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HANSARDDefence Investment Plan(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the effect of the delay in the defence investment plan on our armed forces’ ability to…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDDefence Investment PlanIt speaks volumes that a junior Minister has been sent to answer this question today. If the new Defence Secretary is too scared to face tough questions at the Dispatch Box,…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDDefence Investment PlanWe have been warning that the delays to the defence investment plan are making our troops and our country less safe. Last week, the Defence Secretary and the Minister for the…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDEngagementsWe have heard the Prime Minister say that about 100 times. There is still no defence investment plan. He is the Prime Minister now—at least I think he is. Should I be calling Andy…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI, too, wish England and Scotland the very best in the world cup. I wish you a very happy birthday, Mr Speaker—many happy returns. May I take the opportunity to associate myself…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI welcome the pay rise for the armed forces. The Prime Minister says he has increased defence spending, but he has not. This year he is cutting it by £3.5 billion. What he is…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsThat sounded like a no. We have wasted two years waiting for the defence investment plan. Projects have been put on hold and Britain is getting weaker with every passing day. It…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsAt a time of increased global instability and tension, with war in Europe and the middle east, the Prime Minister is paralysed, giving the armed forces less than half of the…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI remember when the last Government led Europe when we were fighting the war in Ukraine. When Russia invaded, we were ready. We supplied Ukraine with munitions. We increased…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsWe need to bring down the benefits bill. The Prime Minister complains about the shadow Chancellor. The bill went up because of the pandemic and even then Labour Members were…03 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe truth is that unemployment has risen every single month since they came into office. Mr Speaker, you can listen to their cheers get weaker and thinner with every passing…03 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister keeps saying he is bringing in welfare reforms. None of those things is going to cut the bill. Even his own Timms review explicitly says—this is their review;…03 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsHe says he is proud of what they are delivering—I am glad to see that the Prime Minister still has his sense of humour, given we all know that he is losing his job soon. He has no…03 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister does not seem to know the answer, so let me tell him: benefits alone have risen by £20 billion since he came to office. The Prime Minister has promised welfare…03 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI echo the Prime Minister’s words on Lance Corporal James Freeman and about the Royal Navy helicopter crash in Devon. I also send my deepest condolences to the family and friends…03 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsIt gets worse and worse—the Prime Minister does not understand the policy. I am asking him about new oil and gas licences, which Labour Members voted against yesterday. If they…20 May 2026HANSARDEngagementsThat was a very weak set of cheers from the MPs who are trying to get rid of the Prime Minister. He does not know what he is talking about. This level of processology is not going…20 May 2026HANSARDEngagementsBeing patronising is not a substitute for understanding policy— [Interruption.] I have heard this tone before; this is the same tone that the Prime Minister used during the…20 May 2026HANSARDEngagementsThat pompous tone does not cover for the fact that the Prime Minister has got his policy all wrong. I have asked him about oil and gas again and again and again. The last time, he…20 May 2026HANSARDEngagementsI would like to associate myself with the words of the Prime Minister regarding the tragic death of Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan. We send our condolences to her family on this…20 May 2026