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HANSARD UkraineI think everybody agrees that any peace that is negotiated must be durable. That will require security guarantees, given the past experience that the Ukrainians have of Russia and…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineThe US Secretary of Defence made it clear yesterday that any peace negotiations that the Americans are involved in need to lead to a durable peace that does not see a resumption…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineIn the spring.13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineWe have always said that Ukraine’s rightful place is in NATO, and our position is that Ukraine is on an irreversible path to NATO membership. However, we have also always been…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineI agree very much with the hon. Lady when she says that our Ukrainian friends here in this nation have received a lot of support—not only in her constituency, but across the…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Gentleman is right to raise these concerns. It is clear that any peace that is negotiated, which must have the consent of the Ukrainians themselves, has to be durable,…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Member is right that security guarantees are likely to be an important part of any peace agreement given the past history. We have a 100-year partnership with Ukraine,…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineThe right hon. Gentleman is correct that conflicts such as this need to come to an end as soon as possible, so I acknowledge the point he makes about the death on all sides and…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is correct. We are doing that, but we must continue to step up our capacity to support Ukraine with weapons and the force that it needs to deter ongoing aggression,…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineI agree with my hon. Friend that we need to continue to support Ukraine to put it in the strongest possible position both while it is fighting the war and during any negotiations…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineThe Government have ongoing discussions with our partners in Europe and the high north.13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineNo matter which side of the Chamber he is sitting on, the right hon. Gentleman has a long history of supporting deterrence—whether nuclear or short of that threshold—and he makes…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineI have not, but I know my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has been having discussions and, indeed, our discussions are ongoing and frequent. I have had contact with my…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineI assure the right hon. Gentleman that the strategic defence review is about identifying threats that we face now, rather than threats we perhaps faced before the Ukraine war…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineIt does both. There is only one way in which we can provide the Ukrainians with increasing amounts of munitions and drones, which are developing and changing rapidly, and that is…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineMy hon. Friend is correct. As I said in my initial response to the urgent question, it is important that we deter that kind of behaviour wherever it is seen around the world.13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineI agree—we all agree—with the hon. Gentleman that defence spending needs to increase. That must be done in the context of us setting out in the SDR precisely where we see the…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineThe right hon. Gentleman will know very well that there are sanctions, which we do our best to police, and they have had some impact. I think they have to continue both while the…13 Feb 2025HANSARD UkraineI very much agree with my hon. Friend. I have had the pleasure of visiting her constituency on several occasions, and when it was her predecessor’s constituency as well, so I am…13 Feb 2025HANSARDHMS Albion and HMS BulwarkNeither HMS Albion nor HMS Bulwark were due to go to sea ahead of their out-of-service dates in 2033 and 2034. The Royal Navy is exploring options to sell both HMS Albion and HMS…10 Feb 2025