Holly Lynch: ..., Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has received (a) any information and (b) a recommendation from the National Crime Agency on whether sanctions should be imposed on Alexander Lebedev.
Holly Lynch: ...the statement from the Canadian Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of 20 May 2022, whether she has asked her Canadian counterpart to share their assessment of the reasons for which Alexander Lebedev was deemed to have directly enabled Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and bore responsibility for the suffering of the people of Ukraine when imposing sanctions on him and 14 others on...
Holly Lynch: Canada, one of our Five Eyes partners, recently announced sanctions against Alexander Lebedev as one of 14 people who “have directly enabled Vladimir Putin’s senseless war in Ukraine and bear responsibility for the pain and suffering of the people of Ukraine.” I have asked this question of the Government six times now, but I have not had anything resembling an answer: did the Prime...
Holly Lynch: ...to the Minister about them. I have asked questions at this Dispatch Box and tabled written parliamentary questions, simply asking whether the Prime Minister met the former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev in April 2018. The House deserves to know what happened, because if the then Foreign Secretary did not understand how inappropriate such a meeting would be—without officials and without...
Holly Lynch: To ask the Prime Minister, whether he met Alexander Lebedev in April 2018 in any capacity.
Holly Lynch: Will the Minister put some speculation to bed right now by either confirming or denying that the Prime Minister met Alexander Lebedev in April 2018?
Holly Lynch: ...security and on Russia. I am afraid to say that on all those fronts there are enormous questions for him to answer. My hon. Friends have outlined the concerns regarding the appointment of Lord Lebedev to the House of Lords. That is why this motion calling for the relevant documents to be published is so crucial. However, that is not the only cause for concern regarding the Prime...