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HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsAs the hon. Gentleman knows, the UK led the way in Europe in supplying weaponry to Ukraine, and the next generation light anti-tank weapons were of great importance. When it comes…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsIt is a straightforward prediction based on what we are currently committed to spending under the AUKUS and future combat air system programmes. They are gigantic commitments,…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsThe hon. Lady is right to raise that. No, we are not looking at doing that. There are alternative solutions that do not involve the presence of UK or other warships in the Black…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsThe hon. Gentleman is right that we have to keep tightening the noose the whole time. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill will help. It will give us new powers to…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsThe answer is that the UK is making massive investments in Commonwealth countries. In the G7, the partnership for global infrastructure and investment helps developing countries…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI know that the First Minister has asked for another referendum, and I just point out that we had one in 2014. Right now the priorities of the country should be rebuilding after…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsWhat the UK has been doing is leading by example. It was at Cardiff in 2014 that we set the target of 2% of GDP—a floor, not a ceiling. We were one of the first to exceed it, and…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsIt was a great day for democracy, which is one thing among many that the Commonwealth stands for in the world. I think that Patricia Scotland will do an excellent job for the next…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsThe discussion at the G7 was probably liveliest on that subject. The G7 feels that China is a gigantic fact of our lives and that we have got to understand that. Everybody has got…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI am very happy to tell the right hon. Gentleman, since he asks, that our plan is to help the people in this country with the cost of living, as we are, with £1,200 coming in to…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsYes. I think the UK can be very proud of the way we have moved beyond hydrocarbons in so many areas, but we must recognise the limits and the pace of what we have achieved, and be…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI can absolutely tell the hon. and learned Lady that not a single person said that the UK was in breach of international law. On the contrary, they said that we were helping the…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsMy hon. Friend speaks wisely on this matter, which he knows very well. We keep the actual numbers under constant review. The most important thing is that our troops are the best…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to draw attention to the use of special drawing rights. We are supportive of using those for the benefit of people around the world…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI know that my hon. Friend has military experience himself, but what we are learning from Ukraine is the vital importance of having troops with a military operation that has 360°…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI agree 100% with what my right hon. Friend said, with just one clarification: it is 100% the objective of NATO, and all our friends and allies, to make sure that Putin fails in…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsIf the hon. Gentleman looked at the G7 communiqué, he would see that there was an explicit reference to making sure that anything we did was within our COP26 commitments to…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsMy right hon. Friend is correct about the role of Saudi. There may be some question about how much more the Saudis could pump out at this moment, but there is no doubt that we…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI thank the hon. Member very much. I want to say that I perfectly understand why he speaks as he does, but the reality is that the UK Army—the Army alone—will have a whole force…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsThe hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. As he knows, the UK began the Ramstein process, where countries commit substantial sums as well as matériel to Ukraine. I am not…04 Jul 2022