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HANSARD Strength of the UK’s Armed ForcesI very much share the concerns expressed by the right hon. Member for Warley (John Spellar), but I very much hope that we maintain minimum recoverable capability in all these…14 Apr 2021HANSARD Strength of the UK’s Armed ForcesI have some sympathy for the right hon. Gentleman’s position, because when I was the shadow Secretary of State for Defence, I spent a lot of time criticising the then Labour…14 Apr 2021HANSARD Strength of the UK’s Armed ForcesI think the coalition had something to do with that. I warned David Cameron about that before we even went into that coalition. The right hon. Member for Islington North accuses…14 Apr 2021HANSARDLobbying of Government Committeerose—14 Apr 2021HANSARDLobbying of Government CommitteeI just point out that, when Gordon Brown appointed his Prime Minister’s adviser on ministerial interests, that job was not advertised either because it is not advertised; it is a…14 Apr 2021HANSARDLobbying of Government CommitteeI rise briefly to make the point that the 2017 Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee report into the ACOBA rules recommended changes to the ministerial code…14 Apr 2021HANSARD Speaker’s StatementFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Like my hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), I was elected in the same year as Cheryl in 1992 and…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghWhen I first saw the list of those who wished to contribute to this debate, my heart sank slightly because I wondered how long this debate could go on and still remain so…12 Apr 2021HANSARDCoronavirusI am perfectly prepared to accept that it is a worst-case scenario, but we are dealing with projections that are based on a great deal of speculation, and they do not take account…25 Mar 2021HANSARDCoronavirusI suppose I have an opportunity to reply to my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest West (Sir Desmond Swayne), who has just spoken. I have a rather different take. Many…25 Mar 2021HANSARD Integrated Review: Defence Command PaperI thank my right hon. Friend for his Defence Command Paper, which I broadly welcome, in particular the integrated review, which looks forward to the modern threats we face and…22 Mar 2021HANSARDEngagementsHas my right hon. Friend noted that the integrated review has been widely and rightly welcomed as a bold British vision for our role in the world, but not in Scotland, of course,…17 Mar 2021HANSARD International Women’s DayI thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) for organising the debate. It is a privilege to take part in it. I am the representative man who is here to…11 Mar 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland ProtocolCould my right hon. Friend explain to the European Union that we are perhaps more committed to the Good Friday agreement and the avoidance of new infrastructure on the border…10 Mar 2021HANSARDCOP26It is a great pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell). My immediate priority is to ensure that the…10 Mar 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIs my right hon. Friend aware that the Freeport East bid for the freeport at Felixstowe-Harwich is the biggest freeport bid? It will make the biggest contribution to levelling up,…25 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Road MapI congratulate the Prime Minister on the fact that sunlit uplands now beckon us. He is right to say that the threat remains substantial, because while we are unlocking, at this…22 Feb 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyWith the end of the cold war, the UK failed to develop a new national or grand strategy and allowed its mechanisms for maintaining such a strategy to atrophy. This review must…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Russian Federation: Human RightsI thank my hon. Friend for her statements. Is it not clear that the lesson of watching Russia for the past few years is that Russia—or China, for that matter—does not have any…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19 Response: Defence SupportThis is undoubtedly the greatest national emergency of my lifetime, yet only a small fraction of the available military capacity has been called upon by the rest of the…12 Jan 2021