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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you very much, Mr Speaker. What a birthday. My right hon. Friend is entirely right. I have not yet seen the draft, and I have asked to see it as well as the final report so…15 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has raised an issue that is important not only to our part of the world but to the whole United Kingdom: the ability to deliver a sovereign capability. I recently…15 May 2023HANSARD UkraineIt would be good if the hon. Lady actually quoted me correctly. I did not say “the Conservatives”; I said that successive Governments, including her own party’s, have hollowed out…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineThe HALO Trust is an amazing organisation, first founded under the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, I think. That is where its pedigree comes from. Recently, I met some people…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineYes. My right hon. Friend sitting next to me, the Minister for Defence People, Veterans and Service Families, who himself is a naval surgeon, has been incredibly proactive in…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineThe issue I take with Washington Post is that the US has not denied Ukraine longer-range missiles; it has put in the high mobility artillery rocket system and, indeed, some other…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineThere are other nations with similar but not exactly the same types of weapons system, and I have seen already that our next bidding round for the international fund will include…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will update the House on Russia’s attacks on civilians and critical national infrastructure in Ukraine. We are now on day 442 of the…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his and his party’s support. He knows as well as anyone that we are all determined to see this through. I think that this has been an…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineI took the First Lady of Ukraine to Interflex last week. We have nearly 700 foreign troops helping, from Australia, New Zealand, most of Scandinavia and the Netherlands, alongside…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend’s characterisation of the counter-offensives is correct. I do not think it is a case of “One last thrust and everything will be over by Christmas.” I think…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineI am grateful for the SNP’s support on this. I think we all recognise what Ukraine is fighting for, and it appeals to our decency and the fact that we must all stand up for it.…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineThe right hon. Gentleman consistently asks about this matter, and he is right that we have to keep restocking ourselves. Some of the restocking has started, including the…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineThe hon. Lady makes an important point. When my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Sarah Atherton) did her report about women in the armed forces, one of the main recommendations…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend is right to talk about how we maintain momentum and about the need for air support because, of course, while Russia’s army has been very badly decimated, a…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineThat is a good idea, and I will definitely pass it on to the Chancellor. Work has already been done through the G7 with the oil cap, but my hon. Friend is absolutely right that…11 May 2023HANSARD UkraineNone of us should underestimate the political weight on the shoulders of the President of Ukraine. It is easy for us in the safety of London, behind an alliance of 30 in NATO, to…11 May 2023HANSARDSingle Source Defence Contracts 2023-24: Baseline Profit RateI am today announcing that I have set the baseline profit rate for single source defence contracts at 8.29%, in line with the rate recommended by the Single Source Regulations…14 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn the UK, we have thousands of British armed forces, joined by Canadians, Norwegians, Dutch, Swedish, Lithuanians, Australians and New Zealanders—endless numbers of…13 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs a Tory, you think about resigning most of the time—over the years. I am interested in trying to deliver for the men and women of our armed forces. I went into politics because…13 Mar 2023