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HANSARDRearmament and Warfighting ReadinessIn a moment. We face a revanchist Russian led by Putin, who launched an invasion of Crimea and the Donbas in 2014, and then an even more brutal, full-scale invasion of Ukraine in…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRearmament and Warfighting ReadinessNATO is the most successful defensive alliance in history, and article 5 is its absolute fulcrum. We must maintain our commitment to article 5 to keep all NATO nations safe. In…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRearmament and Warfighting ReadinessThe hon. Member is right on the funding—I will mention that later—but one important thing that did happen after 2014 was under what was then called Operation Orbital. We began…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRearmament and Warfighting ReadinessI begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin) and the Backbench Business Committee for scheduling this important and timely debate, which coincides…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRearmament and Warfighting ReadinessThe university’s records do not show how every individual student voted, but we know that many of the students who were present at that famous debate in 1933 subsequently signed…08 Jul 2026HANSARDRearmament and Warfighting ReadinessNo, I am summing up. Lord Robertson, the lead author of the SDR, told the Defence Committee only yesterday that “we are running out of years… the challenge is now bigger, more…08 Jul 2026HANSARDSupport for VeteransWe have been waiting for those amendments almost as long as we have been waiting for the DIP. Where is the right hon. Member for Makerfield (Andy Burnham) on the legacy issue?…06 Jul 2026HANSARDSupport for VeteransMay I endorse your tribute to the late Sir George Howarth, Mr Speaker? May I also take this opportunity to welcome the incoming Minister for Veterans and People, the hon. Member…06 Jul 2026HANSARDHeart Disease and Stroke: Premature DeathsFor many years, stroke units have had access to thrombolysis—or “the shot”, as it is known in the trade. However, that is a very rough way of doing it, and it can have side…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHeart Disease and Stroke: Premature DeathsYes—don’t tell my wife! I thank the Minister very much for what she says about Olivia, her colleagues and all the others who work in the NHS in that field. I will chance my arm…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHeart Disease and Stroke: Premature DeathsLead neurointerventional radiographer.02 Jul 2026HANSARDHeart Disease and Stroke: Premature DeathsWill the Minister give way?02 Jul 2026HANSARDHeart Disease and Stroke: Premature DeathsI am sure that the potential new Prime Minister will have noted very carefully the commitment of the hon. Member for Southport (Patrick Hurley), who mentioned that he lost 4 lbs…02 Jul 2026HANSARDHeart Disease and Stroke: Premature DeathsI am sorry to disappoint the hon. Gentleman, not least as he is being so kind to me, but for the record it is my wife’s bat-phone, not mine.02 Jul 2026HANSARDHeart Disease and Stroke: Premature DeathsIt is a pleasure to speak in this important debate about preventing premature death from heart disease and stroke. I congratulate the hon. Member for South Ribble (Mr Foster) on…02 Jul 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessI have great respect for Lord Robertson, an accomplished former Defence Secretary and a former Secretary-General of NATO, who joined the Labour party in 1961. He is a Labour…23 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessI thank my hon. Friend for his generosity in giving way. The Finns have what they call a total defence concept, which is that in the event of an attack from Russia—they have much…23 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessWhen I served on the Defence Committee, just before the election, we went to RAF Marham and spoke to two F-35 pilots. We asked them how long it had taken since they first walked…23 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessNo. [ Laughter. ] In February of this year, along with some 20 Members from this House—the largest ever parliamentary delegation to Ukraine as far as I am aware—I visited Odesa,…23 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Spending and ReadinessWill the Minister give way on that matter?23 Jun 2026