NATO and International Security

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. I do not disagree with the fundamental ...

No one on our Front Bench or in the House would disagree with that analysis. Our response was too...

I agree. We took our eye off the ball. But I will not have lectures from the right hon. Member fo...

My right hon. Friend is right. I really do not want to make these sorts of points this afternoon,...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

Before I give way, may I in parenthesis say to the Secretary of State that the House is still loo...

I will just, out of courtesy, give the hon. Gentleman an update. The delay is simply the other co...

I am grateful for the progress report from the Secretary of State on that commitment, which I thi...

I thank my right hon. Friend the shadow Secretary of State for Defence. I am glad that he is maki...

I do indeed, and I am sure that my hon. Friend also discussed Norway’s contribution to the joint ...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will indeed, but then perhaps I had better get on with my speech.

The right hon. Gentleman is being very generous, and I will be brief. He mentioned weapons system...

The hon. Gentleman is exactly right. One of the most useful and effective weapons for the Ukraini...

My right hon. Friend has touched on what seems to be the key lesson of the recent procurement iss...

I think that it does. It requires a steady flow of orders, it requires a stronger commitment to d...

You missed one.

Check the record.

Would my right hon. Friend agree that the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, originally conceived ...

My right hon. Friend is right in many respects. Some of the most significant arms reduction and a...

I concur with what my right hon. Friend has said, but is it not the case that we now need to be m...

My right hon. Friend is right. Clear and consistent communication is part of having an effective ...

Would the right hon. Gentleman dare to go a little further and acknowledge the truth, which is th...

I would agree with the contention that possession has helped to hold the peace, but as my right h...

I hope the right hon. Gentleman will excuse me for not being here at the beginning of his speech ...

I am not sure whether the right hon. Gentleman means to catch your eye, Mr Deputy Speaker, but he...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that we all have to deal with the difficulty of the Russians’ app...

Indeed, there is certainly a willingness to threaten to use such weapons. The escalation of Presi...

I thank my right hon. Friend for the remark he just made about future diplomacy. Does he not thin...

I see it not as a big problem but as a necessary response. The right hon. Gentleman is right abou...

Order. As the House can see, a number of Members wish to participate in this relatively short deb...

Thank you very much for calling me to speak so early, Mr Deputy Speaker. When one has discussed t...

It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis), but I am ...

On Monday and Tuesday, I had a long conversation with Ukrainian politicians on the border. They s...

I do not disagree with any of that. I am not sure whether perhaps the right hon. Gentleman has mi...

Order. The wind-ups will begin no later than 4.40 pm. Six Members want to participate, so I am lo...

I will be as quick as I can. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow South (Stewar...

I will be brief, as I have just given a long speech. When we put this matter to Scottish people i...

The answer is that it is one of the policies that encourages Scots to vote to remain in the Unite...

Let us say eight minutes, then everyone will get about equal time.

3.59 pm

I begin by thanking the members of our armed forces—the men and women who work 24 hours a day, 36...

It is an honour to follow the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Jones), from whom I have lea...

Yesterday afternoon, I had the privilege to chair a fascinating discussion with Members of both H...

The ongoing terrible events in Ukraine remind us that we need to make sure that we not only maint...

Order. The winding- up speeches must begin no later than 4.40 pm. I call Mr Baron.

4.30 pm<...

Let me start by commending the Secretary of State and his Front-Bench team for their leadership o...

Labour’s commitment to NATO is unshakable. Eighty-five days ago, when Russia illegally invaded Uk...

I thank all colleagues for their contributions to the debate. As ever over the past four or five ...

I will be brief. After a vote for independence, who will the nuclear deterrent belong to?

I am trying hard to follow the question. The answer is either that it belongs to the United Kingd...

Yes—so it is not ours.

Yet the hon. Gentleman’s position and that of his party is that he would want to join an alliance...

I agree. The argument is clear: NATO is a nuclear alliance. SNP Members always refer to other cou...

That is an interesting point. It seems to me that NATO is one of the most powerful arguments for ...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

If my hon. Friend does not mind, I will push on because I have only a minute and a half to go.