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HANSARD Remembrance Day: Armed ForcesI completely agree with my right hon. and gallant Friend—the history of the 14th Army is a proud one. It was a marvellous amalgam, under a brilliant leader, of people from…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Remembrance Day: Armed ForcesCan my right hon. Friend confirm for the parliamentary record that of the nine generals who have written this unprecedented letter, three formerly served as Chief of the General…11 Nov 2025HANSARD Remembrance Day: Armed ForcesAs a young person myself, having recently turned 60— [Laughter . ] In all seriousness, at the remembrances services that I attended this weekend—like, I am sure, many Members on…11 Nov 2025HANSARDArmy RecruitmentIt is in Hansard .03 Nov 2025HANSARDArmy RecruitmentIt’s in Hansard !03 Nov 2025HANSARD“Soldier F” Trial VerdictConditional immunity.03 Nov 2025HANSARDArmy RecruitmentThe former Labour Security Minister Lord West said recently that we “shouldn’t be doing” this. Lord Glasman, the founder of Blue Labour, said: “We must reverse it as soon as…03 Nov 2025HANSARDArmy RecruitmentAs General Lord Dannatt, the former Chief of the General Staff, said at the weekend, “if potential recruits to our Armed Forces do not believe that their government will stand by…03 Nov 2025HANSARDProperty Service ChargesAs a constituency MP, I have had some appalling experiences with FirstPort, at Oak Lodge in Hockley and at King Georges Court in Rayleigh. The latter is a four-storey McCarthy…30 Oct 2025HANSARD Asylum Seekers: MOD HousingOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. We have just been debating the important matter of asylum seekers in MOD accommodation. Could you confirm, as I hope Hansard will, that…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Korean War: 75th CommemorationMy right hon. Friend is making an excellent, poignant speech. In 2013, as the then Veterans Minister, I had the great honour of going to South Korea with His Royal Highness the…22 Oct 2025HANSARD Korean War: 75th CommemorationMy hon. Friend highlights the fact that the Glorious Glosters were awarded a US Presidential Unit Citation, which is extremely rare for a non-American unit. Another link is that…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. As you know, when we have a Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivers the Budget and then the Red Book, with all the fine detail,…14 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDAh! [ Laughter. ]13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI am completely opposed to digital ID cards as a matter of principle. The proposal was not in the Labour party manifesto, and the Government have no mandate for it. It is…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThis is fundamental to the whole argument. We have pressed the Government for months to tell us what the legal threat to the islands was. In his opening speech the Minister said…09 Sept 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIs it the case—my right hon. and learned Friend is a former Attorney General—that the ITU treaty to which we and others are a party states specifically that the ITU has no…09 Sept 2025HANSARDVeterans: SupportNearly a fifth of a million people have now signed the parliamentary petition to protect Northern Ireland veterans from prosecution, in opposition to Labour’s proposals for…08 Sept 2025HANSARDVeterans: SupportLabour’s currently stalled remedial order would specifically make it easier for Gerry Adams and his friends to sue the British taxpayer while throwing our Army veterans, many of…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Business of the HouseI will be short, as I already am. Can we have a debate about delays in obtaining driving tests? There is a growing problem with unscrupulous operators using bots to sweep up…04 Sept 2025