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HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceI have the fullest confidence. These arrangements for access, basing and overflight are well established. The relations between the US and the UK are very close. We have operated…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceMy hon. Friend makes important points. I welcome his support for the first concern of this Government, which is the protection of British personnel and British citizens in the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceI can indeed. My hon. Friend is right to underline the statement and the commitment the Chancellor made this afternoon to this House. He is also right to point out that while the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceWe will take the action we need to defend British interests, personnel and civilians. The right hon. Gentleman is right to say that our personnel are at risk—as he puts it, they…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceAs I said to the House in my statement, all the decisions we have taken and all actions in the face of the current conflict have been defensive in nature and legally well based.…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceThere are certain things that I will not and cannot disclose publicly. The operations of our submarines fall into that category. My hon. Friend is a long-standing member of the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s support for the action we have taken—the deployments I have decided to commit to the region. He asks what we are doing to make good 14 years of…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceThe UK Government are urging Iran to de-escalate. We are deeply concerned about regional stability. Part of the reason for our co-ordinated defensive actions—the contribution we…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceMy hon. Friend is entirely right. When I had the honour of spending part of Thursday with our personnel on our base in Akrotiri, it was not just the teams and the pilots flying…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceWe are taking this one step at a time, but I appreciate the right hon. Gentleman’s suggestion and the tone in which he offers his thoughts. Like me, he will welcome President…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceI thank the right hon. Gentleman. I am grateful to him for paying such close attention to my statement; Iran has now fired 500 ballistic and cruise missiles, and over 2,000…09 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceOur first priority is British citizens in the region. That is why my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and her team are working so hard to advise and help Britain bring…09 Mar 2026HANSARD UkraineThe detail of the structure and the deployment will become clear and depend on the context and detail of the peace agreement. In the context of a decision to deploy, the Prime…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineI will indeed. We are proud of our British defence industry. It equips our armed forces, it has helped to equip the Ukrainians and it has helped to provide the essential aid to…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineThe principle on which we have donated British-made weapons to Ukraine has been consistently for the defence of Ukraine. That is how Ukraine has been using them, and using them…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineI am very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. As Father of the House, he is able to speak for the House and for all sides, and he speaks for our nation. On supporting Ukraine’s…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineI know that my hon. Friend has some advanced defence tech firms in his patch. There are things we can do in this country that are valuable to Ukraine, and I will come on to a…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineI thank the hon. Gentleman for his visit to Kyiv. The fact that Members across the House have been regularly to Ukraine lifts the morale of the Ukrainian people and reminds them…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineFirst, I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s two daughters for serving this country. Secondly, I hope that he was able to visit that Coventry firm’s exhibition in this House…25 Feb 2026HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is to be applauded for having sponsored the exhibition. I am delighted that she could tell the House about it this afternoon. I pay tribute to her and to the…25 Feb 2026