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HANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to my Yorkshire neighbour for his welcome, and for the tribute he has paid to the Royal Marines. Let me emphasise the support that he offered for the National Crime…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will update the House on UK operational activity against the Russian shadow fleet. Before I begin, I wish to take this opportunity to pay…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to the shadow Secretary of State for his welcome. I was pleased to have the opportunity to speak to him on Friday evening. I do want to work constructively with him…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to my hon. Friend, not least because she has been a doughty champion of the garrison town that is Aldershot. She speaks with great passion and knowledge about these…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for the very constructive tone of his comments, and I am keen to work with him and his Liberal Democrat colleagues on these matters. He is…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has an important and close constituency interest in these matters, for his comments. I give him the assurances that he seeks. He raised a…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, as I always am, for his sage counsel on these matters; he has been talking about them for very many years. He referenced the presence of…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his reference to 42 Commando. He has been a long-standing supporter of Ukraine, and I hope he heard in my earlier remarks that my first…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, not least as a fellow veteran and someone who has served on the Intelligence and Security Committee, and he speaks with authority about these…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetMy right hon. Friend makes an important point, and there is widespread agreement for it. She will know that I spent much of the past two years doing exactly what she describes,…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, not least for the experience that he brings to these matters. He knows the huge regard that I have for his constituents, not least…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetMy hon. Friend is exactly right to raise those points in the way he does. I am joined on the Front Bench by the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, my…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetThe sound that the hon. Member described at the beginning of her remarks is one that I am very familiar with—it is one that still, to this day, makes the hairs on the back of my…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetMy hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the meticulous planning that these complex military operations involve. There are lots of moving parts. Risk is carried by those brave…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am genuinely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his comments, because he has spoken with real authority on these matters for many years. I hope that he understands that at…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments, and I share the sentiment he expressed at the beginning of his question. I anticipated that he might seek to draw reference to…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetThe hon. Gentleman, I have to say, is a constant source of disappointment to me, not least because I believe he has the potential to be the statesperson of his party.15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetIt would be very mean of me to say that it is a low bar, so I will not say that. The hon. Member for Boston and Skegness (Richard Tice) is unfair to my right hon. Friend the…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetI completely agree with my hon. Friend, who makes an important point. She referenced the abhorrent attacks that we have seen in recent times. She will not expect me to get into…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARD Russian Shadow FleetThe right hon. Gentleman is right to draw attention to the horror of the continued attacks on civilians in Ukraine. It is beyond abhorrent, and we must continue to remind…15 Jun 2026 · 5d ago