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HANSARD UkraineI am going to bring my remarks to a close, if that is all right. Even if we do not have enough kit to send to Ukraine, we could help the Ukrainians to make more kit themselves and…20 May 2024HANSARD UkraineWould it not also be sensible to emphasise that if we want this war to go on forever, we should allow Russia to stay in control of sovereign Ukrainian territory? If we want to…20 May 2024HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewI am afraid that I am one of those who has been distracted, and I will not be able to remain to speak in the debate. I took a very great interest in the report by Lord Wilson of…09 May 2024HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewMy hon. Friend is making a very important speech. I would just draw the House’s attention to when I was new young Back Bencher in the early 1990s, and two or three of us,…09 May 2024HANSARD BBC Mid-term Charter ReviewIs there not another issue here, which is that the BBC is a successful programme maker and broadcaster, yet it is completely unable to compete with the likes of Amazon Prime and…09 May 2024HANSARD DefenceI very much welcome this defence debate in Government time but, as we run out of time, I am reminded that we used to have five debates every year on different defence topics.…07 May 2024HANSARD Defence Personnel Data BreachI thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House so speedily with a great deal about the action that is being taken. I am concerned both about the reluctance to name the…07 May 2024HANSARD Defencerose —07 May 2024HANSARDNational Grid: PylonsI chair a group of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk MPs, some 15 of us, known as OffSET, the Offshore Electricity-grid Taskforce. We are campaigning for an offshore electricity…02 May 2024HANSARDDefence SpendingMay I, in passing, pay tribute to the late Frank Field? He voted for the renewal of Trident, unlike many on the Labour Front Bench, and he would have understood that deepening our…24 Apr 2024HANSARDUK Armed ForcesMay I make a suggestion to my hon. Friend? It is perfectly clear that the MOD wants to increase defence spending, as does the Opposition spokesperson, the right hon. Member for…11 Mar 2024HANSARD UkraineForgive me, Mr Deputy Speaker, if I flee the Chamber for a 2 o’clock meeting of the Liaison Committee, which I must attend immediately after this question. May I point out to my…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Defence Acquisition ReformI congratulate my hon. Friend on his excellent statement. What training and professional development will be put in place to underpin the new policy? What he is describing is a…28 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseMay I suggest that the priority of the House should be to command the confidence of our voters? I do not think that they, or indeed a majority in the House, feel that we resolved…22 Feb 2024HANSARD UkraineCan my right hon. Friend take this opportunity to emphasise that the light attendance in the House this afternoon is not an indication of any lack of resolve among Members or any…22 Feb 2024HANSARDPharmacy FirstI very much welcome this initiative to encourage our pharmacies to provide more frontline healthcare. People need to know about this, because they often do not think of going to…31 Jan 2024HANSARDAction Against Houthi Maritime AttacksI express my full support for the action that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has approved. Will he extend his strategic objectives, because it seems that this threat will…23 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesI welcome my right hon. Friend’s decision last week to take military action in the Red sea, and the substantial increase in aid for Ukraine. Will he take this opportunity to…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Civil Nuclear Road MapI congratulate my hon. Friend on his statement, which is probably the most significant statement on energy policy for at least a decade. I welcome in particular the intention to…11 Jan 2024HANSARDCabinet OfficeI congratulate my right hon. Friend on his appointment—and a very welcome one it is too. Does he acknowledge that although the problem of churn and generalism in the civil service…06 Dec 2023