Speeches by Twigg.

“Minister, could you enlighten the Committee on the main focus of the joint expeditionary force, given that the Baltics are involved as well? What do you believe is that main focus?”

“Does the UK fully meet its commitments?”

“So you are saying that there are no problems with that at the moment.”

“So we should not worry about there being any diminution of focus on the complex anti-submarine operations? That is absolutely top notch, is it?”

“Could the hon. Member point to current legislation that has a gap and does not give the protection to the intelligence services that we all wish to see?”

“The hon. Member is saying that the intelligence services are not protected under the current legislation. Could he say why?”

“I support the Bill and the amendments put forward by the Government. Back in May 1998, when I first spoke in a debate about the Hillsborough disaster, I could never have imagined that 28 years later I would be debating new legislation to address the state’s failings in respect of that disaster. My right hon. Friend the…”

“Order. I remind hon. Members that interventions must be short.”

“The hon. Member is making a good and strong point. Does he agree that, frankly, it boils down to the fact that the Government must be much blunter with the British people about the nature of the threat we face?”

“I recently met a number of small and medium-sized enterprises and start-up companies that want to produce drones and autonomous systems and to integrate AI more, but they are concerned about the pace of change in the MOD. Does my hon. and gallant Friend believe that the MOD needs to start pacing up and getting on with …”

“I thank the Secretary of State for the opportunity to read the DIP this morning in the reading room. There are some important questions that need to be answered. It is clear that the last Government left the armed forces in a poor state, and this Government have been doing all they can to try to repair that, but for me…”

“I will call Sir Jeremy Hunt to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. I remind Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute…”

“I will call Sir Jeremy Hunt to move the motion and then call the Minister to respond. I remind Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute…”

“The Opposition spokespeople will probably have around six and a half minutes. That will give time for the Minister to wind up and, of course, for the mover of the motion to reply.”

“I will call the first Front-Bench spokesperson no later than 5.09 pm. I call Tom Tugendhat, who I am sure will be cognisant of that.”

“Just a bit less.”

“If the Minister could leave a minute or so for the hon. Member for Ashford (Sojan Joseph) to wind up, that would be great.”

“For a sane person, maybe.”

“There is concern about the impact of the middle east conflict and the war in Iran on the Russia-Ukraine war, with focus being taken away, particularly that of the Americans. That is an obvious concern, but I am also picking up on advantages. The Gulf states are paying greater interest to Ukraine and turning to agreemen…”

“I have been concerned by the ability of our armed forces to learn the lessons and adapt the technology and tactics from Ukraine. Only the Army has some framework, but it has not made any great progress in adapting that. One of my concerns, from talking to people from Ukraine, including serving officers in the Ukrainian…”