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HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionGiven the seriousness of the issues we are discussing, my focus, and the focus of every Defence Minister, is on ensuring the protection of our people. I understand that the hon.…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the college at Harrogate. It is a really important part of the defence family and I know that the Minister for Veterans and People, my hon.…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the security changes that we have introduced at bases and reserve centres in Northern Ireland. It is certainly true that we had reservists…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionThe Foreign Secretary was very clear, when he was at the Dispatch Box for his statement earlier, that the UK and the US share the same long-term ambition to ensure that Iran does…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionThe right hon. Gentleman speaks passionately for the Palestinian people and has done so for a very long time. This statement was about not Gaza but the force protection of our…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for those comments. I often find the phrase “Flip it to see it” is useful to identify whether there is inbuilt bias in how we approach a topic. As he…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank my hon. Friend for the encouragement to head back to the Ministry of Defence; I will be hightailing it back there as soon as this statement is over. The review…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionAs the MP for Devonport, can I say to my hon. Friend, the MP for one of the Portsmouth seats, just how proud we are of our Royal Navy, no matter where those ships or capabilities…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for the way he approached his question. I share his concerns to ensure that Members of Parliament are adequately informed about defence. Indeed, it was…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank my hon. Friend for championing defence as the Member of Parliament for his constituency. He is exactly right in highlighting that Palestine Action has targeted not just…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI say to the right hon. Member that this is not a protest group, but people who have undertaken severe criminal damage to military assets and who are increasingly using violence…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank my hon. Friend for his question, and for the support he provides to the armed forces in his constituency. The force protection measures we have introduced as a Government…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI reassure the right hon. Gentleman that there will be a full debate in this House in the coming days as part of the proscription process, so in due course he and all Members will…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the concerns of the local community around Brize Norton, and I would be very happy to meet him to discuss the details of what occurred from…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank my hon. Friend for that question. I am afraid that a Government Minister’s usual line about proscription is that we do not comment on it except when, as today, I have been…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionAlive to your words, Mr Deputy Speaker, let me just say that I agree with the hon. Gentleman, as I agreed with my hon. Friend the Member for North East Derbyshire (Louise Jones).…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI commend my hon. Friend for her words and for her service. The comments that were made at the weekend about our serving military personnel are outrageous, and I notice that there…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionIn the spirit of cross-party consensus, I praise the hon. Gentleman for making a huge contribution to the way in which we look at defence in his short time here. We have made no…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionIn my hon. Friend’s short time in this House, she has become a real champion of our armed forces—not just in her constituency, but across the country. She is right to pay tribute…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the hon. Member for his question, and for his obvious concern for our armed forces. The statement that I made today and the statements made by the Prime Minister, the…23 Jun 2025