Remembrance, UK Armed Forces and Society

The hon. Member is a keen supporter of our armed forces, and I can tell him that the great pleasu...

The Minister talks about years of service. I wonder whether he would commend and congratulate my ...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman’s constituent on the longevity of her service and remark on wha...

Before I call the spokesman for the Opposition, I thank the Minister for his brevity in his openi...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have to say that it is an honour to follow the Minister and hi...

Sounds good to me.

The hon. Gentleman is harking back to the days when perhaps he did use battle tanks on a daily ba...

It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate. Defence is a subject that we do not discuss e...

On the work that our armed forces do today—other Members have mentioned their immense contributio...

I am grateful for that intervention and I was pleased to see the Minister nodding as my hon. Frie...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), the Chair of ...

I commend what the hon. Gentleman is saying and thank the many local authorities that are putting...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments and commend the support that has been provid...

Because we are commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of world war two, I shall concentrat...

I suspect that, like me, the whole House is enjoying the right hon. Gentleman’s year-by-year expo...

That is extraordinarily generous, but quite typical of the right hon. Gentleman.

We come to...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and a particular pleasure to follow the right hon. Memb...

After the next speaker, the limit will be reduced to five minutes, but with six minutes, I call C...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I start by quoting a poem by “Woodbine Willie”—Padre Geoffrey St...

May I say what an honour it is to follow the hon. and gallant Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart)?...

Touching on Operation Banner, and recognising that it was the longest continuous deployment for t...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and for a point well made.

According to the Min...

Having served for many years in Her Majesty’s armed forces, it is an honour to have been selected...

It is a privilege to have time in this debate and to follow so many powerful speeches. It is a ve...

Today, we remember all those who died in war. As we peer into the gaslit world of the great war o...

On this particularly solemn day, it is also important that we have in our thoughts and prayers th...

It is a privilege to pay tribute to all those who served and are serving in the armed forces, whe...

Our annual remembrance services and traditions, from the laying of wreaths to the wearing of popp...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, and especially to follow the brilliant, eloquent speech...

I begin by declaring an interest as a trustee of the Commonwealth War Graves Foundation and a for...

I agree that it is very important to remember more recent conflicts, for example the Falklands. W...

I agree with my hon. Friend. I have had the privilege of visiting the Falkland Islands on several...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones),who speaks tirelessl...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Wrexham (Sarah Atherton), who clearly has so much ...

When the guns stopped in 1918, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, the curtain ef...

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Bracknell (James Sunderland), and I join him in hop...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Putney (Fleur Anderson), to take part in the debat...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Dorset (Richard Drax). May I say how much I ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) and to hear the many cont...

It is a pleasure to follow the moving and powerful speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Keighl...

I join colleagues in thanking all those who currently serve and who have served previously, and, ...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) as he pays t...

Order. I am sorry but we have to leave it there—you have overrun the five minutes.

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This Armistice Day, as we have done for 100 years, we remember those who have paid the ultimate s...

To resume his seat no later than 4.33 pm, and with apologies to the almost 30 Members who did not...

It is a pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Mrs Miller) and speak...

Today has seen the House at its very best. Indeed, as the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon...

I thank the hon. Member for Islwyn (Chris Evans), in what I believe is his first appearance at th...

We will remember them and we will continue to remember them and be grateful for their service and...

We will now suspend for full three minutes. Please leave with care.

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