorities while genocide is committed against the Uyghur. Global Britain must stand for more than this.

    With a global audience of billions, the Beijing Olympics must be the moment we show the world that we will not look away. The Government must use this moment to call time on one of the world’s most appalling human rights atrocities. We cannot turn a blind eye to genocide.

  • Matt Western – 2021 Comments on the National Student Survey Results

    Matt Western – 2021 Comments on the National Student Survey Results

    The comments made by Matt Western, the Shadow Universities Minister, on 15 July 2021.

    The Conservatives’ failure to control the spread of Covid and in letting successive variants into the UK has denied students the university experience they deserve.

    Universities have worked tirelessly to protect students learning throughout the pandemic, but the Government has let them down with late and inadequate guidance and pitiful student hardship support which has trailed far behind the Welsh Labour Government.

    Instead of supporting students and creating the opportunities young people need, the Conservatives are wasting time on unnecessary legal protections which would enable Holocaust Deniers and anti-vaxxers to sue universities if they are denied a platform to spread their ideas across campuses. These are clearly the wrong priorities.

  • Louise Haigh – 2021 Comments on Ireland’s Statement on Amnesty Proposals

    Louise Haigh – 2021 Comments on Ireland’s Statement on Amnesty Proposals

    The comments made by Louise Haigh, the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on 15 July 2021.

    The Government have serious questions to answer over the legality of their amnesty proposals. They must publish the legal advice they have received.

    Pressing ahead with proposals which undermine the rule of law, lack the support of victims, any political party in Northern Ireland or the Irish Government, would be divisive and undermine reconciliation.

    There must be a comprehensive legacy process as outlined at Stormont House, with families able to discover the truth, through effective investigations with full police powers. Ministers must not unilaterally abandon that.

  • Emily Thornberry – 2021 Comments on Falling UK Exports

    Emily Thornberry – 2021 Comments on Falling UK Exports

    The comments made by Emily Thornberry, the Shadow International Trade Secretary, on 16 July 2021.

    In last year’s annual report, Liz Truss boasted about her achievements in this area, saying ‘I am proud of the £24.4 billion in Export Wins my department recorded in 2019-20.’

    In this year’s report, slipped out without a press release last night, she has nothing to say about the catastrophic collapse she has presided over in government-backed export deals.

    At a time when we urgently need to buy, make and sell more British goods to drive our recovery from the pandemic, Liz Truss has shown she is just not up to the task.

  • Seema Malhotra – 2021 Comments on Gigafactories

    Seema Malhotra – 2021 Comments on Gigafactories

    The comments made by Seema Malhotra, the Shadow Business and Consumers Minister, on 16 July 2021.

    To boost our automotive manufacturing industry, Labour would be part-financing the creation of three new battery development plants by 2025.

    The UK has a world leading, competitive automotive industry that means we could win the global race in electric vehicle development. But a strong domestic battery supply chain is key to retaining that competitive edge and the SMMT has warned the Government that the UK is falling behind our competitors.

    This government has driven manufacturing into decline, and failed to invest in the jobs we need. As we recover from the pandemic, Labour has a plan to get our economy firing on all cylinders again with a plan to buy, make and sell more in Britain, so that we build the industries and skills of the future we need.

  • Jo Stevens – 2021 Comments on Music Streaming

    Jo Stevens – 2021 Comments on Music Streaming

    The comments made by Jo Stevens, the Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on 15 July 2021.

    When music lovers stream their favourite tracks they expect the artists who perform them to profit.

    Instead, they get a pitiful amount while streaming sites and record companies cash in.

    It is clear that attempts to reform the system have failed and legislation is urgently needed which is why Labour have supported the broken record campaign to fix this.