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HANSARDGlobal Combat Air Programme TreatyIt is worth pointing out that the Tempest programme, the UK side of GCAP, already employs 3,000 people in this country—I mentioned that £2 billion has been spent so far—and the…18 Dec 2023HANSARDGlobal Combat Air Programme TreatyI thank my right hon. Friend for his points. He is right that having a sixth-generation aircraft in our fleet will ensure that we keep ahead. He will know that Typhoons are at…18 Dec 2023HANSARDGlobal Combat Air Programme TreatyIt is not, simply for the reason that the projects in there may or may not go ahead. The largest increase in that budget was to do with the nuclear enterprise, which we all know…18 Dec 2023HANSARDGlobal Combat Air Programme TreatyI should point out again that it is not a shortfall in the budget but a snapshot of a forecast done before the refresh.18 Dec 2023HANSARDGlobal Combat Air Programme TreatyMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that air facilities and combat capabilities are essential to Ukraine, as we have seen. That is not just aircraft but unmanned…18 Dec 2023HANSARDGlobal Combat Air Programme TreatyThank you for that warm welcome, Mr Speaker. With permission I would like to share details of the treaty that I signed with my Japanese and Italian counterparts last Thursday. A…18 Dec 2023HANSARDMaritime Capability Coalition LaunchI am pleased to inform the House of the UK’s launch of the maritime capability coalition (MCC), alongside Norway, which represents a step change in the UK’s support for Ukraine in…11 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsAs the hon. Gentleman can imagine—and this was included in my conversations in the States last week—there is a huge amount of international work about what happens afterwards and…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsI clarify again that these are not necessarily only drones. Some will be piloted or will be unarmed. My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right that no nation should…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsThere simply is not going to be a deployment, so that will not be required.05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsYes.05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsI would have thought that the No. 1 concern would be to locate the British hostages, and that is where the surveillance work will focus. The FCDO will be best placed to answer the…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsTo clarify the record on the two ships that my right hon. Friend mentions, HMS Lancaster was already there and HMS Diamond is there now, and there are two Royal Fleet Auxiliary…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsI was actually with Lloyd Austin, the US Defence Secretary, when he spoke those words, I believe, and we agree entirely. To make it absolutely clear, Israel needs to comply with…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is important that we send that deterrent message, and it is working. I have called on all parties not to think that this is an…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsAs the hon. Gentleman says, that question has been asked, and I have answered it a couple of times. The intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance—ISR—flights are to look for…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsI will go for the last of my right hon. Friend’s many good questions. This Government are committed to 2.5%, as conditions allow. I know that he will be making his own…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsThe easiest way to bring this to an end, as I hinted earlier, would be for Hamas, a terrorist organisation, to release the hostages that they have, to stop firing rockets into…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsThe IRGC and its position are kept under constant review. I know that my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary is constantly looking at the region. He has been out there already…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMiddle East: UK Military DeploymentsI hope the right hon. Gentleman will know of my personal interest in and dedication to Ukraine. I can absolutely reassure him that this is not defocusing that work in any way,…05 Dec 2023