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HANSARDSupport for VeteransThis Government will always stand up for those who have served our country. We are determined to honour our veterans’ service and celebrate the vital role that they play in our…06 Jul 2026HANSARDSupport for VeteransI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that important issue, and I pay tribute to her constituent and the work that he is doing in the constituency. She has made an entirely…06 Jul 2026HANSARDSupport for VeteransI genuinely want to find a way forward on this that can attract cross-party support, but I remind the shadow Minister and some other Conservative Members that the previous…06 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, I made good on my promise to publish the defence investment plan and do right by our people. Yesterday, I met some of those people deployed on our aircraft carrier HMS…06 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is a fair question. I am looking very closely at the detail, and I will discuss it with our American allies.06 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not aware of the detail that the hon. and learned Member raises, but if he would like to write to me, I will look very carefully at it.06 Jul 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanWith permission, I will make a statement on the defence investment plan. Our armed forces represent the very best of us, from our sailors patrolling the High North and protecting…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI gently say to the hon. Lady that there was a massive lack of investment in defence housing under the previous Government. She will have heard my earlier remarks about the…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI do not think it is like that at all.30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanYes, we would be very happy to do that.30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanThe shadow Defence Secretary talks about legacy, so let me remind him that the previous Government cut back our service personnel by almost 50,000, the morale of our troops was…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for his service in government. He did an excellent job as Defence Secretary, and I absolutely aim to build on the work he did. I know he…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI gently say to the hon. Member that, when his party was in coalition government with the Conservative party, defence was cut by 22%. We are all judged by our record and the…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanThe hon. Member can shake his head, but it is a statement of truth that this plan, which represents £298 billion of investment over the next four years, represents an increase in…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI am grateful to my hon. and gallant Friend for his work in this area. I know he has a particular percentage in mind, and I am keen to discuss it more with him. I hope that he…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI am grateful to the Father of the House, not least because it gives me the opportunity to pay tribute to all those who serve at sea and do extraordinary work in the service of…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI am grateful to the Chair of the Select Committee for the scrutiny that I know he will apply to this important piece of work. He reeled off a number of different capabilities,…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanThe right hon. Gentleman knows that I always listen very carefully to what he has to say, not least because he talks a lot of good sense on these matters. Over the many years of…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanWe will look carefully at the best possible mechanism to ensure that we have the resources to field the required capability. There are different views about how best to do that,…30 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanThe plan is affordable. That is one of the differences between this Government and the last. But I welcome the scrutiny that the hon. Member will no doubt apply to the plan. We…30 Jun 2026