UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered an emotional address in Parliament following the G20 Summit, contrasting his own family moments with the daily suffering in Ukraine. Starmer condemned Vladimir Putin’s “depraved ambitions,” citing the death of a teenage girl pulled from rubble after a Russian strike. He reaffirmed that Britain will “never falter” in its support for Ukraine, highlighting massive Russian military losses and calling for calm, serious leadership to secure a just and lasting peace.
The confrontation sparked a fierce clash with opposition leader Kemi Badenoch over defence spending, NATO, and Britain’s global role.
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The confrontation sparked a fierce clash with opposition leader Kemi Badenoch over defence spending, NATO, and Britain’s global role.
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00:00civilians and civilian energy infrastructure.
00:04Because, Mr Speaker, as this House knows, and the British people know,
00:10there is only one nation that wants this war,
00:13only one nation that launched this illegal invasion,
00:17and only one nation that deploys a constant barrage
00:20aimed at murdering innocent civilians.
00:24We saw that again last night, Mr Speaker, with Russia's strikes on Kyiv.
00:30Indeed, in the last week before last night,
00:33Russia launched over 1,200 drones
00:36and over 60 crews and ballistic missiles at Ukraine,
00:40killing children like seven-year-old Amelia,
00:44a Polish citizen killed alongside her mother
00:47by a Russian missile in Turnipil last Wednesday,
00:52an attack that took 34 lives in total.
00:55And, Mr Speaker, last night, as a family,
01:01we celebrated my daughter's 15th birthday.
01:04Later, I saw images on the news
01:07of a young girl, about the same age,
01:12being pulled from the rubble of a building in Ukraine,
01:15where her mother had just been killed.
01:17It's abhorrent.
01:20It's beyond belief.
01:22Yet Ukraine lives this same story
01:24every night in their cities
01:26and every day on the front line,
01:29where so many Ukrainians are killed
01:31fighting for their freedom.
01:35And, Mr Speaker, we should not forget
01:37that Putin's aggression,
01:39his illegal actions
01:41and his total disregard for human life
01:44has taken a huge toll on his own people.
01:49Thousands of Russian soldiers
01:50are killed every single day.
01:53A hundred thousand have been killed
01:56attacking Donetsk.
01:58In total, more than one million Russians
02:00have been killed or injured,
02:03all because of the depraved ambitions
02:06of one man.
02:09So, Mr Speaker, we say again,
02:12this country will never falter
02:13in our support for the Ukrainian people.
02:17We will maintain a unity of purpose
02:19with our allies
02:20and we will focus on delivering
02:22the calm, serious leadership
02:24that is needed
02:25to advance a just and lasting peace
02:28for Ukraine
02:29and, indeed, for the whole of Europe.
02:34Mr Speaker, let me now turn to
02:36my broader discussions at the G20.
02:39I took the opportunity in South Africa
02:41to raise the ongoing
02:42and utterly horrifying situation
02:45in Sudan.
02:46We are working with our partners
02:48to break the restrictions
02:50on humanitarian aid
02:51and demand accountability.
02:54We must rally global pressure
02:56to stop the slaughter,
02:58achieve a sustained ceasefire
03:00and, ultimately,
03:02to deliver a transition
03:03to civilian rule.
03:04Mr Speaker,
03:07in South Africa,
03:08I also chaired
03:09the Global Fund Replenishment
03:10alongside President Ramaphosa,
03:14leading the charge
03:15in the global fight
03:16against AIDS, TV
03:18and malaria,
03:20work that has already saved
03:22over 70 million lives.
03:25Yet, Mr Speaker,
03:27malaria still kills a child
03:29under the age of five
03:30nearly every minute.
03:324,000 adolescent girls
03:35and young women
03:35still contract HIV
03:37every week.
03:39And TB remains
03:40the world's single
03:42deadliest infectious disease,
03:44even though
03:45we've had a cure
03:46for nearly a century.
03:48So we will keep driving
03:50this project forward
03:51because it's the right thing to do
03:53and because it helps
03:55protect the United Kingdom
03:56from future pandemics
03:58and health emergencies.
04:01Mr Speaker,
04:02a central priority
04:03at the G20
04:04was delivering
04:05economic security
04:06and opportunity,
04:07as it is at every
04:08international meeting
04:09I attend.
04:11A strong economy
04:12allows us
04:13to be strong
04:13in the world.
04:15Economic security
04:16is national security.
04:18So, Mr Speaker,
04:19I can tell the House
04:20we delivered
04:20for the British people
04:22this weekend,
04:23including deals
04:24with South Africa
04:25for British firms
04:26to upgrade their railways
04:28and submarines,
04:30a £370 million deal
04:32for Rolls-Royce
04:33to supply jet engines
04:35to Algeria,
04:36and a £4 billion deal
04:38with Indonesia
04:38for new ships
04:40delivering 1,000 jobs
04:42in Rosyth,
04:43Plymouth and Bristol.
