Speeches by McDougall.

“I recognise your point, Maya, about the fact that most of the money is held in Belgium, but I think about a tenth of it is held in London. If we think that is where we are inevitably getting to, should we be passing legislation now to make clear that, when we get to that stage, we will be seizing it so that we have the…”

“I have a very similar set of questions with regard to the Russian sovereign assets. It seems inconceivable that we would ever hand back collectively that $300 billion to Putin, unless he has paid the reparations that he is legally bound to pay, which will be more than the $300 billion. Tom, you said that the legal argu…”

“Your view is that the benefit of being in the room to have the wider discussion is greater than the risk of the conversation about sanctions—or, for that matter, about any other kind of challenge—being pushed down the agenda in those meetings.”

“I think it is worth reflecting on the importance of having a debate to mark three years into what was supposed to be a three-day war, and, if nothing else, to mark the bravery of the Ukrainians who have held out for so long. As Sir Iain points out, we have obviously had other debates in the Chamber on this, and other o…”

“At the risk of sounding like a politician who wants to gather more power for himself, can I ask you about your views on whether Parliament’s role in sanctions—not just the scrutiny, but the commissioning—is appropriate? I will ask you first, Freya, as you have been the gamekeeper.”

“Do you think that justice will be a priority for HTS, or will it be offset by trying to hold the country together?”

“Katie Allan was a beautiful and bright young woman, and would have been a constituent of mine but for the fact that, aged 21, she found herself, after a youthful stupid mistake, in Polmont young offenders institution, where she died from suicide. The fatal incident inquiry recently published into her death and the deat…”

“You talked a moment ago about the importance of inclusion, and HTS has obviously spoken a lot about that. The flipside of that for me is justice for things that have happened in the past. It is remarkable to me how little of the debate since Assad has fallen has been about justice for the past. That is partly because h…”

“To take that operation, for example, is the driving force behind that because the people who conducted the massacre are a security threat to the regime, or is it about justice and retribution?”

“Do you think that justice will be a priority for HTS, or will it be offset by trying to hold the country together?”

“You mentioned the radicalising education that the kids are getting in the camps. We also have reports of children, child soldiers, being taught how to fight and taught to be suicide bombers. It feels a bit like the “war on terror” has gone from being a situation where we attack terrorist training camps to one where the…”

“I suspect I know the answer, given that earlier you were talking about the failure to feed them and provide basic medical support, but is there any effective international intervention to combat the radicalisation within the camps?”

“The UK funds some of these camps and prisons. Are the inmates aware of that and does that increase the risk to the UK from these individuals?”

“There is not a Union flag on the outside of the prison, no.”

“You talked a moment ago about the importance of inclusion, and HTS has obviously spoken a lot about that. The flipside of that for me is justice for things that have happened in the past. It is remarkable to me how little of the debate since Assad has fallen has been about justice for the past. That is partly because h…”

“To take that operation, for example, is the driving force behind that because the people who conducted the massacre are a security threat to the regime, or is it about justice and retribution?”

“You mentioned the radicalising education that the kids are getting in the camps. We also have reports of children, child soldiers, being taught how to fight and taught to be suicide bombers. It feels a bit like the “war on terror” has gone from being a situation where we attack terrorist training camps to one where the…”

“I suspect I know the answer, given that earlier you were talking about the failure to feed them and provide basic medical support, but is there any effective international intervention to combat the radicalisation within the camps?”

“The UK funds some of these camps and prisons. Are the inmates aware of that and does that increase the risk to the UK from these individuals?”

“There is not a Union flag on the outside of the prison, no.”