Defence
Military, armed forces, defence policy
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 49PMQs 2026-02-04
I associate myself with the comments of my party leader about Lord Wallace, but conversations are taking place today and up and down the country about Peter Mandelson’s involvement with the paedophile...
PMQs 2026-02-04
This year in Aldershot and Farnborough, we are looking forward to hosting the national celebrations for Armed Forces Day in the home of the British Army. Businesses in my community welcome this Govern...
PMQs 2026-02-04
I think the victims of Jeffrey Epstein deserve far better than that; they deserve Peter Mandelson not being appointed in the first place. We do not even know the full extent of the British establishme...
PMQs 2026-01-28
The UK’s nuclear deterrent has kept this country safe for over five decades. As the Deputy Prime Minister will know, it is operationally independent, but it still relies on US defence supply chains. G...
PMQs 2026-01-28
I want to put on the record my condemnation of President Trump’s plain wrong comments that so undermine the commitment of our brave British servicemen and women at home and abroad, which the Deputy Pr...
PMQs 2026-01-28
With Russia waging war in Europe, Chinese hunting pro-democracy protesters on our streets, and President Trump undermining NATO, we have got to act urgently. Will the Deputy Prime Minister consider is...
PMQs 2026-01-21
Is the Chief of Defence’s warning accurate that our military faces a £28 billion shortfall?...
PMQs 2026-01-21
Does he agree that just as those in Greenland should decide their own future, so should the people of Chagos? Why not scrap the deal and redirect the £35 billion to Britain’s armed forces?...
PMQs 2026-01-14
I offer my condolences to the families of the four people who died in the road traffic accident that occurred over the weekend in my constituency. Families in Bolton South and Walkden are already bene...
PMQs 2026-01-14
The world is becoming more dangerous every single day. The Ministry of Defence has said that it needs an extra £28 billion to keep us safe. Well, I know where the Prime Minister can find it: stop this...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 488Rail Transport and Economic Growth 2026-02-12
Bath's hospitality sector depends heavily on weekend services, but Sunday services on Great Western Railway continue to be extremely unreliable, with long delays, packed trains and cancellations. The ...
Topical Questions 2026-02-12
Roadworks in my constituency are causing traffic hell. The county council is powerless to cause utilities companies to cooperate and coordinate their work. What does the Secretary of State suggest I s...
Defence Industrial Strategy 2025 2026-02-11
What assessment has the Minister made of the impact on the military and the defence industry of the Government's decision to allow our veterans who served in Northern Ireland to be dragged vindictivel...
Public Services 2026-02-11
Can he update the House on engaging with this to ensure that Northern Ireland is not a casualty as a result of the imposition of EU regulation?...
Topical Questions 2026-02-09
What action is my right hon. Friend taking to disrupt the finances of the organised crime groups facilitating illegal migration to the United Kingdom, and what steps is her Department taking with inte...
Topical Questions 2026-02-09
As the Secretary of State knows, our independent rape gang inquiry hearings are ongoing just a short walk from this Chamber. Last week I sat opposite one woman who was raped by between 600 and 700 men...
Human Trafficking 2026-02-05
What steps will the Government take to ensure that all those who aided and abetted the trafficking that Jeffrey Epstein perpetrated are also prosecuted by the British state?...
Human Trafficking 2026-02-05
Will the Solicitor General set out what steps are being taken to increase prosecutions for human trafficking and ensure that victims such as Paige receive consistent therapeutic and legal support, fro...
Prison Estate Safety 2026-02-03
Can the Justice Secretary tell us what is the current counter-drone strategy for HM Prison and Probation Service, given the current delays in the installation of physical unmanned aircraft systems cou...
Topical Questions 2026-02-03
Will the Secretary of State instruct his officials who are putting together construction plans for a new mega-prison adjacent to HMP Grendon to actually listen to local voices, rather than insisting f...