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HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshWe committed to 2.5% of GDP as a sustainable baseline. We announced the additional £5 billion to address the immediate impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As I said, that is…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshThe Secretary of State for Defence was just at the Dispatch Box welcoming the money.13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshI am not a religious man, but I understand that there is a phrase in the Bible about how there is more joy in heaven over a sinner who repents, and it is really good to hear— […13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshMy hon. Friend makes an important point. That is why we have moved to integrated reviews, recognising that defence, diplomacy, international development and trade policy are all…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the 2023 integrated review refresh. I smile because it is a genuine delight to see you back in this House and…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshThe right hon. Gentleman seems have embedded in his question the idea that our posture to the Indo-Pacific is a one-off event. It is not; it is a permanent recalibration of our…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshMy hon. Friend is very knowledgeable about this subject, and the points that he has made are points to which we listen carefully. I can only repeat that we will continue to work…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshI will tell the hon. Gentleman why there is always money for the foundation stone of the Euro-Atlantic defence posture; it is because it is the foundation stone of the…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshMy hon. Friend is right. We have published the integrated review refresh to set the framework for the risks and opportunities in the international sphere. Of course, we need…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshI thank the hon. and gallant Gentleman for his question. The details of how the Secretary of State for Defence will spend his budget I will have to leave to the Secretary of State…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshMy hon. Friend is right that it is important for us to build on our existing friendships and develop new ones in the Indo-Pacific region. Those friendships and partnerships are a…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshI have just come back, at the tail and of last week, from the UK-France summit in Paris, and our closer defence co-operation was one of the main topics we discussed, as was our…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshMy right hon. Friend makes a very important point. When I was running through the list of things that underpin our Indo-Pacific focus, I did not mention AUKUS, because I know that…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshWhen the impacts of covid were felt across the world, every Government of every political persuasion had to make difficult decisions, just as we did. I am pleased that we have…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshI reassure my right hon. Friend that in every meeting I have had with representatives of the Chinese Government, I have raised specifically their sanctioning of him and others in…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshMy right hon. Friend is right to say that organised criminal gangs have an international component. This document is predominantly but not exclusively focused on state-level…13 Mar 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review RefreshI have had conversations with my Scandinavian, Baltic and Canadian counterparts on the risk to the Arctic and the high north. Obviously, in a document that we are trying to make…13 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women and Girls Strategy 2023-2030The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is today publishing a new international women and girls strategy 2023-2030. Launching on International Women’s Day, the new…08 Mar 2023HANSARD UkraineMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. We have joined a working group to look at a special vehicle for full accountability, because, as I said in response to an earlier…20 Feb 2023HANSARD UkraineI will make some more progress, because a number of the interventions made so far have touched on points that I was planning to make in my speech, but I assure my right hon.…20 Feb 2023