Global Military Operations

—not least by my right hon. Friend the Chair of the Select Committee.

I am sorry to intervene so early, but my right hon. Friend has raised an important aspect of the ...

My right hon. Friend is entirely right, but he need not worry: the Ministry of Defence is a favou...

The Minister is setting out the situation facing Ukraine very accurately. The most worrying recen...

The dam was in Russia’s control when it was damaged, so the opportunities to get in and assist wi...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the cautious note that he has sounded. Maybe later in h...

No, I actually disagree with my hon. Friend on that. If the conflict were to freeze with some sor...

indicated dissent.

Okay, I might have misunderstood my hon. Friend’s point, in that case.

To clarify the record, I am a great friend of Ukraine and it would be quite wrong to be misunders...

I completely agree, which is why I sound caution on what success looks like this summer. It must ...

The Minister is surely correct in saying that we must be prepared for a long struggle, but it is ...

Not solely in the UK, no, which I do not think will surprise anyone. Collectively, around the don...

I thank the Minister for his resolute address to the Chamber today, and we totally support his me...

From the perspective of Putin, Shoigu and Gerasimov, who needs enemies when there are friends lik...

I draw the House’s attention to my interest. The Minister knows of the resolute support on the La...

I was in Pristina just 10 days or so ago, and in Sarajevo the day before that, and I am acutely a...

I do not want to put the Minister on the spot in the Chamber, but can he update the House on any ...

I will defer to my right hon. Friend the Minister for Defence People, Veterans and Service Famili...

I believe the Minister is going to come back to the issue of the Balkans, and the United States i...

It is heartening to hear that from my hon. Friend, and I agree with him. The most obvious route t...

I am grateful for the opportunity to pursue that important point. The trade and co-operation agre...

Undoubtedly so; my right hon. Friend is correct. For all those countries who are on a Euro-Atlant...

Maybe that reinforces Tobias Ellwood’s point, but there we go.

5 pm

The Minister has indeed made a powerful case for another defence policy debate in short order, as...

The right hon. Gentleman knows that the Secretary of State and I have the highest regard for Mr S...

That is welcome indeed and noted on our side, not least because the new defence Command Paper wil...

I am interested to hear the right hon. Gentleman’s vision of the future. He believes that there w...

I take nothing for granted—I have been around too long for that—and we will fight hard every day ...

I am most grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way, and I am so sorry to intervene twi...

The point about the measure—counts in terms of GDP—is that it demonstrates the priority that the ...

My right hon. Friend is making an excellent point about the lack of investment over many years. D...

My hon. Friend is right to pick up that point, and he is not the first on either side of the Hous...

I pay tribute to the Minister for his opening remarks and join him in paying tribute to the valia...

I am very grateful to the right hon. and gallant Member for giving way. Today is the 41st anniver...

I certainly pay tribute, as I think we all would, to our armed forces for their courage and what ...

It is a pleasure to speak on behalf of the Scottish National party in this important debate on de...

In addition to the Front Benchers, there are 10 Members seeking to take part in the debate. I am ...

I very much welcome this debate on defence, in Government time. That is an exceptional thing thes...

Order. I am sorry but I have given the hon. Gentleman as much time as I can.

5.45 pm

I believe the United Kingdom needs to have a military presence across the globe. I am particularl...

Order. The hon. Gentleman’s time is up.

5.51 pm

Clausewitz famously wrote that war was a continuation of policy by other means, so it is entirely...

It is a great pleasure to speak in today’s debate. Keeping the nation safe and protecting our cit...

First and foremost, in the name of keeping our nation safe and protecting our citizens, which is ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell). I...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?

May I not? I have little time left and I know others on the right hon. Gentleman’s side of the Ho...

Order. Perversely, the debate is under-running slightly at the moment. Having admonished hon. Mem...

In that case, may I reverse my decision? I would be delighted to hear from the right hon. Gentlem...

I am very grateful. I wanted to underline the point the hon. Gentleman is making so eloquently to...

I hear the right hon. Gentleman, and of course it is true. To be fair to our Government, it is do...

I will make three very quick points about focus versus spread, the need to prepare for economic w...

The Liberal Democrats fully support the apparent consensus in the House in relation to Ukraine an...

This has been a serious debate, reflecting darkening times, uncertain times and the growing confi...

I thank the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard) for his remarks and for...