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HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank the hon. Member for welcoming the strategy—it is good to see cross-party support for our defence industry. I also welcome her words about the support that we provide to…08 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank my hon. Friend for championing the work that takes place at Scotstoun. In both Govan and Scotstoun, we have an incredible workforce building the world’s best…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Victory over Japan: 80th AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and for remembering Frank Jeremy Hedges in her remarks. It is so important that we remember all those who served in every part of the…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Victory over Japan: 80th AnniversaryIt is a particular privilege to close this debate, which has seen such a strong and united House say thank you to those who served in the Pacific theatre in the second world war.…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Victory over Japan: 80th AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, which gives me an opportunity to inform the House that there are resources available for our schools. “Our Shared Story” is one of…21 Jul 2025HANSARD Victory over Japan: 80th AnniversaryI thank my hon. Friend for that. A theme picked up by a number of colleagues, including the Chair of the Defence Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi), was…21 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeIf the right hon. Gentleman interrupts each sentence, I will not get the full sentence out. I appreciate that he has a style that he has to maintain, but this is not helpful and…16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI know the right hon. Gentleman is trying to be aggressive and angry, but I do not want to give the wrong answer when I am standing in for another Minister. I am happy to ensure…16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI shall also deal with the earlier comment about where the aircraft will be maintained. I am happy to confirm that they will be maintained in the UK. I did not get all of the…16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeThe level of politeness that we saw in the rest of the debate has not been reflected in the right hon. Gentleman’s remarks. Turning to the costs, the original outlined business…16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI am happy to come back to the right hon. Gentleman in due course. I have other hon. Members’ questions to address first, and I will not be spoken over—thank you.16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI have lots of points to cover, but I will happily come back to the right hon. Gentleman.16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. It is worth noting, because to succeed we need people at the point of the spear and we need people who are the spear. All too…16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI congratulate the hon. Member for Dumfries and Galloway (John Cooper) on securing this debate. I have to warn him that he is sounding like a very good shadow Minister Padawan on…16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeI am happy to come back to the right hon. Gentleman in due course.16 Jul 2025HANSARD RAF E-7 Wedgetail ProgrammeMy hon. Friend makes a strong argument. I support the wording of the strategic defence review, which talks of possibly buying more E-7 Wedgetails when the economic conditions…16 Jul 2025HANSARDDefenceWhat we have done with the ARAP scheme is implement as a nation, under the last Government and this one, probably the most generous Afghan relocation scheme of any of the allies…11 Jul 2025HANSARDDefenceUnder the criteria in the scheme we inherited from the previous Government, which we have continued, we have made the decision, with the exception of the Triples, to keep the…11 Jul 2025HANSARDDefenceUnder the criteria in the scheme we inherited from the previous Government, which we have continued, we have made the decision, with the exception of how these criteria are…11 Jul 2025HANSARDDefenceWhat we have done with the ARAP scheme is implement as a nation, under the last Government and this one, probably the most generous Afghan relocation scheme of any of the allies…11 Jul 2025