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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman talks about the fleet solid support ships being built in foreign yards. I can assure him that recently, I had the great pleasure of visiting Harland &…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am alarmed to hear that. It is a pleasure to take a question from my right hon. Friend, who is my constituency neighbour; it is not far for me to travel, and I would be…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady asks a very good question. To be clear, the figure of 4,000 homes with damp and mould is for this winter: we have put in place £400 million of additional spending.…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman is very knowledgeable on these matters, and I am more than happy for him to write to me about them. The Ajax contract is a firm price contract, and I am…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is always a pleasure to meet my hon. Friend.20 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is always a pleasure to meet my hon. Friend. He has been an absolute champion on the Ukraine issue, and I would be delighted to meet him to see what more we can do.20 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is brilliant to see south-west colleagues standing up for the defence sector in their constituencies, and my hon. Friend is right about Supacat—it is a brilliant platform. In…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an excellent point. She has been a long-running champion of the steel sector and its importance to her constituents. Of course, we want a smooth transition…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTrident Nuclear ProgrammeThe Ministry of Defence co-ordinates a range of interdependent programmes to support, maintain and renew the nuclear deterrent. The expected cost of the combined defence nuclear…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTrident Nuclear ProgrammeI profoundly disagree about this being the time to abandon the deterrent. I could not think of a worse time. The policy of the hon. Gentleman’s party is not just to abandon the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTrident Nuclear ProgrammeI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for that remark. I was delighted that those on the Labour Front Bench showed their agreement by nodding when I gave my previous…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTrident Nuclear ProgrammeFirst, I am delighted to hear confirmation of Labour’s total support for the deterrent. That sends a very powerful message to our adversaries about our national endeavour to…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTrident Nuclear ProgrammeThe hon. Gentleman talks about budget and cost. I can be open about the figure that matters: 80 million. That is the combined death toll in the first and second world wars. We…20 Nov 2023HANSARDTrident Nuclear ProgrammeThe hon. Gentleman, too, will not be surprised to hear that we will not comment on that, other than to say that we have had a continuous at-sea deterrent since 1969. We should all…20 Nov 2023HANSARDService AccommodationI would be more than happy to do so.20 Nov 2023HANSARDService AccommodationCurrently, 96.5% of the service family accommodation meets or exceeds the Government’s decent homes standard; only those properties should be allocated to service families. The…20 Nov 2023HANSARDService AccommodationThe hon. Gentleman asks an excellent question. We are aware that what happened last winter was not good enough. Too many homes were affected, particularly by damp and mould. That…20 Nov 2023HANSARDService AccommodationI am obviously sorry to hear about that case. I would ask the hon. Member to write to me with the details, and I will look into it with the DIO. The key thing is that, wherever we…20 Nov 2023HANSARDService AccommodationI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend. He knows that I share his passion for seeing genuine step change improvements in our accommodation. That is why we have announced the…20 Nov 2023HANSARDService AccommodationI am grateful to the hon. Member, and I repeat the point: we recognise that performance was not good enough last winter, which is why the Secretary of State made it an absolute…20 Nov 2023