Westminster today - as it happened: Theresa May says Russia 'highly likely' behind poison attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has said it is "highly likely that Russia was responsible" for the Salisbury nerve agent attack.
The Prime Minister has been been updating MPs on the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, following warnings from a senior Tory MP that the incident amounted to "state-sponsored attempted murder".
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The Prime Minister describes the poisoning as an "indiscriminate and reckless act against the United Kingdom".
She says she has demanded a "full account" from Russia and, if not credible explanation is received, the Government will set out its response an "unlawful use of force" by Vladimir Putin's regime.
Moscow must "immediately provide full and complete disclosure" of its novichok nerve gas programme to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, giving Russia until the end of Tuesday to respond, said Mrs May.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has caused uproar among Tory MPs by raising the issue of £800,000 donated by Russian oligarchs to the Conservative Party.
One Tory shouts: "There’s a policeman in hospital for god’s sake."
Mr Corbyn also calls for "a robust dialogue with Russia on all the issues dividing our countries, both domestic and international - rather than simply cutting off contact and simply letting tensions and divisions get worse, and potentially even more dangerous."
Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith says Russia is "as close to being a rogue state as any".
"If we appease a country like this, then we expect even worse," he adds.
Reflecting the anger heard on the Commons benches, several Conservative MPs have tweeted criticism of the Labour leader's response to the Prime Minister's statement:
The Russian Foreign Ministry has dismissed Theresa May's statement as a "circus show".
In a swift response to the Prime Minister's accusation that Russia was likely responsible for the Salisbury nerve agent attack, the Kremlin said her comments amounted to "another political information campaign based on provocation".
"It is a circus show in the British parliament," the TASS news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying.
"The conclusion is obvious: It's another political information campaign, based on a provocation."
Senior Conservative Tom Tugendhat has described the poisoning of Sergei Skripal as a “war-like act”.
Investigators in hazardous material suits have descended on a Wiltshire village as the inquiry into the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal continued.
As MPs debate the nerve agent attack in Parliament, police and Army teams are at worked in Winterslow, about six miles from Salisbury. They were seen loading a white van onto a truck.
The vehicle was marked with the branding of local company Ashley Wood Recovery, whose staff member declined to comment.
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