Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia Report

I thank the ISC past and present and all involved in producing the Russia report:

“until re...

The one thing I agree with in what the hon. Gentleman said is the threat we face from Russia, as ...

Given that the Minister has so much to say on this subject, it is really rather sad that it is ha...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments on the work of the Intelligence and Security Commit...

Unlike the Minister, I will at least have the grace to congratulate the right hon. Member for New...

We have produced our response to the Committee’s report, and I commend it to him. He highlights t...

The report highlights concerning aspects of Russian interference in UK affairs with a sinister co...

We keep all of our response under review, which is why I have highlighted all the different measu...

It was not lost on the House that the Minister did not answer the question of the Chair of the In...

I was clear about the weight and importance of the independent scrutiny that the ISC provides and...

The ISC report suggests that the SNP has questions to answer about Russian interference. Does the...

My hon. Friend has made her point clearly and firmly. We wait to see how the SNP responds to the ...

I wish that the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Jo Gideon), or the special adviser who wr...

I agree with what the hon. Gentleman said about legislation. He will note that in the Queen’s Spe...

As a Select Committee Chair, may I welcome this report? Scrutiny is good. It helps to raise the b...

I agree with my right hon. Friend. I commend the ISC and his Committee for their work, for their ...

I have been warning about Putin’s Russia for 19 years now, and calling for the Magnitsky sanction...

I recognise the work of the hon. Gentleman over a number of years on Magnitsky sanction-type regi...

I fully accept what the Minister says about this Government acting, and I give credit where credi...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. We have been examining the laws in different co...

I declare my interest as the chair of the new all-party group on technology and national security...

Members will have heard what I said in my opening statement about the various steps that have bee...

My right hon. Friend may be aware that I have done more than most to try to stop the return of Ru...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for all his work. Russia seeks to advance the sense of a state th...

The Minister still has not answered the question posed by the right hon. Member for New Forest Ea...

I am happy to say that I do not have any knowledge of what the hon. Gentleman is saying; I do not...

I pay tribute to all those working in the British intelligence and security services who are putt...

Like my hon. Friend, I pay tribute to the work of our world-leading and incredible intelligence a...

For years, when I was campaigning for an infected blood inquiry, I was familiar with the “nothing...

Our work is informed by regular assessments by our security and intelligence agencies to ensure t...

I want to pick up on the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr E...

I can give that assurance to my hon. Friend. I recognise very clearly the importance of NATO, esp...

The Committee said that Ministers did not want to know or ask about Russian interference in elect...

It seems as if again the issue is about trying to rerun the Brexit referendum, but I would say on...

I recommend to my right hon. Friend the report published yesterday by the Digital, Culture, Media...

My hon. Friend makes several relevant points on the role of the Department for Digital, Culture, ...

In order to get everybody in, it would be helpful if we could speed up the questions and the answ...

Further to the question from the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), and for absolute clarity...

On the tier 1 investor visa, to which I think the hon. Gentleman refers, work is ongoing to revie...

In the context of this report, does my right hon. Friend agree that it is absolutely shameful tha...

My right hon. Friend has, in his customary and very powerful way, set out the position on Russia ...

Order.

The Minister will be familiar with the four horsemen of the apocalypse; I believe that Russia is ...

The hon. Gentleman wrapped a few questions into that contribution. The point is that we are takin...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that Mr Putin sees the potential weakening of our United Kingdom ...

I absolutely endorse what my hon. Friend has said so succinctly and so clearly. It is in the inte...

The ISC’s report states that Russian influence in the UK has become the new normal. Individuals w...

Dirty money—money obtained through criminality or corruption—has no place in this country, and th...

As a former special adviser at the Ministry of Defence during both the Syrian and the Ukrainian c...

The disinformation point is a very relevant one. Our counter-disinformation unit is led by the De...

Let’s park the lines from Mr Cummings, shall we? The Conservative party takes money from the Russ...

I will take no lectures from the Labour party, or indeed the Whips’ question that the hon. Gentle...

The report said that it was surprisingly difficult to establish who has responsibility for what. ...

No. I am very comfortable in underlining the Government’s commitment to defending our national se...

Will my right hon. Friend confirm for the people of Wolverhampton that our intelligence and secur...

I can tell my hon. Friend of the support and resourcing that is given to our intelligence and sec...

The ISC stressed the need to ensure that our response to the threat from Russia is not solely foc...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point, because our cyber-defences are something in wh...

This morning, on the radio, Commissioner Cressida Dick said that people should be concerned about...

There is strong join-up between our security and intelligence agencies as well as our police. Ind...

The Minister has told us today that he is confident that there is no need for an investigation in...

Again, we are certainly hearing some questions that are about trying to refight the referendum. A...

It comes as no surprise to me that the Russian state seeks to infiltrate and influence so many as...

My hon. Friend, with all of his experience, has highlighted a very important point about the need...

Despite repeated requests and reminders from hon. and right hon. Members, this Government have di...

I do not recognise the hon. Gentleman’s characterisation at all. I welcome the fact that, speedil...

The ISC report rightly thanks five Russia experts from outside the intelligence community, two of...

I commend Legatum and all those who have sought to assemble evidence of the impact and the effect...

As if it was not bad enough that we have unelected peers making major decisions for Scotland, the...

I agree that the transparency of information about political donations is incredibly important. I...

The people of Darlington voted to leave the EU in 2016. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the ...

I am not quite sure that that fits in with our subject, so what I am going to do is move on to Yv...

I served on the ISC in the late ’90s. We had a big Labour majority in Parliament and a Conservati...

I am very clear, as I have been in response to previous questions, on the need for independence b...

Yes, Russia is attacking our democratic structures, and internationally Russia and others are als...

I absolutely recognise the different threats and challenges. That is why we have the Government R...

In order to allow the safe exit of hon. Members participating in this item of business and the sa...