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HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI disagree with my hon. Friend. If we look at the people dying in Ukraine—dying for Ukrainian freedom and for our freedom—because of a Russian war machine, we see that the threat…15 Dec 2025HANSARDDefence Investment PlanI know that the right hon. Member has strong views on defence, as do I. As a Government, we are increasing defence spending, with £5 billion extra in our budget: it will be 2.5%…15 Dec 2025HANSARDDefence Investment PlanThe strategic defence review was written on the basis of reaching 3%, and that is a key part of how we are increasing defence spending. I appreciate that the hon. Gentleman has…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for her interest in this issue. We are moving towards an always-on munitions strategy, and we have allocated £1.5 billion to create six new energetics…15 Dec 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have met Richard Parker and seen his passion and determination for driving more growth in small businesses located in the west midlands. There is a huge opportunity as we…15 Dec 2025HANSARDDefence Export Controls AgreementI am pleased to set out that the UK has acceded to the agreement on defence export controls, to which France, Germany and Spain are existing parties. This represents another step…09 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleAs we look into what has happened, it is important that everyone, including General Dynamics employees, has the opportunity to share any concerns. That is why General Dynamics,…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank the hon. Member. One of the hallmarks of a good defence debate in the House, certainly since I was elected in 2017, is that we have more in common across the parties and…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank my hon. Friend for her question. When I was in Merthyr speaking to the members of the General Dynamics team, I recognised the importance of the economic contribution that…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank my constituency neighbour for his question. Taking bold decisions is the hallmark of this Government, because it would not be enough simply to tinker with some of the…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank the hon. Gentleman for his words about our service personnel. Every one of them should know that the vehicles or equipment they have been asked to operate are safe, which…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank my hon. Friend for his question, as well as for the questions he asked me in front of his Select Committee last week, which gave me the opportunity to provide an update to…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions and the tone in which he asked them. I too was disgusted when I heard the news of the injuries to our service personnel, especially…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleThe hon. Gentleman does himself a disservice by saying that he has only a keen interest. He is by far the best parliamentary questioner of the Ministry of Defence, and that keen…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank the hon. Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) for tabling the question and Mr Speaker for allowing me to provide an update on the current situation, expanding on the…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleRupert Pearce is already making substantial changes to how we procure and delivering a programme of change, with reform within Defence Equipment and Support and the wider national…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right about the importance of logistics. I am reminded that without Colonel James Sunderland—a logistics colonel who sat on the Conservative…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank the hon. Member for his question. The Army has a number of vehicles that, as we have heard in this discussion, have been in service for a long period. In refreshing our…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI deliberately did not use the same words as the shadow Defence Secretary because I have not seen the evidence of what has happened in this case. I am reserving judgment about the…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Ajax Armoured VehicleI thank my constituency neighbour for her question. If there is a local defence business in the hon. Lady’s constituency, it is not far from mine, and I would be very happy to…08 Dec 2025