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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-02-27more like thismore than 2023-02-27
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Attorney General more like this
answering dept id 88 more like this
answering dept short name Attorney General more like this
answering dept sort name Attorney General more like this
hansard heading Russia: Ukraine more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Attorney General, if she will make an assessment with her Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of allowing UK courts to be used for hearings about damage to Ukrainian infrastructure caused by Russian forces. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon remove filter
uin 153751 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-03-07more like thismore than 2023-03-07
answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Those responsible for the atrocities that have been committed in Ukraine will be held to account, including military commanders and other individuals in the Putin regime. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is barbaric. The UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine, and we are committed to helping them secure justice for a growing catalogue of war crimes, which would of course include deliberate or disproportionate damage caused to civilian infrastructure by Russian forces. The international community is rightly focused on prosecution for war crimes. That is the right focus to ensure accountability and to have a deterrent effect on the behaviour of those fighting this conflict at the moment. At Ukraine’s invitation, the UK will play a leading role in a core group of like-minded partners to pursue criminal accountability for Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. The Attorney General has just returned from Ukraine, supporting our training of Ukrainian judges. Cases are already being heard in Ukraine itself. Although consideration could be given to using the courts in England and Wales, it will be necessary to have an international tribunal, and we are determined to help secure justice for the growing catalogue of war crimes in Ukraine.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole more like this
answering member printed Michael Tomlinson more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-03-07T17:35:07.153Zmore like thismore than 2023-03-07T17:35:07.153Z
answering member
4497
label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson more like this
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this