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HANSARDAfghanistanI am sure Ministers will report to my right hon. Friend’s Committee if she invites us to do so. She is right to make the big argument that anyone providing data to the British…15 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his remarks. I am certainly grateful for his support for my statement this afternoon. Although he has not said it, he is a big…15 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanFor functions and roles like this, having sound, secure caseworker software, good training and proper protocols—all of which are now in place—greatly minimises the risk that…15 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanThis was a data breach that took place three and a half years ago under the decision and leadership of the previous Government and previous Defence Ministers. The challenge this…15 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanWell, I can say to the right hon. Gentleman that if there is another super-injunction, I have not been read in. In his characteristic way, he makes an important point about how…15 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanI can only recommend that my hon. Friend reads in full the public version of the Rimmer report, which I have published today. Rimmer sets out conclusions and an updated risk…15 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanI welcome the hon. Lady’s response. I provided the answers to two or three of her questions directly to the shadow Defence Secretary. On the steps we have taken to ensure the…15 Jul 2025HANSARDLancaster House 2.0We are in a new era of threat which demands a new era for defence. Yesterday I, together with my French counterpart Minister Sébastien Lecornu, agreed on implementing the detailed…11 Jul 2025HANSARDUK Defence Innovation and Cyber & Specialist Operations CommandToday this Government are outlining two major developments in our commitment to reform defence and the delivery of our strategic defence review. The establishment of the new UK…01 Jul 2025HANSARDDefence Spending: Cross-party TalksWe are accelerating recruitment. We are dealing with the deep-seated and long-running failure in recruitment, because the previous Government, over 14 years, set and then failed…30 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the Liberal Democrats’ support for the commitment we have made at NATO; the Leader of the Opposition was unable to offer that support at Prime Minister’s questions last…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDefence Spending: Cross-party TalksI welcome the hon. Gentleman to the Dispatch Box and to the Conservative Front Bench team, alongside his two very distinguished colleagues, the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and…30 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs I said in my response to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Dr Pinkerton), we are absolutely determined that Iran should never have a nuclear weapon. We have been working with…30 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsOne of the recommendations in the strategic defence review was that we develop an integrated air and missile defence system in this country. We must take our homeland security…30 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAbsolute rubbish! The UK and the US are the very closest of defence, intelligence and national security partners. The US was strongly behind the deal we have done on Diego Garcia,…30 Jun 2025HANSARDDefence Spending: Cross-party TalksI see a huge role. I hope that my hon. Friend took the commitment that the Chancellor and I made, alongside the spring statement, to set a new target for direct defence investment…30 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can confirm that the £4 billion is funded. I can confirm that the investment in autonomous and drone technology in this Parliament is double what was planned before the…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUkraine: Military SupportThat was a bit of a “bucket” question. On drones, we are increasing tenfold the number of British drones that we will supply to Ukraine this year. We are also stepping up the…30 Jun 2025HANSARDOperation Banner: Legal Protection for VeteransAny incoming Government would have to repeal the legacy Act. It is unlawful legislation—it has been rejected by domestic courts, and rejected by communities across Northern…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUkraine: Military SupportMy hon. Friend is right. Last night’s attack is a reminder of just how fierce the Russian onslaught on Ukraine is, but it is also a reminder that Putin has failed in his strategic…30 Jun 2025