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HANSARDUK-Australia Security and Defence Co-operationAUKUS is a generational commitment to the security of the Indo-Pacific. Last month I agreed with my Australian counterpart additional steps to deepen our bilateral co-operation in…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Australia Security and Defence Co-operationMy hon. Friend has highlighted a very important part of our armed forces. I pay tribute to the submariners who keep us safe 24 hours a day around these shores. There have been 50…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineWe all accept that the 2014 invasion of Donbas and Crimea was an invasion of sovereign territory. Nothing changes that. All our NATO allies agree on that entirely, and have…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUK-Australia Security and Defence Co-operationThe right hon. Gentleman is right to draw attention to the fragility in the submarine supply chain, which concerns not just us but the United States, and indeed all those…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineWe certainly have the capability, and we do everything we can, both internationally and unilaterally, to ensure that messages get across not only to our audiences but,…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Support for NATO AlliesThe UK continues actively to support its allies on NATO’s eastern front. The Prime Minister recently announced a further uplift of UK Defence support to eastern allies, including…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: Support for NATO AlliesAll of us, including the French President, are signed up to the NATO alliance—all 30 of us. Indeed, it was NATO that responded to Russia’s draft treaty that it offered in…21 Feb 2022HANSARDEastern Europe: Support for NATO AlliesAs I confirmed at the NATO Defence Ministers meeting last week, we will double the number of UK troops stationed in Estonia and deploy two Royal Navy ships to the eastern…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe Budapest memorandum, as my hon. Friend will know, was an agreement that Ukraine would disarm its nuclear weapons in exchange for Russia’s recognition of its sovereignty. I am…21 Feb 2022HANSARDEastern Europe: Support for NATO AlliesA few weeks ago, at a donor conference, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe requested that members of the NATO alliance put forward a range of forces—I listed some of them—and we…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: this is not just about gas. We have focused on gas because, predominantly, that is what preoccupies us in our comfy part of Europe,…21 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsDespite current global events, the Ministry of Defence remains firmly on course to deliver the biggest modernisation of our armed forces. Today we published the “Defence Equipment…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkrainePresident Putin wrote his article last July, before the Afghanistan withdrawal, and I think that that is the biggest symbol of what his ambitions were. But it is absolutely the…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineIn the event of an invasion, it does not matter whether you are a minority or a majority. The Russian Government’s attitude to those people who disagree with them either at home…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineIt is incredibly important that NATO seeks to use the extra troops to provide resilience, reassurance and containment. One reason why we have up to 400 Royal Marines in Poland is…21 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis year, the SNP is in favour of NATO membership, but who knows where it will be at the end of it? If SNP Members want to be part of NATO, they will have to spend 2% of GDP.…21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineAgain, it is for Georgia and its relationship with NATO and for NATO collectively to recognise its decision on whether it accedes. Fundamentally—the Prime Minister has been clear…21 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry to inform the hon. Lady that it is not in my power to award medals.21 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineWe are hosting the 10 nations of the joint expeditionary force, which includes the Nordic states plus Iceland and Holland, tonight and tomorrow at a summit. I have invited…21 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt will be produced in March, when hopefully I will visit Cold Response. When I came into office, I discovered that it was one of those classic Government strategies that had…21 Feb 2022