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Lord Callanan (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 June 2025

Debate

Abducted Ukrainian Children

Contribution

My Lords, it is great to see virtual unanimity across the House on these issues; I have agreed with every comment made so far. Of all the many outrageous acts committed by Russia after its invasion, this systematic campaign of forcibly abducting children from Ukraine is perhaps one of the worst. It fractures their connection to Ukrainian language and heritage through, as the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, says, their so-called re-education, disconnecting them from their Ukrainian identities. I wonder whether the Minister could update the House on what the Government are doing to support Ukraine’s domestic investigations into deaths, and link this to the International Criminal Court investigation into what are war crimes.

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