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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his response and for the points that he made in support of the approach that we are taking. Let me try to answer every point in turn. On the Council communiqué, the right hon. Gentleman is right to mention the advances on tax transparency. This has been hard going, but there was a real breakthrough with Luxembourg and Austria now signing up to the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: My right hon. and learned Friend speaks with great force and a huge amount of wisdom on this issue, but I think it is too early for the history books to be written. What really matters is that the countries of the European Union, the United States and the international organisations, such as the UN, recognise that we need a long-term approach. When the history books are written, I hope they...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: The right hon. Gentleman, who served as Foreign Secretary, makes a very good point. There was never an option of sending gunboats. There is not some military answer to this. The only approach is a considered, long-term, tough and predictable one so that Russia knows that if it goes further into eastern Ukraine there will be very significant economic consequences. He makes an important point...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: My right hon. and learned Friend asks a very good question: whether it was opportunistic or part of a strategy. I think that one can argue that it is part of a pattern. If we look at Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria and other frozen conflicts, we see a pattern emerging. That reinforces the importance of not just the west—NATO, the EU and the US—but the UN and other countries...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: The right hon. Gentleman makes some very good points. The UK is not reliant on Russia for energy; we use a very small supply of gas that comes from Russia. That contrasts hugely with some other European countries, many of which rely of Russia for 80% or more of their gas. I agree that we need a long-term approach, as I said in my statement and in answers to questions, but I take issue...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: The assurance I can give my hon. Friend is that the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine is a document that will be in the House of Commons Library, if it is not there already, and people can study it. It is important that we sign the agreement. Imagine if we got ourselves into a position in which we were prepared to sign it when Yanukovych was running Ukraine but, because of what...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: I certainly agree that we do not want bluster and bombast; we want a talked process. But we have to be clear that a really good offer of a talked process and a contact group was on the table and the Russians refused to engage with it. That is why I think that the action taken—limited to start with, but growing—is necessary to demonstrate that there are two paths Russia can take: one of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: I thank my hon. Friend for what he says. There are two things we need to stress here. One is that NATO is a defensive alliance and we should now be working hard to reassure NATO members about our commitment to their collective security and all the things that means. That is very important, and President Obama was very clear about it at the G7 meeting. The second thing we need to do—here I...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: The murder of Alexander Litvinenko was a dreadful act, it took place on British soil, and we should take the strongest possible exception to that. That is why the Litvinenko measures were put in place and remain in place. Yes, of course there needs to be a proper process of finding out what happened. My view has been that an inquest, properly constituted, should be able to deal with these...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: First of all, I thank my hon. Friend for what she says. It is sometimes difficult getting 28 countries to agree to the steps that are being taken, but that is what we have achieved at two European Council meetings so far, and these sets of measures have greater strength having all 28 countries behind them. Monitoring will be difficult in Crimea, specifically, because of what is happening...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: The hon. Lady makes an important point. Building the capabilities of NATO is going to be an important theme of the summit, but NATO is holding its normal regular meetings to discuss how to respond properly to what is happening, and we have added to that by the offer that we have made to the Baltic states.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: I think we do a huge amount with the Foreign Office budget, if you look at what my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has been able to squeeze out of the Treasury. He is opening embassies across south-east Asia and parts of Africa. He has reopened the foreign language school of the Foreign Office, and that is making a real difference. It is the capacity of what we are able to do that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: I am not reluctant to do the same at all. As I said, the EU process is about finding people who have a connection with the decision in Crimea and making sure they are properly targeted. I do not think it is fair to say that the Americans have taken tough actions and the Europeans have been slow to follow. One of the things we agreed at the European Council was specifically to target goods and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: I do want us to promote free trade with Ukraine. That is why the association agreement—the political part of it that is signed—now needs to be accompanied by the European Parliament lifting tariffs so that we can see Ukrainian goods come into the EU. I repeat what I said: we would like Ukraine to be a bridge between the EU and Russia. We are not asking it to take sides—to choose one...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: I agree with the right hon. Gentleman. This is always a difficult subject in NATO because people do not want to give up national capabilities and invest in capabilities that enhance NATO as a whole. There are some steps we need to take. We should continue to oppose the establishment of EU headquarters as unnecessary duplication. We should be working very closely with major allies that have...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: We currently meet the 2% threshold. These things are calculated by different countries in different ways, but I am confident that we will go on meeting our obligations to NATO.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: I think Jens Stoltenberg would be an excellent candidate. I have worked very closely with him, and it is very good to have such a candidate who has filled such a high office in his own country. But obviously if we want to be part of NATO we have to remain part of the United Kingdom.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: My hon. Friend is completely right. The deep country knowledge that resides in our Foreign Office and diplomatic service is an immense asset for the Untied Kingdom. As Prime Minister, I see that all the time, particularly when dealing with some of the countries mentioned by hon. Friend that suddenly have a significance far beyond what they previously had. That is why we are opening embassies...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: My right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary is in the United States at the moment discussing exactly those sorts of issues. As I have said, I think the most important thing is to reaffirm our NATO commitments, reassure our NATO allies and make sure that we are providing things such as aircraft to help with air patrols, so that the Russians can see that, on Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Council and Nuclear Security Summit (26 Mar 2014)

David Cameron: The important thing about using referendums in democratic states is to make sure that they are done on a legal, fair and constitutional basis. That is why I think the Scottish referendum is probably the best comparator to what is happening in Crimea, because there were proper discussions and negotiations between the Scottish Government and the Westminster Government and a proper agreement was...


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