04:44And delivering,
04:45if I may say,
04:46another rebuke
04:47to all the people
04:49who prematurely
04:50wrote off
04:50British shipbuilding.
04:53Mr Speaker,
04:53we can only achieve
04:54these things,
04:55we can only deliver
04:56for the British people
04:57by working with our partners.
05:00And I think this is a moment
05:01to raise our sights.
05:03Mr Speaker,
05:04the House will recall
05:05that it was when
05:06the global financial crisis
05:07struck
05:08that the G20
05:09showed its full potential
05:11when my predecessor,
05:13Gordon Brown,
05:13marshalled a global response
05:15to that crisis
05:16to protect the savings
05:18and finances
05:18of the British people.
05:21And so,
05:22in this moment
05:23of growing fragility
05:24and crisis
05:25around the world,
05:26it is time once again
05:27to take a more purposeful,
05:30unified approach,
05:32focused on global growth
05:34and stability.
05:36I call for a response
05:37based on the right balance
05:38of investment
05:39and fiscal discipline,
05:41open markets,
05:42reforming the global
05:43trading system
05:44and tackling the cost
05:46of living crisis.
05:47That approach
05:48was echoed
05:49by the leaders' declaration
05:50from Johannesburg.
05:53And, Mr Speaker,
05:54I am also pleased
05:56to say
05:56that the summit
05:57confirmed
05:57that the UK
05:59will take on
06:00the presidency
06:00of the G20
06:02in 2027,
06:03the first time
06:04it has returned
06:05to the UK
06:06since 2009.
06:08It will be a proud moment
06:10for our country,
06:11part of our work
06:12to restore
06:13Britain's international leadership,
06:15which was neglected
06:16for so long.
06:18And we will use
06:18that presidency
06:19to drive the agenda
06:21that I have been
06:21talking about today,
06:22to drive growth
06:23and opportunity,
06:25to create jobs,
06:26cut the cost of living
06:27and fundamentally
06:29strengthen
06:29the economic security
06:31of the British people.
06:32That is what we are doing
06:34at home and abroad.
06:36And I commend
06:36this statement
06:37to the House.
06:38Can we bear
06:40not the Leader
06:41of the Opposition?
06:43Mr Speaker,
06:44can I thank
06:45the Prime Minister
06:45for advanced sight
06:46of his statement?
06:48We are proud
06:49to stand
06:49shoulder to shoulder
06:50with Ukraine
06:51and our support
06:52remains unwavering.
06:55Ukraine is battling
06:56the most flagrant breach
06:57of territorial integrity
06:59in Europe
06:59in recent times.
07:01We must never forget
07:03that this war
07:03was started by Putin,
07:05who is trying
07:06to extinguish
07:06a democracy
07:07on our own continent.
07:09It is important
07:10that we stand together
07:11to defend the principle
07:13that aggressors
07:14should not succeed.
07:16The previous
07:17Conservative government
07:18led Europe
07:19in support for Ukraine.
07:20We were the first country
07:21to provide modern
07:23Western Maine
07:23battle tanks
07:24and to gift munitions
07:26and storm shadow missiles.
07:27We led the way
07:28on sanctions
07:29and trained tens
07:30of thousands
07:31of Ukrainian soldiers
07:32on UK soil.
07:34It is now incumbent
07:35on this government
07:36to leverage
07:37British influence
07:38at this crucial time
07:39for the West.
07:40Putin's relentless
07:42bombardment of Kiev
07:43and KGB-style
07:44negotiating tactics
07:45show he is not
07:47serious about peace,
07:48which is why
07:49Russia must not
07:50be welcomed
07:51back into the
07:52international fold
07:53without a comprehensive
07:54peace agreement.
07:55So will the Prime Minister
07:57rule out support
07:58for re-admitting
07:59Russia to the G7?
08:02We all want
08:03this terrible war
08:04to end.
08:06And as the Prime Minister
08:07rightly said,
08:08elements of that
08:09draft 28-point plan
08:10were unacceptable.
08:12Conservatives are clear
08:13that the blanket
08:14surrender
08:15of Ukrainian territory
08:16would mean
08:17rewarding Putin's
08:19unprovoked aggression.
08:20What is the government's
08:22position on reports
08:23that Ukraine's
08:24territorial integrity
08:25is on the table?
08:27Because if Putin
08:27is seen to emerge
08:29stronger from these
08:29negotiations,
08:30all our potential
08:32adversaries
08:32will be emboldened.
