European Affairs

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 12:43 pm on 18 June 2008.

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Photo of Chris Bryant Chris Bryant PPS (Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC (Leader of the House of Commons)), Leader of the House of Commons 12:43, 18 June 2008

The Russian Federation is one of the most important providers of energy to Europe, yet many European companies are anxious about their investments there, because they are nervous that in future the Russian Government might suddenly decide to seize those assets. Is it not important that Europe speaks with a united voice to Russia, to make sure that the security of our energy supply from Russia is guaranteed, and that there is no bullying of the nature that we saw towards Estonia and Ukraine?

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Jane Birkby
Posted on 20 Jun 2008 12:31 am (Report this annotation)

Government have created the situation we find ourselves in. They have failed the people, by not thinking or planning ahead, leaving us at the mercy of other countries and their supplies, instead of investing at home in our own energy reserves and supplies. They have mismanaged and wasted taxpayers money, pouring it into the pockets of the wind farm industry, instead of looking to better more reliable sources, and storage facilities for gas.