Helping Our Ukrainian Friends group is thanked in the House of Commons
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00:00Thank you very much Madam Deputy Speaker and may I thank the Foreign Secretary and members
00:03across the House for the very strong cross-party support for Ukraine that has been shown over
00:08recent years and no doubt will continue to be shown.
00:11On Saturday I had the privilege of attending an annual art exhibition run by an organisation
00:16called Helping Our Ukrainian Friends in North West Cambridgeshire and it's a small organisation
00:20from a number of rural villages but they have been able to raise over ÂŁ300,000 in financial
00:25support for Ukraine as well as over 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid which they have delivered
00:30over the course of 20 trips.
00:32Will the Foreign Secretary join me in congratulating this group and thanking people across our
00:37country who have made personal efforts to support Ukraine?
00:39Well I am very pleased to have the opportunity to reply to the Honourable Gentleman because
00:46I was once the baby of the House, much thinner, much better looking, but I remember sitting
00:54in his place 25 years ago and he's absolutely right.
01:00The volunteer spirit across this country, Madam Deputy Speaker, has been extraordinary.
01:07People making so many missions to Ukraine, facing danger, going into Poland to support
01:14on the borders.
01:15It's quite incredible and of course I congratulate all those in his constituency for the work
01:20that they have done.