08:34Be in no doubt,
08:35Mr. Speaker,
08:36the axis of
08:37authoritarian states
08:38is collaborating
08:39to destabilise
08:40the West,
08:41aided by China
08:42with Iran
08:43providing weapons
08:44and North Korea
08:45providing troops
08:46for Putin.
08:47It is precisely
08:49for these reasons
08:50that the government
08:50must continue
08:52to work extremely
08:53closely with the US
08:54and to understand
08:56their objectives.
08:57Parties like
08:58the Lib Dems
08:59and the Greens
09:00who are encouraging
09:01us to decouple
09:01from the US
09:02are putting their
09:03anti-American prejudice
09:04above national security.
09:08But, Mr. Speaker,
09:10given that in the
09:11last fortnight
09:11the Royal Navy
09:13has intercepted
09:14two Russian ships
09:15in our waters
09:16and with Russian
09:17spy ships
09:18pointing lasers
09:19at RAF pilots,
09:21it is a disgrace
09:22that reform
09:23are still blaming
09:24NATO for Russia's
09:25aggression.
09:26Although, perhaps
09:27it should come
09:28as no surprise
09:28when their former
09:29leader in Wales
09:30was sent to prison
09:31last week
09:31for taking bribes
09:32from Putin.
09:35Earlier this year,
09:36earlier this year,
09:37Mr. Speaker,
09:38many countries
09:39came together
09:40to form the
09:40Coalition of the Willing
09:41pledging to
09:42strengthen support
09:43for Ukraine.
09:44Can the Prime
09:45Minister update us
09:46on the planning
09:47and readiness
09:48of the Coalition
09:49of the Willing?
09:50What is its scope
09:51and terms of mission?
09:53And what can the
09:54Prime Minister tell us
09:55about a counter-proposal
09:56that is reportedly
09:57being submitted
09:58by the EU?
10:00Mr. Speaker,
10:01to stand with Ukraine,
10:03we need to know
10:03we can also stand
10:05on our own two feet.
10:06Last week,
10:07the Commons
10:08Defence Select Committee
10:09warned that Britain
10:10is unprepared
10:11for a major attack
10:13and the Government
10:14is making glacial
10:15progress towards
10:15conflict readiness.
10:17So it is concerning
10:18that reports
10:19indicate the MOD
10:21faces a potential
10:22budget cut
10:22this financial year
10:24of £2.6 billion.
10:26Can the Prime Minister
10:27confirm whether
10:28this is true
10:28or false?
10:30Meanwhile,
10:31the EU is reportedly
10:33demanding nearly
10:33€7 billion
10:34for the UK
10:36to buy into
10:36its defence fund.
10:38Conservatives warned
10:39that this would happen.
10:40At the time
10:41the UK-EU reset deal
10:43was being negotiated,
10:44the Shadow Defence Secretary
10:45said that Labour
10:46had given away
10:4712 years of British
10:48fishing rights
10:49in exchange for nothing.
10:51He was right.
10:52Will the Prime Minister
10:53rule out
10:54paying the EU
10:55for access to SAFE?
10:57Mr. Speaker,
10:58it is extremely
10:59disappointing
10:59that Europe
11:00is still
11:01buying Russian
11:02oil and gas.
11:04Moscow
11:05should be denied
11:06safe harbours
11:06for its tankers
11:07and profits
11:08and Europe
11:09should ban
11:10Russian oil
11:10and gas
11:11sooner than
11:12its current
11:122027 deadline.
11:14I believe
11:14the Prime Minister
11:15agrees with that
11:16sentiment.
11:17So what pressure
11:18will he put
11:19on European countries
11:20to stop them
11:21buying Russian
11:22oil and gas?
11:24Mr. Speaker,
11:25the UK's
11:25genuinely world-leading
11:27support has made
11:28a material difference
11:29to Ukraine's
11:30ability to fight
11:31back against
11:32Russia's illegal
11:32invasion.
11:34Support that I will
11:35remind the Prime Minister
11:36began under the Conservatives.
11:38Let's not forget
11:38that in 2022,
11:40Russia thought
11:41it could capture
11:42Kyiv and subjugate
11:43Ukraine within days.
11:45So let's wake up
11:46and face that threat
11:47from Russia.
11:49So finally,
11:50can the Prime Minister
11:51reassure the House
11:52that we will be
11:53boosting our own
11:54defence capabilities
11:55as well as
11:56using our influence
11:57to ensure
11:58that secure future
11:59for Ukraine?
12:00Can I start
12:01by thanking
12:04for her support
12:05on Ukraine?
12:07I think it is
12:08really important
12:09that we stay united
12:10in this House.
12:12And can I readily
12:13acknowledge the role
12:14of the previous
12:15government in leading
12:16on Ukraine
12:17and, in fact,
12:18in bringing the whole
12:18House together
12:20on this issue,
12:21which it did
12:22for a number of years
12:23and allowed us
12:24a platform on which
12:25to build the support
12:26that we are now
12:26putting in place.
