Defence Capability

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. She makes an excellent point. I will come on to indus...

The House might like to know that the winding-up speeches will start at 4 o’clock. Only four Memb...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh) on securing this debate via the Back-Bench Bu...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He talks in great detail about what is going ...

I invite the Minister to take this opportunity to rule out cuts to our amphibious forces in that ...

No decisions have been made.

Order.

I think it is entirely possible for Ministers to set a strategy and direction in which the countr...

I invite the hon. Gentleman to clear something up; he talked a lot about cuts in the military. He...

I am grateful for that intervention, which gives me an opportunity to direct the attention of the...

If it would be of use to him, the hon. Gentleman might apply to the Ministry of Defence for a use...

I invite the hon. Gentleman to visit Plymouth, where I can show him Stonehouse barracks and the R...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Mem...

It is not just about the deployment of two brigade groups but about the follow-on forces: those t...

I thank my hon. Friend for his excellent intervention. I was careful to use the word “enduringly”...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank the hon. Member for Yeovil (M...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for taking an intervention. Will he acknowledge the significa...

Again, that is part of an ongoing campaign by the previous Member for the hon. Gentleman’s consti...

Will you welcome that investment?

Of course, we welcome that, just as we welcome the contribution of other countries in the norther...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh) for securing this important debat...

My hon. Friend makes an important point about an attitude, with which I entirely agree. Under thi...

Absolutely; I am very grateful for that intervention. What is impressive, when travelling to the ...

Order. If the hon. Gentleman faces more toward the Chair, the Minister will hear better and the m...

I will gladly afford the Minister the opportunity to listen. I agree with my hon. Friend the Memb...

I was with my hon. Friend when he visited. I point out to the House that the Saudi pilots we spok...

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend. We should have the confidence to double down on those relat...

We have now heard from all those hon. Members who notified me of their wish to speak. It may help...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr Fysh) on securing the debate. I will concentrate on...

I agree with much of what the right hon. Gentleman says about past Governments’ actions. In the l...

The right hon. Gentleman is right. The Wildcat programme is of great advantage, and it is of cons...

As time is so pressing, and so many people wish to speak who do not get as many opportunities as ...

I absolutely agree with what my right hon. Friend said, not least because he is my boss on the De...

The idea that anyone could be my right hon. Friend’s boss on the Defence Committee is polite, but...

Order. A number of Back Benchers are still trying to catch my eye. While I cannot extend the deba...

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr...

We have six minutes and three people.

4 pm

I shall be brief, Mr Bone.

This is like wandering into a group of the last of the big spend...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I, too, welcome the debate secured by...

I shall be brief, Mr Bone. There is a realism that we need to bring to this debate. A capability ...

I am not a religious man, but it is proof that God is smiling on us when you are in the Chair, Mr...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone.

This is an important debate, an...

We buy equipment and weapons from the United States because they are better than the equipment an...

That highlights the short-term thinking of the present Government. What we really need is an indu...

Order. I am sorry to interrupt the shadow Minister, but I am afraid I cannot let him speak for lo...

I am about to wind up. I remind Members that the Conservative manifesto for the 2015 election sai...

Order. I am not having this—the hon. Gentleman must sit down.

4.20 pm

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak today, Mr Bone. It is a real pleasure to be able to dr...

Before the Minister sits down—

I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman. He took far too much time—

Answer some questions then.

I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman. I have made that clear—

Answer some questions.

Order. The hon. Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David) is not in my good books at the moment. Yellin...

The hon. Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David) has successfully eaten into more of my time, so I th...

I thank all hon. Members for turning up to this important debate. We have heard that since SDSR 2...