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HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentMy hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. We knew already that the battle space is contested and that forces need to be closely integrated, but what Ukraine has shown…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for joining other colleagues in going out to Ukraine, showing the solidarity that we have for it and the strong cross-parliamentary consensus.…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for continuing to show solidarity, for the consensus that exists across the House and, in particular, for specifically mentioning the…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentThe UK has been leading international support for the armed forces of Ukraine for 10 years since Russia first invaded Crimea in 2014, training more than 60,000 new recruits since…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend and I pay tribute to him and all parliamentarians who have visited Ukraine and shown our solidarity and support for our ally. I know that…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point and he is absolutely right to say that their security is our security. We need to support Ukraine, because it is morally the right thing to…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentOnce again, I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s support and that of the SNP in ensuring that we have this strong consensus across the House in support of the Ukrainians. As he…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentIt is a pleasure to take my first contribution from my right hon. Friend in the Chamber since he became Chairman of the Select Committee. I look forward to further discussion with…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentI refer to the previous answer I gave, where I was clear that we placed that order last July, as the right hon. Gentleman rightly said; that is for our own armed forces and it is…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentMy right hon. Friend asks about an excellent point. Both the Secretary of State and I have commented on that. I have held meetings at the Treasury and with defence companies about…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentI know that the hon. Gentleman also served and speaks with expertise on these matters. He is right to raise the issue of the strategic importance of the Black sea. We have had…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentThat is not a straightforward question to answer. As I said right at the beginning about the things that ultimately come from military intelligence, these are sensitive matters,…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentMy right hon. Friend recently joined the Select Committee and I welcome him to it. He makes an excellent point. First, there is a lot of speculation about the level of production…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentMy right hon. Friend the Minister for Armed Forces answered that in detail at oral questions. The key point is that we will not do a line-by-line breakdown of every aspect of the…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for his incredibly important efforts engaging with the US. Obviously, the positions the US takes and the decisions it makes on support are a…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentThe hon. Lady’s excellent point about mines follows on from the point made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith). I am happy…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentMy hon. Friend is sterling in his championing of the Ukrainian cause and of the excellent work done by DE&S in his constituency. I have visited Abbey Wood twice and there is…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentThe hon. Lady makes the good point that we should pay tribute to all the personnel involved in Operation Interflex. We have provided a huge amount of training. I went to Salisbury…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentThat is a good question. Obviously, much of this work is happening internationally and in-country with Ukraine. I cannot go into operational details, but, absolutely, it is one…27 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military EquipmentAs ever, my right hon. Friend makes some excellent points. I pay tribute to him and other colleagues who went to Ukraine to show that we stand 100% with Ukraine, and to show our…27 Feb 2024