12:28In relation to
12:30membership of the
12:31G7, G8,
12:33look,
12:34the focus at the moment
12:35is on a ceasefire,
12:36so anything along
12:37those lines
12:38is a long way off.
12:40But, you know,
12:41we have to remember
12:41that Putin is the
12:42aggressor here.
12:43He is the one
12:44who started this war.
12:46On territorial integrity,
12:48the sovereignty of Ukraine
12:49is paramount,
12:51and that's why
12:52any questions
12:54about the future
12:54of Ukraine
12:55must be determined
12:56by Ukraine.
12:57and that is why
12:58I have been speaking
13:00frequently to both
13:01President Trump
13:02and President Zelensky,
13:04probably five or six times
13:06in the last two or three days
13:07on a whole range
13:08of issues.
13:10Can I join her
13:11in her comments
13:13about reform?
13:14Because it is shocking
13:15that a senior official,
13:18the leader in Wales,
13:20has been jailed
13:21for over ten years,
13:23a very significant sentence,
13:24for pro-Russia bribes.
13:27But he never met him.
13:28That is extraordinary.
13:30And that is why
13:31I say,
13:31and I say again,
13:32there should be
13:33that reform leadership
13:34should have the courage
13:36to launch an investigation.
13:37How on earth
13:38did that happen
13:38in their party?
13:39And what other links
13:41are there?
13:42But today,
13:42and this statement
13:43and the question
13:44across the House
13:45will reinforce once again
13:46that reform,
13:49with their pro-Putin approach,
13:50would have absolutely
13:51no role
13:52in bringing allies together
13:54on important issues
13:56across the world.
13:59Mr Speaker,
13:59she asks about
14:01the Coalition of the Willing.
14:03Nine months ago,
14:04President Macron
14:05and I brought
14:05the Coalition of the Willing
14:06together.
14:07There are now
14:0836 like-minded countries
14:10that meet
14:11and discuss frequently
14:12and align
14:14our positions
14:16and our support.
14:16That is
14:17a considerable achievement.
14:19And we have plans
14:20in relation to
14:21security guarantees
14:21in relation to air,
14:23sea and land.
14:26Mr Speaker,
14:27on the text
14:28of the agreement
14:31that's being worked on
14:32in Geneva,
14:34the view,
14:35there was an intensive
14:35discussion about this
14:36as she would have expected
14:39at the G20,
14:40involving a number
14:42of key allies,
14:43both the E3
14:44plus key
14:45Coalition of the Willing
14:46Allies.
14:47And the strong
14:48consensus was
14:49that we should work
14:50with the text
14:51that's in existence,
14:52unacceptable,
14:52although some parts
14:53of it are,
14:54because other parts
14:55are essential,
14:56rather than
14:57a different text.
14:58And that is the process
14:59that's going on
15:00in Geneva.
15:01And I think
15:01that's the right approach.
15:03On defence spending,
15:04I've made my position
15:05clear,
15:06and it goes
15:06with the strategic
15:07review of defence
15:08as well as
15:09to how we take
15:10that forward.
15:11The safe negotiations
15:12are going on
15:12with the EU
15:14in the usual way.
15:16One of the commitments
15:18I made in relation
15:19to our reset
15:20with the EU
15:21was that we would
15:22do it by quiet
15:23diplomacy,
15:24rather than shouting
15:26from megaphones
15:27across the channel.
15:28On oil and gas,
15:30she asks,
15:31and this is really
15:32important,
15:32we are taking
15:33every opportunity
15:34to have extensive
15:35discussions
15:35to take Russian oil
15:37and gas
15:38off the market.
15:39This has to be done
15:40across Europe,
15:41it has to be done
15:42beyond Europe.
15:42There are discussions
15:43I've had
15:43beyond Europe
15:45on this issue.
15:46It is vital
15:46that we press ahead,
15:48and we are doing so
15:49and taking every opportunity.
15:51But can I return
15:51to where I started?
15:52I do genuinely think
15:53it's important
15:54in this House
15:54that we're united
15:55on Ukraine.
15:56The only winner,
15:58if we divide
15:58on party political grounds,
16:00we are going to be
16:02here on this issue,
16:02and we will
16:03haacco.
16:04We have
16:05the ongoing
16:05jest donuts
16:06that's
16:07coming to months.
16:08We're going to be
16:09going to be
16:10there,
16:10and we will
16:11win this
16:11time,
16:13and we will
16:13win this
16:14last week.
16:16This Answers
16:18will be
16:19the end
16:19two
16:23last week.
16:24There are
16:25acutely
16:26этой
16:27times
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