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HANSARD Armed Forces Commissioner BillMy hon. Friend makes a very important point. This Bill marks a culture change in how the Government go about interacting with our armed forces, and provides them with a sense of…03 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentThere is a consensus in this place about the importance of an independent nuclear deterrent to keep us safe, but there is far less understanding about the need and use of tactical…02 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewThis SDR underpins the reason that I left the Royal Air Force: to be part of a Government who take their commitment to defence and security seriously and will bring about the end…02 Jun 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseFirst, I welcome the Leader of the House’s remarks on the intolerable situation in Gaza and her commitment to ensuring that our Government do everything they can to bring about a…15 May 2025HANSARDUK Airstrike: Houthi Military FacilityFreedom of navigation in the Red sea and the gulf of Aden is essential to the global economic system, and anything that impinges on it impacts the global economy, increases the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. He is telling a very similar story to that of my local club, Leyton Orient. Its fans warmly welcomed the reinvestment from David Gandler,…28 Apr 2025HANSARD EU Trading RelationshipThe hon. Member is making an extremely powerful speech. On SMEs, does she recognise that the defence industry in Bristol suffers from the inability to receive adequate funding…24 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI thank the hon. Member for her powerful and incisive question. The armed forces continuous attitude survey consistently shows that the armed forces feel as though the covenant is…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI thank the hon. and gallant Member for his question, which focuses on what the Committee learned about armed forces families and their service. What strikes me is the amount of…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantAs we say in our report, the covenant gives us all a duty to our servicemen and women. We must take it as seriously as they have taken their duty to us. I commend the report to…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI am proud to present the Defence Committee’s fourth report of this Parliament, which is evidence of how hard the Committee has been working on behalf of Parliament and the…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI thank the hon. Member for his points. I join him in thanking our servicemen and women for their service and recognising their sacrifices. On the role of the Armed Forces…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI thank my hon. Friend for raising such an important point. She does a great job in representing the home of the British Army and raises the issues consistently, both with the…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI thank the hon. Member for raising that incisive point. The covenant must be consistently applied across the UK, and I think that is going to be a big challenge to the Government…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI thank the hon. Member for his intervention and for raising a valid and valuable point that the Government must take forward and consider. It was not part of the Armed Forces Act…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI am aware of the work that my hon. Friend is doing to support the armed forces community in Lincolnshire, particularly in Donny, which was an old and well-loved RAF station.…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantMy hon. Friend is a great champion for the Royal Navy community in her constituency, and she raises an apposite question that goes to the heart of an area where the armed forces…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantI will. As someone who was impacted thus myself, this is something I am aware of, and I will take it back to the Defence Committee for a response.08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantIn short, yes, the covenant is going into law. The report shows the stark contrast between governance in the UK and in Scotland.08 Apr 2025HANSARD Armed Forces CovenantAs the hon. and gallant Member knows, this matter was not raised—correction, he indeed raised the issue and received a response from the Minister about how our veterans are being…08 Apr 2025