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HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentIt is certainly the case that the SNP cannot have it both ways. It wants to have an independent Scotland and join NATO, while also removing part of its nuclear defence. I notice…13 Jun 2022HANSARDSupport for Ukraine’s MilitaryThe UK has committed £1.3 billion for military operations and aid to Ukraine. As part of the delivery of lethal and non-lethal aid in support of Ukraine’s military, we are…13 Jun 2022HANSARDReserve Forces and Cadets Association External Scrutiny Team Report 2021I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of a report into the condition of the reserves and delivery of the Future Reserves 2020 programme compiled by the reserve…26 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityI will just, out of courtesy, give the hon. Gentleman an update. The delay is simply the other countries’ willingness to verify their information. As soon as we have the other…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityAnd Welsh. I welcome the close working and clear support from the Labour party on Ukraine and NATO over the past few months. I noticed the article in The Times today by the shadow…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityYes, maybe it was. But let us not forget that NATO is a nuclear alliance. There is a danger that the people of Scotland will pick up the slight contradiction that the SNP, which…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityI beg to move, That this House has considered NATO and international security. I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss NATO and international security today. The ongoing war…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityWell, when I sat in the Scottish Parliament, I think NATO and the SNP did not go together.19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityMy hon. Friend makes an important point about resource. I have always said that, as the threat changes, we should obviously consider changing how we deliver and what we deliver in…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityWe have a defence and security treaty with the 30 members of NATO, nearly every one of which is in the EU. I do not think that we need to replicate treaties, but we should…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityI totally agree. When Britain says that we want to support them, we want them to succeed. We will help them to succeed, and I believe they will succeed. The right hon. Gentleman…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityNATO and many of its member countries are no different from the United Kingdom in that many of the unglamorous but key enablers have been disinvested in. That may be the bridge…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityI was one of the soldiers in north-west Germany at the time and there was always a desire after the cold war that we would bring forces back; the Dutch and everyone did that. With…19 May 2022HANSARD NATO and International SecurityTurkey is an incredibly important member of NATO, and indeed a strong contributor to it. We should always remember that NATO covers a very wide frontier, from the high north—the…19 May 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIf I am not mistaken, the IAEA’s relationship is with the Foreign Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. However, I will happily find out the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateWe have given, I think, more than £100 million in aid, but I will write to the hon. Gentleman with details about the IMF fund. He is right that we need to focus on that as much as…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIt is 61 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, and 74 days since my Russian counterpart assured me that the Russian army would not be invading. As the invasion approaches its ninth…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI talked earlier about the joint expeditionary force. Irrespective of whether those countries joined NATO, it would be incomprehensible to me if Britain did not, for example, go…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIt is definitely a valid suggestion. If we were to fast-forward to a frozen conflict in which 80% of Ukraine was still sovereign, it would be entirely up to Ukraine to decide who…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy right hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for spending 3% and I consider him my long-range artillery when it comes to the lobbying in the long term, whatever we see as a result…25 Apr 2022