Speeches by Bryant.

“We tend to produce packages of sanctions, partly because it makes it easier for those watching this space—industry and the sector—to understand exactly what is happening. You could argue that we should identify each ship one by one, but we think it is better to do it in a package. You are right: in one sense, the date …”

“It is just that we do not produce some of those items. That is why we have our own bespoke list of things about which we are most concerned, because we do produce them and they might be going to other countries. Some items might be in a sector significant to us. They are still sanctioned things and we are trying to mak…”

“End of.”

“Everything on the common high priority list is sanctioned.”

“This is the sanctions list. It is a criminal offence for them to be provided by the UK. As I say, some of those things are not produced in the UK at all, so it is not an issue for us, but they are produced by other countries on the list that I mentioned.”

“Because we have determined that there is a whole series of things that we do want to sanction, and we want to make sure that they do not get through into the Russian economy. We have done that on a joint basis and I think that is important to do wherever we possibly can. All these countries have wanted to debilitate th…”

“I will turn to my officials in a moment. I want to reserve my position a little, because we already control quite a lot of things and we do thousands of licences every year. One of my concerns, as I have expressed to the Committee before, is about making sure that we are making timely decisions on those licences. If we…”

“That would not necessarily deal with the problem that some newspaper stories have come up with, because some of those are items that would not be on either list because they are so generic. Some of the things that have been found to be in Geran-2 drones, for instance, are things that you would find in children’s toys. …”

“I do not know the answer to that question. Does anybody?”

“In terms of a percentage?”

“Yes, they are two different things.”

“First of all, let’s acknowledge that it was the fourth anniversary yesterday, and we introduced a new set of sanctions yesterday, which we will perhaps come on to. It is true that the Russian bear is a wily fox—to mix my metaphors—in the sense that the Russians have sought to avoid and evade all our sanctions every ste…”

“Yes, he left his post in, I believe, July 2011. It could not have come soon enough for many of us, and it is a regret to many that the Government were not able to listen faster and act faster at that time. What this whole sorry saga shows is that deference can be a toxic presence in the body politic. Of course we alway…”

“I completely respect my hon. Friend. He has made that point several times, not only in the Chamber but also to me privately, and I agree with him: that is the direction of travel we are going in, which is why we agree with the Humble Address presented today. We are not standing in the way, and we will do everything we …”

“I could not agree more. I want to ensure that we move as fast as we possibly can, but I also want to ensure that justice happens, and I do not want to do anything that would undermine the police investigations. I hope that the police will be able to move as swiftly as possible, and we will certainly co-operate with the…”

“I agree 100%. I think we should also be referring to statutory rape, because that is what it is. Statutory rape is no better than any other kind of rape. It is rape—end of story.”

“The hon. Lady might have to repeat what she thinks the answer that thus far evades me might be.”

“I do not want to give way to every single Liberal Democrat Member, but I will, of course, give way to the hon. Lady.”

“We will do two things. First, we will seek to comply with the Humble Address as soon as we possibly can, given the caveat that I have already issued about the police investigation. Secondly, we will ensure that every single part of Government co-operates entirely with Thames Valley police and with any other police forc…”

“I am taking your advice, Mr Speaker: I am just ignoring that. Over the next few days back in 2011, I repeatedly called for Andrew to be sacked in the public domain—on television, on radio and in newspaper articles—citing his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, the mysteriously excessive £15 million paid for his Sunningh…”