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HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionMy hon. Friend is exactly right about the disrespect shown to our forces and their personnel. The threat to our national security posed by breaching the security of a military…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the right hon. Member, who I also have a lot of time for. At no point have I sought to downplay the activities of Palestine Action. Indeed, today the Government have taken…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionAs there is an ongoing counter-terrorism inquiry into the activities of Palestine Action, which conducted a direct attack on UK military assets at a time of heightened tensions,…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionThe dangerous and worrying precedent was set by Palestine Action when it breached an RAF base and vandalised Royal Air Force planes. I entirely respect those who wish to protest,…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for his support, and for his words in support of our personnel. Armed Forces Week gives us an opportunity to thank all the men and women who serve in…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionIn relation to the events in the middle east, my hon. Friend will appreciate that I will need to be briefed further before I can give the House an accurate update. In relation to…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for the tone in which he has asked his questions and for his support for armed forces personnel. It is important at this time that this House sends a…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that airfield in question. Civil-military co-operation—using civilian infrastructure for military purposes—is a model that we may look to…23 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Military Base ProtectionMembers will be aware of the news breaking in Qatar, with reports of explosions at 19.35 pm local time. This is a fast-changing situation, and we are monitoring it closely.…23 Jun 2025HANSARDArmy Commonwealth CapCommonwealth citizens [1] have a long and distinguished history of service to this country, including during the second world war, which helped us to secure victory in Europe and…17 Jun 2025HANSARDArmed Forces CommissionerI am today announcing the launch of the recruitment campaign for the UK’s first ever Armed Forces Commissioner—an important step in this Government’s commitment to renewing the…13 Jun 2025HANSARD Afghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyI am happy to continue the conversation with the right hon. Gentleman in the days ahead. Question put and agreed to.05 Jun 2025HANSARD Afghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyI will give way to the right hon. Gentleman; I hope the hon. Lady does not mind.05 Jun 2025HANSARD Afghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyFirst, I put on record that we have exceptional civil servants working in this area who take the decisions very seriously and make those decisions in full consciousness of their…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Afghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyI thank the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith) for raising this issue, and for presenting his argument in the way that he did. We have…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Afghan Relocations and Assistance PolicyI entirely understand where the right hon. Gentleman is going with that argument. Under the criteria in the scheme we inherited from the previous Government, which we have…05 Jun 2025HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Implementing the armed forces covenant is something that this Government feel strongly about. That is why we are bringing forward…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillI know that the right hon. Gentleman has experience as a Minister who covered this area in the last Government. He is right that we need to reflect on the fact that everyone is…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman. He and I have had many long discussions about issues that the Committee discussed when he chaired it, and I am aware that my hon. Friend the…03 Jun 2025HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillI already had, before the right hon. Gentleman intervened—it was the last line I said before giving way to the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis). I think…03 Jun 2025