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HANSARDEngagementsWe have already increased defence spending. We will spend £270 billion in this Parliament. What did the Conservatives do on defence spending? They took it from 2.5% and cut it to…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising Ryan’s case, the details of which, as he outlined, are very hard to hear. As the father of a 17-year-old boy, I find that particularly hard to…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI agree with the right hon. Gentleman about the amazing work of our carers. I will take the measures necessary to defend our country—the first duty of any Prime Minister. The…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI agree with the Leader of the Opposition that in relation to both Iran and Ukraine, we are facing a more volatile world than at any time during our lifetimes. So far as defence…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsAll those involved in the violence will face the full force of the law, and quite rightly so. The hon. Member is right to describe, as he does, the fear that this instils in some…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsLet me be very clear: any blade that is used to threaten or to harm others is illegal by law—any blade. We will work with the Sikh community, knife crime campaigners and the…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am pleased that my hon. Friend’s local maternity services are seeing improvements. We now have a record number of midwives working in the NHS, and we are investing over £150…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for sharing his personal experience and, notwithstanding that, congratulate him on his achievements at the London marathon. I agree with him that patients…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising this important case and give her and the House the assurance that this is raised regularly by us. The Foreign Secretary has raised it very…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsWe will set out the defence investment plan. It is a 10-year plan and it is the first line-by-line review of defence budgets in 18 years. The right hon. Lady is wrong to say that…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. Lady asks the House to simply ignore the last 14 years, saying, “We may have failed the armed forces and hollowed them out, but please just forget all that and act…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the right hon. Member for his question. I also particularly thank him and all leaders in Northern Ireland who have urged calm, particularly before what happened last…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsLast week we had the terrible case of Henry Nowak, which Reform Members sought to exploit. Now we have a very difficult situation in Northern Ireland where families and…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsThese are clearly serious legitimate questions that deserve answers and scrutiny—answers and scrutiny that they are not getting. I do think the Scottish Parliament should look at…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI agree that we must act to protect ecosystems that underpin our food supply and our way of life, and I am really proud that, under this Government, the UK is back playing a…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI am very glad that we are cutting VAT over the summer with our summer savings programme, which I hope the hon. Lady will support. I note that we have not heard much from the…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is right to raise the concerns that we have. We have increased defence spending, and the defence investment plan is going to be set out very soon and before the…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising this case—it is obviously awful. If he shares further details with my office, I will ensure that the Water Minister picks it up and acts as…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for his great work supporting young carers for decades. We have given tech companies a deadline: introduce the device-level controls that already exist to…10 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsLast week, I noted the helicopter crash in Devon, and I want to put on record our sincere condolences to the families of Lieutenant Commander Chris Gayson, Lieutenant Lily-Mae…10 Jun 2026