Speeches by Martin.

“A strategy is not a plan. A strategy is about ways, ends and means. The ways are the plan. The means are the resources. The ends are where one is going to.”

“I thank the hon. Member for Belfast South and Mid Down (Claire Hanna) for securing this urgent question, and I thank the Security Minister for his characteristically serious and thoughtful responses. It strikes me that there are three lines of investigation: first, into the abhorrent act on Monday night, and we have a …”

“I would just like to add my view that releasing the DIP when the House is not sitting is totally unacceptable, as my colleague the Chair of the Defence Committee and Mr Speaker said. I think the whole House agrees with that. As well as ruling out publishing the DIP on Friday, will the Minister rule out publishing it ne…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Belfast South and Mid Down (Claire Hanna) for securing this urgent question, and I thank the Security Minister for his characteristically serious and thoughtful responses. It strikes me that there are three lines of investigation: first, into the abhorrent act on Monday night, and we have a …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg, and an honour to follow so many fellow Kent MPs and constituency neighbours. In December last year, 24,000 properties in Tunbridge Wells were completely without water for a week. The following week, they had a boil notice, so they were without drinking water for…”

“I would argue that, rather than fining the company after the event, we should be forcing it to invest equivalent or larger amounts in infrastructure. I presented a resilience plan drawn up with water experts for Pembury water treatment works. That fine should be commuted. It just goes to Ofwat and then to the Treasury,…”

“I would just like to add my view that releasing the DIP when the House is not sitting is totally unacceptable, as my colleague the Chair of the Defence Committee and Mr Speaker said. I think the whole House agrees with that. As well as ruling out publishing the DIP on Friday, will the Minister rule out publishing it ne…”

“Thank you. Orysia, in your paper, you speak about a bad ceasefire. What would that look like, and what would the pathway be? Can you tell me a little story about how we might end up in that space?”

“Professor Mike, in navigating between a good ceasefire and a bad ceasefire, a bad ceasefire is basically a pause before the conflict continues. We have recently seen surfacing in the press this idea that, under Trump, the US is going to step back from the role it has been playing, and maybe the E3 or some sort of colle…”

“Okay. It sounds like the mutually exclusive red lines that we had 12 months or two years ago are still there and nothing is going to change.”

“Could you each give me a one-word or short and snappy answer to the following question? We have spoken of the dangers of Russia losing the war and Putin getting deposed or killed. If we get to this good ceasefire model, as outlined by Professor Michael, should we be offering some sort of face-saving measure to Putin, o…”

“So, effectively, it is a phoney phase of the war before we enter the actual endgame. We have moved into a different phase of the war, but it is not the endgame.”

“Another example of that is sending tanks to Poland, and then Poland sending tanks to Ukraine. This one if for you, Orysia. We have touched on the longer-range strikes into Russia, which are getting more ambitious. There are three things I would like to explore. How have those come about? What are the things that Ukrain…”

“Kristen, I want to delve a little bit more into the question of a ceasefire. Do you think we can get one, and what is the pathway to that from where we are now?”

“Fascinating. Thank you very much.”

“Michael, I share your analysis that Putin will carry on doing what he is doing until we get to the grisly end. Therefore, are Ukraine and the European powers adopting the wrong strategy? At the moment, the strategy seems to be to come to the table with Russia and work out some sort of peace deal. But if we do not think…”

“I agree with the hon. Lady, as someone who has been through the vetting process repeatedly in the past. Those who attend a vetting interview are told, “The information that you are going to give me is between you and me”—between the subject of the interview and the vetting officer. Of course the ISC is hermetically sea…”

“Should I carry a picture of Gladstone?”

“The Minister proudly touts jobs, hiring bonuses, youth guarantees, Government-funded work experience and job placements, but these are all treating the symptoms of the problem. Frankly, it is all a bit old Labour. The problems are structural ones in the economy to do with investment, taxation and regulation. Is there a…”

“indicated dissent.”