Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
LabourMP for North East Derbyshire
“Defence continually assesses threats and risks in all areas, including aerial drones. The defence investment plan contains measures to accelerate transformation and equip forces for modern warfare, including £790 million for integrated air …”
“I beg to move amendment (a), to leave out from “House” to the end of the Question and add: “looks forward to the publication of the Government’s Defence Investment Plan; recognises the Government’s commitment to providing the resources the …”
“First, I want to take this opportunity to put on record my huge thanks to my right honourable Friend the Member for Rawmarsh and Conisbrough (John Healey) for his service as Secretary of State for Defence. He has been a stalwart champion of…”
“Before I respond to the question, I want to recognise my honourable Friend’s incredible work on widening access to bereavement leave for new parents. Having spoken to a constituent of mine, I know how much of a godsend that leave is for tho…”
“I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of the Council of the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations Annual Report & Accounts 2023-24 and 2024-25, in accordance with the RFCA Regulations 2014.…”
“The LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme includes two types of payments, the ‘LGBT FRS Dismissed or Discharged Payment’ and the ‘LGBT FRS Impact Payment’. The Impact Payment is available to all those who experienced pain and suffering directly…”
“I am pleased to lay before Parliament today the Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces Annual Report for 2025 on the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the Service Complaints system.…”
“I thank my honourable Friend the Member for Salford (Rebecca Long Bailey) for securing this debate and for all her tireless work on behalf of our nuclear test veterans, and I want to extend my best wishes to her mum as well. When we come to…”
“Our debate today reflects—or should reflect—the seriousness of the global security situation we now face. In eastern Europe, in the Mediterranean and around the world, our service personnel are working so hard, sacrificing so much and facin…”
“The Royal Fleet Auxiliary makes a unique contribution to defence. We thank the maritime trade unions for their commitment to resolving the current pay dispute so that the RFA’s contribution can be recognised. The Ministry of Defence is impl…”
“I am pleased to place in the Library of the House today the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) formal response to the Service Police Complaints Commissioner’s annual report for 2024.…”
“I thank the right honourable Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson) for securing this debate. I am grateful for his contributions and those made by other Members. I know, and can see and hear, that the right honourable Gentleman is a pass…”
“On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I would like to correct the record in relation to something I said during the last Defence orals. On 2 February 2026, I said that the Prime Minister did not work with any of Phil Shiner’s organisations and t…”
“Veterans across this country are benefiting from record levels of investment. The new veterans strategy celebrates our remarkable veterans as a vital national asset; there is £50 million for Operation Valour, and £12 million for the reducin…”
“Led by Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Lord Peach, the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations External Scrutiny Team provides an independent assessment on the health of the Reserve Forces on behalf of the Department. I have today placed in the L…”
“Engaging and supporting the women who have served in our armed forces is an important part of our new veterans strategy and a priority that is deeply personal to me as a veteran myself. As well as our commitments across the strategy, we wil…”
“My noble Friend the Minister of State in the House of Lords (Lord Coaker) has made the following written statement.…”
“I wish to inform the House of publication of the latest report of the Iraq Fatalities Inspector, Dame Anne Rafferty, which I have laid before the House of Commons library today. I am grateful to Dame Anne and her team for the rigour and com…”
“Under section 364 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 the Director of Service Prosecutions is appointed by His Majesty the King. The term of the current incumbent, Jonathan Rees KC, came to an end on 31 October 2025.…”
“My noble. Friend the Minister of State in the House of Lords (The Lord Coaker) made the following statement on 10 November 2025.…”
“I thank my honourable Friend the Member for Liverpool Walton (Dan Carden) for securing this important debate and for raising the case of his constituent. It is rather apt that we are holding this debate on Armistice Day and so soon after Re…”
“Today we have honoured generations of servicemen and women who have put their lives on the line for their country. I am grateful to Members on both sides of the House who have spoken with such passion and feeling about a subject that I know…”
“As announced in the strategic defence review, we are working to deliver a 30% expansion of in-school and community-based cadet forces by 2030. The campaign is backed by £70 million of new investment and will increase our cadets by an estima…”
“I very much welcome this debate on disabled veterans. It is a hugely important topic, and I am grateful to the honourable Member for Eastleigh (Liz Jarvis) for securing it and for speaking so passionately about the subject, which I know is …”
“Further to the statement made by my Hon Friend, Luke Pollard MP, on Monday 23 June 2025, I wish to give an update on the MOD Security Review. The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) which reported earlier this year identified defence sites, incl…”
“It is a huge honour to be here, and I am very honoured. We inherited a crisis in recruitment and retention. This Government are renewing the contract with those who serve by giving them the largest pay rise in 20 years, allocating an extra …”
“Having recently married—[Honourable Members: “Hear, hear!]— I have elected to change my surname. Despite having been warned in advance, I am horrified by the sheer number of bodies, organisations, Departments and agencies that I need to inf…”
“I think the record that we, the Labour Government, had to deal with when we took over last year bears repeating. We have heard theories propounded on the relationship between tax and growth and public spending, and we have heard that if we …”
“2. What assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Sudan.…”
“The famine in Gaza is clearly man-made and it is abominable. That tens of thousands of civilians have been brutally killed is abominable. The retention of the hostages by Hamas, and even the retention of the bodies of those who have passed …”
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