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HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsThe hon. Gentleman has served in the armed forces himself, and he understands how difficult it can be to continue to build public support for military expenditure. But it is vital…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI hesitated to say that to my right hon. Friend the Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford)—and he is my friend, Mr Speaker—but that is the fact. The Scottish…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsI did raise human rights concerns with President Kagame, and I raised issues of freedom of speech. I am sure that the hon. Member has been to Rwanda, so he will know that in 1994…04 Jul 2022HANSARDCHOGM, G7 and NATO SummitsMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point and alludes to exactly the solutions that we are trying to find in the event that we are forced into an operation that does not involve the…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 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 2022HANSARDMachinery of Government: Arbitration PolicyI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of government change. Responsibility for private commercial arbitration policy and the…28 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Covid-19 InquiryOn 15 December 2021, I appointed the right hon. Baroness Heather Hallett as chair of the UK inquiry into covid-19. Earlier this year, I published terms of reference for the…28 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsActually, as I think the whole House knows and the whole country knows, we have a global inflationary problem, but this Government have the fiscal firepower to deal with it. That…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsNobody wants a trade war, nor is there any need for one. I am afraid the right hon. Gentleman is underestimating what this country is currently achieving—not just the Moderna…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI am afraid that the hon. Member is underestimating what the country is already doing for the people of Afghanistan. On Armed Forces Day, we should celebrate Op Pitting, which…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf the hon. Gentleman will just wait for the Justice Secretary’s statement, which follows shortly, I think he will find that he is in error in what he said.22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsI can tell my hon. Friend very briefly that it is 13,576 more police officers, with 200 more in Cheshire. They are also cutting neighbourhood crime—already by 31%—and our streets…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is probably the best Member for Rother Valley we have ever had. I thank him very much and we are going to continue our agenda of levelling up across the whole…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf the hon. Lady wants to support the working people of this country, I suggest she gets off the picket line, has a word with her party leader and supports the travelling public…22 Jun 2022