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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol NegotiationsThe Secretary of State keeps threatening to invoke article 16, but he never quite gets round to doing it, does he? There is a pattern of behaviour here: the Secretary of State…08 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationMay I refer the Chairman to paragraph 58 on page 19 of the report? I take the point he has made very clearly that these are proposals for consultation and could be changed.…02 Dec 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Leader of the House gave us the business until 13 December, but the House rises on 16 December, so we still have three unallocated days. After four years, two general election…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCode of Conduct: ConsultationBut it would be by the commissioner.02 Dec 2021HANSARD Army Restructuring: Future SoldierThe British Army cannot fight without effective kit, but the Public Accounts Committee has declared the MOD’s procurement system “broken”, which it is, and has described the…25 Nov 2021HANSARDHelicopter Supply ChainA fortnight ago, the all-party Public Accounts Committee published the most damning report it has ever produced on MOD procurement, including helicopter procurement. The report…15 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsHello, it’s me again. I will gladly take the Secretary of State up on his offer of a meeting about procurement, but there is an old Army saying: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.…15 Nov 2021HANSARDPhotographic Reconnaissance Unit: National MemorialI apologise to you, Mr Davies, and to the Minister that I cannot be here for the whole debate because I am about to attend a remembrance service in the Guards’ Chapel. No…09 Nov 2021HANSARDLegacy of the TroublesAfter more than four years, two general election manifestos and a hand-signed promise in The Sun newspaper from the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State has delivered nothing.…27 Oct 2021HANSARDTributes to Sir David AmessSir David Amess was my best and oldest friend in politics, so I confess that I am hurting terribly, and I hope the House will forgive me if, because of that, my contribution this…18 Oct 2021HANSARDDefence ExportsI, too, welcome the AUKUS deal, which gives great form to global Britain and could be very good for jobs in both Barrow and Derby. Can we remind the Australians, when they begin…20 Sept 2021HANSARD Brexit: OpportunitiesI commend my right hon. and learned Friend and his team on their excellent TIGRR report and on his very welcome statement. If he needs a uniform, I am sure Gieves & Hawkes will be…16 Sept 2021HANSARDAjax Armoured Vehicle ProcurementThis £4 billion debacle is an example of exactly why the MOD’s procurement process is completely broken. The IPA analysis has already been referred to. Each year, it goes through…09 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanWinston Churchill said: “Wars are not won by evacuations.” —[ Official Report, 4 June 1940; Vol. 361, c. 791.] The debacle we have sadly just witnessed in Afghanistan was more…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanThe Prime Minister reminded the House that the Afghans had lost 70,000 men whom we helped to train and whom we fought alongside, even though some of them were not paid for many…18 Aug 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI warmly welcome the statement for both its timeliness and its content. In the negotiations that the Secretary of State and Lord Frost are plainly keen to have with the European…21 Jul 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolIf I may, I shall begin by commending my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin) for so ably introducing this very important debate and by agreeing…15 Jul 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolMy right hon. Friend kindly referred to me earlier and, far more importantly, to Lord Trimble. Does he agree that, although there are often risks in doing something, in this…15 Jul 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. Lord Trimble helped to create the Good Friday agreement, at great risk not just to his political career but arguably to his own life, and…15 Jul 2021HANSARD Legacy of Northern Ireland’s PastI say to the Secretary of State more in sorrow than in anger that, after four years of promising to do something about this, after two general election manifestos, after endless…14 Jul 2021