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HANSARD DefenceI thank my hon. Friend for his valuable contribution, and I support the point he makes. All the cuts he mentions were damaging. Probably the most damaging thing of all was how the…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceI hope that Ministers have heard my hon. Friend’s comments and will perhaps review that decision in future. Reducing certainty for British defence companies is not what we need to…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceI thank the right hon. Member for his intervention; that was very informative. We saw our surface fleet reduced to its smallest size since the English civil war while the…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceI was actually going to talk about something completely different, but the question is a good one. I find it very disappointing that the Conservatives have so little faith in the…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefencePerhaps the shadow Minister has one in his pocket.24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceIt is astonishing, Madam Deputy Speaker. You would not think that they had been in majority government for 10 years since the coalition. All the crimes that have been committed in…24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceI will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin). [ Interruption. ]24 Mar 2026HANSARD DefenceWe welcomed the Government’s efforts to try to reverse that damage last year, with their commitment to increase defence spending to 2.6% of GDP. But the Government’s persistent…24 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle EastI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. We are four weeks on from the start of President Trump’s illegal assault on Iran, and still there is no plan and…23 Mar 2026HANSARDDefence Investment PlanLiberal Democrats share concerns about the whereabouts of the defence investment plan, and urge the Government to come forward with its publication. Last year’s strategic defence…16 Mar 2026HANSARDDefence Jobs: WalesThe hon. Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare (Gerald Jones) knows better than most that the Ajax programme is not only a national defence procurement issue, but specifically a…16 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement, and echo his praise for the bravery and professionalism of our armed forces in putting their lives on the line…09 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministry of DefenceI thank the Backbench Business Committee for selecting this topic and the Chair of the Defence Committee for securing this debate. The UK spent £62.2 billion on defence this year.…04 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministry of DefenceI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention; it is important that that question is answered. It is starting to look less like a plan and more like a convenient excuse for delay.…04 Mar 2026HANSARD Ministry of DefenceAs the hon. Member says, he has asked me that question before. I have done my homework, and we have published the full background. This sits within the Government’s fiscal rules,…04 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsT1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.02 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsPlumpton college in my constituency is celebrating 100 years of land-based education. It has gone from 17 students in 1926 to a nationally recognised centre for agriculture,…02 Mar 2026HANSARD Representation of the People BillAlthough I fear that this Bill may be remembered as a Bill of missed opportunities, I want to start with the substantial positives that I see in it. For decades, the Liberal…02 Mar 2026HANSARD UkraineFour years ago yesterday, Vladimir Putin launched his deadly full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Four years on, we face a solemn reminder of the death and destruction that has ensued.…25 Feb 2026HANSARD Rural Mobile ConnectivityI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) on securing this really important debate. One of the issues that appears most often in my constituency…12 Feb 2026