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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI was disappointed to get the Defence Secretary’s written ministerial statement on the ARAP data breach and general update just before I left for these questions in the Chamber,…15 Nov 2021HANSARDNATO and Euro-Atlantic SecurityMay I offer our very best wishes to David Perry, whose heroic actions in Liverpool yesterday may have prevented a despicable and devastating attack on the city’s remembrance…15 Nov 2021HANSARDNATO and Euro-Atlantic SecurityThe Army told the Select Committee on Defence last year that it will not be until the “early 2030s” before it can field a fully equipped war-fighting division, including a new…15 Nov 2021HANSARDData Breach: ARAP Applicants in Afghanistan(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the data breach exposing ARAP applicants in Afghanistan.21 Sept 2021HANSARDData Breach: ARAP Applicants in AfghanistanThank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. There is rightly cross-party concern about this very grave security breach, with names, email addresses and in some cases…21 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to ask the Defence Secretary about the Ajax armoured vehicle, the biggest defence procurement failure since the Nimrod. What did the Defence Secretary know about the Ajax…20 Sept 2021HANSARDDaesh and Global AffiliatesThe Secretary of State is right: the biggest threat from Afghanistan is the country becoming once again the base for extremist terrorist groups. The biggest risk is that the…20 Sept 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is not just another troubled programme or another piece of Army kit. The Secretary of State’s defence White Paper confirms that Ajax is fundamental to the future of British…20 Sept 2021HANSARDAjax Armoured Vehicle ProcurementWe introduced them.09 Sept 2021HANSARDAjax Armoured Vehicle ProcurementI thank the Minister for making the statement and for advanced sight of it. May I, through you, Mr Deputy Speaker, thank Mr Speaker for ensuring that the Defence Secretary…09 Sept 2021HANSARDDefence Industry EmploymentThe Defence Secretary ducks and dives to avoid the answer, but the highly authoritative Defence Analysis has the figures: 31% of Britain’s defence budget now goes to US suppliers,…05 Jul 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe pay tribute to the total professionalism of the HMS Defender crew. This is a profound moment for the more than 150,000 UK men and women who served in Afghanistan. I pay tribute…05 Jul 2021HANSARDDefence Industry EmploymentI thank the Defence Secretary for his welcome to my hon. Friend the new Member for Batley and Spen (Kim Leadbeater). I will ensure that his kind remarks are known to her. The…05 Jul 2021HANSARD Loss of Secret DocumentsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence to update the House on the leak of classified and sensitive documents from the Ministry of Defence.28 Jun 2021HANSARD Loss of Secret DocumentsThat sensitive MOD documents were found strewn behind a bus stop in Kent last Tuesday morning is certainly embarrassing for Ministers, but it is deeply worrying for those…28 Jun 2021HANSARD UK Military Personnel Serving Overseas: VaccinationThis is frankly shocking. Defence Ministers have failed in their first duty to our armed forces, which is to ensure that they are properly trained, equipped and protected when…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Ajax Programme(Urgent question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on what progress has been made with the Ajax armoured vehicles programme.08 Jun 2021HANSARD Ajax ProgrammeThat was a statement of astonishing complacency. We have seen £3.5 billion paid out, four years late, and just 14 vehicles delivered, light tanks that cannot fire while moving,…08 Jun 2021HANSARDDefence JobsThe Prime Minister said back in November that the current four-year funding for defence would create “10,000 jobs every year”. Six months on, how many new defence jobs have been…24 May 2021HANSARDDefence JobsThe Secretary of State will need a better answer than that, because it is down to him to deliver the Prime Minister’s “10,000 jobs every year”, yet since he has been Defence…24 May 2021