Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:36 pm on 3 December 2012.
Discussions about these matters are ongoing in a number of different ways. The noble Lord will be aware that the E3+3-Russia, China, the US and ourselves, France and Germany-have had four meetings since the beginning of this year; I think since February. Indeed, the noble Baroness, Lady Ashton, is in the process of taking forward a further meeting, possibly before Christmas. We are absolutely committed to negotiating our way out of this matter.