Speeches by Twigg.

“I know, but I am just asking.”

“Has the nature of that changed in recent years, and is there anything that specifically gives you cause for concern?”

“You probably will not be surprised by this question. What is the nature of the hybrid threats to the UK and its allies and partners?”

“You are right that we do not want to publish what our line is, because that would obviously give it away, but as you said, there has to be ministerial write-off or higher input. We seem not to be getting to grips with this as quickly as we should be in terms of what we are prepared to do.”

“You referred to drawing the line. Do you feel that we are really being too slow in deciding where that line should be drawn and being too nice, given the threats that we face from some pretty difficult and ruthless actors?”

“Has the nature of that changed in recent years, and is there anything that specifically gives you cause for concern?”

“Can you give specific examples of the nature of the threats?”

“You probably will not be surprised by this question. What is the nature of the hybrid threats to the UK and its allies and partners?”

“You are right that we do not want to publish what our line is, because that would obviously give it away, but as you said, there has to be ministerial write-off or higher input. We seem not to be getting to grips with this as quickly as we should be in terms of what we are prepared to do.”

“I know, but I am just asking.”

“You referred to drawing the line. Do you feel that we are really being too slow in deciding where that line should be drawn and being too nice, given the threats that we face from some pretty difficult and ruthless actors?”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on an excellent statement. He will know that the Committee, of which I was part in the previous Parliament, was able to visit Japan and Italy, where we saw for ourselves the tremendous enthusiasm for the project and how they wanted to work very closely with us. At the end of the statement,…”

“But you cannot tell us what they are.”

“Can I ask a specific question? A lot of focus has been on complaints around bullying and harassment, for obvious reasons and rightly so, but the largest number of complaints were around career management, at 35%. Any complaint can affect morale. In terms of career management being a widespread issue, if people think th…”

“Is that in there?”

“What about the case management system?”

“Are you monitoring progress on the previous recommendations and whether the deadlines that were set out in the Government’s response have been met?”

“You have talked about making your recommendations in the 2023 report; do you expect to make any new recommendations in your next and possibly final report?”

“So a thorough and proper review has taken place and was in your hands by December.”

“The review to determine the root causes of the overrepresentation of female and BAME personnel in service complaints should have been done by December.”