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HANSARDUkraine: Defence SupportWithout my right hon. Friend’s support of me and Ukraine, none of this would have been possible. I place on record my great appreciation of his support through that process. He is…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I do not accept the hon. Gentleman’s figures. Secondly, between now and next year’s Budget, I have been given enough to insulate us from the effects of inflation, and we…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will do the right hon. Gentleman a deal: I will raise that at Cobra if he tells his union paymasters not to go on strike over Christmas and not to ruin the lives of our soldiers…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsUkraine has shown itself to be a master of innovation and has already developed several long-range drones that are having an effect. The real question here is scale and numbers,…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are grateful to Sweden. Swedish personnel are here in the UK training Ukrainian ground forces with us in the north of England. Sweden is one of the contributing countries.…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI hear my hon. Friend. Our advantage derives from our people. We must attract, recruit and retain the best people, drawn from the broadest diversity of thought, skills and…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsOne of the international treaties with the most signatures on it is on freedom of navigation across all seas. The United Kingdom stands strongly behind that and will uphold it…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will know about this because, I am afraid that, under Governments of both parties, we have been involved as former soldiers in meeting the consequences of…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI read out earlier the losses inflicted on the Russian army by a much smaller army that is defending against an aggression that does not have any basis in international law or…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I place on the record my thanks to the outgoing SNP Front Bencher, the hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East (Stuart C. McDonald), for his service and…12 Dec 2022HANSARDContingent Liabilities: Skynet 6I am pleased to inform the House that I am today laying a departmental minute to advise that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has received approval from His Majesty’s Treasury to…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo, I am not. We need to look at some of those regulations, because one of the things that holds us back too much in innovation, development and deployment is our own regulation.…12 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe services are leading in trying to look at exactly that unconventional route in. If we are to attract people to the National Cyber Force and to cyber, we are going to have to…12 Dec 2022HANSARDDefence Relationships with European AlliesWe are incredibly alert to that real challenge, which is why in August we set up that fund, which has now accrued €600 million, including donations from Norway and the…12 Dec 2022HANSARDCombat Air: Tempest AircraftIn the summer I updated the House on progress under the UK combat air strategy, setting out the crucial importance of combat air to the nation’s security, sovereign industrial…09 Dec 2022HANSARDDefence Equipment PlanI am pleased to place in the Library of the House a copy of the 2022 defence equipment plan report, which details the Department’s spending plans in equipment procurement and…29 Nov 2022HANSARDShipbuilding UpdateToday I am providing an update on our plans for the next stage of the fleet solid support ship programme. I am pleased to announce that Team Resolute has been selected as the…16 Nov 2022HANSARDType 26 Frigate: Batch 2Today I am providing an update on our plans for the next stage of the Type 26 frigate programme. I am pleased to announce that my Department has placed a contract with a value of…15 Nov 2022HANSARDDefence Procurement SystemDefence procurement is some of the most complex in Government, but our defence and security industrial strategy, published last year, represents a step change that will see…07 Nov 2022HANSARDArmistice DayYes, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Our armed forces have fought throughout time for the safety and security of our country and they continue to do so today against all…07 Nov 2022