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HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI understand why the hon. Lady, who is very expert in these matters, asks those questions. She is getting rather ahead of the stage of the peace negotiations, and of the detail…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI can give my hon. Friend the reassurance that we will do everything we can, alongside other allies, to step up the economic pressure on Russia; that we will step up our activity…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI do agree with my hon. Friend. The actions she speaks of bring discredit on that party—the party of Putin—and bring discredit on this country. I also welcome her comments on the…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI certainly do not accept the right hon. Gentleman’s characterisation. We have made a commitment as a new Government to put an extra £5 billion into defence. We have made the…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateYes, I believe I can. This Government are proud of the fact that this year we have provided the highest ever level of spending on military aid directly to support Ukraine. We are…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateThe hon. Gentleman speaks with military experience, and he is one of the authoritative voices in this House, so I respect what he says. I just say respectfully to him that that is…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateMy right hon. Friend is entirely right. One man stands behind the continuing war in Ukraine and continuing civilian deaths and attacks on domestic infrastructure, and that is…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI think my statement made it clear that I took the decision to allow US forces to base themselves in the UK after we made an assessment of the legal basis for and the purpose of…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateWith permission, Mr Speaker, and with thanks to you for allowing me to do so at this late hour, I wish to make a statement to update the House on today’s US operation and…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateWe are working flat out on the defence investment plan. We will complete it and publish it as soon as we can. The sovereignty of Greenland is not at issue: it is clearly Denmark…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s echo of my pride in the way that the UK, under his Government and stepped up again under this Government, has led on Ukraine, and his echo of…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI welcome my hon. Friend’s work chairing the Defence Committee. He, I and the Prime Minister are entirely at one: the future of Greenland is a matter for the people of Greenland.…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateIf my hon. Friend refers back to the strategic defence review that we published in June last year, he will see the identification and explanation of the sort of increasing threats…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s congratulations on the operation. I hope that he will see that this is part of the UK working to support our closest defence ally and the US taking…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI do indeed, and my hon. Friend is right. This new era of threat also demands hard power, strong alliances and sure diplomacy, but all that is based on a domestic political unity…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI can indeed. In recent months, I have been making sure that Defence has been putting in the investment to ensure that, at the point of peace, we are ready to move and to deploy…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateWe are going out of our way as a Government to ensure that our British forces and their families can feel that we are a Government on their side and that we take seriously and…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateMy hon. Friend is gently chiding me for overlong answers, and I take that point. He is entirely right about how our way of life, the operation of our economy and the way we live…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateI hope the reassurance that the hon. Gentleman asks for can be provided by the fact that SACEUR has been at the heart of the discussions and developments, close to the military…07 Jan 2026HANSARD Ukraine and Wider Operational UpdateIf the right hon. Lady considers and reflects on the strategic defence review that we published in June, she will see that it set out a strong case not just for the rising threats…07 Jan 2026