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HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceWe are doing that right now. The defence industrial strategy, the strategic defence review and the industrial rebuild will ensure that we have the right arms—and enough of them—to…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceOn the latter point, I will engage with my colleagues across Government and look into the detail. Putting pressure on Russia is absolutely our priority to bring it to the peace…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceMy heart goes out to those children and to everyone in Ukraine who is going through this—they have been going through this for several years. I guarantee the hon. Member that…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceI thank the right hon. Member for his continued support for defence. The United States has been really clear that it would like European nations to spend more on defence. It…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceI do not have the detail on that industrial partnership; I can write back to the hon. Member in due course. Air defence is critical, as is making sure that we can secure our…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceThat is a great question from the right hon. Member, who I know is a stalwart supporter of defence. As we move forward with the strategic defence review and defence industrial…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceI have met President Zelensky several times, and I am a keen observer of the conflict as it has moved forward—a million Russian casualties and a 40 km dead zone on the frontline…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceThe assurance we can give is that NATO is the most effective military alliance of all time, and Poland, the UK and our allies sit central to that. The centrality of the alliance…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceI thank the hon. Member for her contribution, and I thank the Polish members of her constituency for supporting Poland during these times. We have a multitude of different…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspacePoland is one of our strongest allies and, interestingly, is building one of the biggest land forces in Europe. Its recapitalisation programme is of a significant scale, because…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceI absolutely agree that we must stand together for those mutual values, whether that is the right to independence, to self-determination, to collective security and so on. Yes,…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceI thank my hon. Friend for his contribution to defence. He is a stalwart champion of Ukraine and defence as a whole. I have never been intimidated in my life. We as a country will…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceAs I mentioned earlier, when these incidents take place, it forges and focuses the alliance and takes away any friction, because we create unity of effort, so it is a mismove by…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspacePutin’s actions pull NATO together and forge alliances and partnerships, and they focus us in on the barbaric nature of Russia’s aggression. I have worked with the Polish in the…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceI thank the hon. and gallant Member for his contribution and support for defence affairs. Some can be quite disparaging about it, but it is worth reminding ourselves that NATO is…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceIn 24 years in the military, I have never seen it as fractious or fragile as it is, particularly today. It is on all of us to make sure that the population understands the risk to…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceThe hon. Member raises a really important point. One of the biggest impacts on the cost of living across this country is the war between Ukraine and Russia—it is having a second…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceWe will absolutely do that. It is worth noting that articles 4 and 5 are not linked; nevertheless, we will be going all out to remind all our allies and partners of the severity…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceWe absolutely need to have an integrated air defence system with our European and NATO allies, and we must look after our critical national infrastructure; that is why the SDR and…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Russian Drones: Violation of Polish AirspaceWe support the ability to get resources into Ukraine in any way, shape or form. I will raise that specific matter with the Home Office and our cross-Government colleagues and get…10 Sept 2025