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HANSARD DefenceIt does not.07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceWill the Secretary of State give way?07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceThe Secretary of State is doing, like last time he came out on this debate, his used-car salesman act. The fact of the matter is clear: the only way we get to £75 billion is if we…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceWill the Secretary of State give way?07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceIf the Secretary of State is serious, can I ask him why next year, if we exclude the Ukraine funding from the defence budget, the core defence budget actually goes down?07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceIt does.07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceWill the Secretary of State give way?07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceIt’s the way you tell them.07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceThe present Defence Secretary was chair of the Conservative party until 2016. Is it not also a fact that, when the Conservative party was in coalition government, it cut the…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceDoes the right hon. Gentleman agree that that is also bad news for the defence budget? Those contracts are in dollars, and the dollar exchange rate puts huge pressure on the…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. May I begin by putting on the record the whole House’s thanks to the members of our armed forces for the service they give selflessly to protect us…07 May 2024HANSARD DefenceI am sorry that the hon. Gentleman seems to be talking down the UK defence industry. He talks about radars in the Isle of Wight, which are some of the best radars in the world,…07 May 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThis is a historic, unique and very controversial Bill. It is another small step in the justice for sub-postmasters campaign, which has been going on for decades. I pay tribute to…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillFirst, may I declare my interest as a member of the Horizon compensation advisory board and take some responsibility for why we are here today? It was the advisory board that…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill (Instructions)The hon. Member for Motherwell and Wishaw (Marion Fellows) clearly does not understand how prosecutions are done in the UK—sorry, in England. [ Interruption. ] Well, not in…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillDoes the hon. and learned Gentleman agree that much has come out since those cases were looked at? The public inquiry evidence about the way the Post Office investigated those…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillThe Minister knows that we on the advisory board have discussed this issue at length. Given what has come out of the inquiry over the last few weeks, does he agree that there is…29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillClause 2(2) mentions 23 September 1996. Is the Minister saying that any ICL Pathway system installed in post offices, even prior to that date, will be captured by the Bill?29 Apr 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Offences BillSo is the date irrelevant? I have spoken to one person whose prosecution might have been 1996, but there is evidence that the Pathway system was in place before that date in 1996.29 Apr 2024HANSARDDefence SpendingMay I first of all congratulate the Secretary of State on his stellar used-car salesman act, which we have become used to? On 26 March, he appeared, along with officials, before…24 Apr 2024