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Liam Byrne MP
@liambyrnemp
🌹 Labour MP, Hodge Hill | Chair, @CommonsBTC & Parliamentary Network World Bank & IMF | New book! The Inequality of Wealth https://t.co/AghekISctT
Mar 19 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
1/. It’s a shame that @houseofcommons hasn’t been allowed a full debate on the full #CPTPP treaty.

After all it’s not without controversy. Yet last week I got a letter from the Leader of the House telling me a full debate was impossible as “it has not been possible to find time for a debate in Government time”

committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…Image 2/. This is in clear breach of the Government’s undertaking in the “Grimstone Rule” that “The Government does not envisage a new FTA proceeding to ratification without a debate first having taken place on it, should one have been requested in a timely fashion by [a relevant Committee], subject to available Parliamentary time.”

committees.parliament.uk/publications/2…
Mar 14, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
1/. To shift frozen Russian assets into rebuilding #Ukraine we need to get serious about ENFORCING sanctions

Right now the enforcement regime stinks.

Here’s results of my investigation - speech, PQ’s and FOIs👇 @bellingcat @openDemocracy 2/. Some £18billion of Russian assets has been frozen - but @hmtreasury is issuing ‘general licences’ like confetti - allowing oligarchs to spend the cash - BUT GUESS WHAT? Ministers won’t tell us the value of what’s been licenced…. Image
Mar 13, 2023 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
1/. Looking forward to Govt’s refresh of #IntegratedReview today - and early signs we might match the sophistication of #China’s foreign policy with a framework for strategic stability - as proposed by @MrKRudd. Last few days has seen - at last - return of mature analysis…. 2/. Here’s @nytimes: US “interests are best served by emphasizing competition… while minimizing confrontation. Glib invocations of the Cold War are misguided... Rather than try to trip the competition, US should focus on figuring out how to run faster…’ nytimes.com/2023/03/11/opi…
Mar 13, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
1/. This is a huge year for the global development finance system - with big changes ahead for @WorldBank @imfnews and climate finance. Hence my Early Day Motion welcoming the #Bridgetown agenda for reform…edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti… 2/. With renewed @worldbank leadership this year comes a moment for the world to take stock and decide to build a bigger, bolder Bank to drive a renewed global mission - as I argue in @devex devex.com/news/opinion-b…
Nov 22, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
1/. English courts are now being used to systematically SILENCE journalists like @CatherineBelton @tomburgis @carolecadwalla who’ve courageously exposed bad behaviour by the rich & powerful. So: today I’ve tabled amendments to the #EconomicCrimeBill to protect the truth-seekers 2/. The amendments follow almost a year’s worth of campaigning in Parliament…