Speeches by Jenkin.

“Why do the Government not do what Professor Sir Dieter Helm recommends, which is to issue North sea licences for gas production on a conditional basis, on the basis that the gas is brought ashore, maybe against a contract for difference, but at a different price than we would buy it on the world stage? That is perfectl…”

“But this is an emergency now.”

“Pass a new law.”

“We need an industrial policy.”

“On SAFE, why is the Polish President, Karol Nawrocki, submitting a Bill to his Parliament to get out of having to take a loan from SAFE on the basis that he has worked out it would cost twice as much to pay back as if they just borrowed that money themselves and spent it on their own defence?”

“The answer is none. When you are at war, you get on with it; you don’t wait around for a plan.”

“Could I suggest you look into that? Because I think gift horses and mouths might be—”

“I dare say Winston Churchill had a bit of mess to clear up from the previous Government; Margaret Thatcher had a bit of a mess to clear up from the previous Government. We are now facing an emergency, so why were we so unready to defend Cyprus?”

“I very much welcome your commitment to sovereign UK industrial capability, particularly in defence, but when it comes to UK participation in defence programmes in the EU under SAFE, what assurances can you give that we will retain all our intellectual property and nobody will be required to hand over British IP to the …”

“The whole concept of warfighting has changed in the last 12 months.”

“But we want to avoid spending money in Europe, and we need to spend it on our own defence—”

“You have had 18 months to deal with that. The Prime Minister—copyright Ben Wallace, who was the First Secretary—”

“Which is why we stayed out in the first place.”

“We could not even stop a 150 mph drone from getting through to hit a sovereign base in Cyprus. That means we were unprepared. The very fact that you immediately wanted to send a destroyer meant you had failed to anticipate the need to defend Cyprus with a destroyer. This smacks of a lack of warfighting mentality that r…”

“This smacks of an enormous complacency.”

“It sounds as though you are at peace while we are actually at war.”

“You clearly have not communicated the necessary urgency to the Treasury, who need to come up with the money. At Cobra this afternoon, you might just ask the question: why does the Treasury not seem to realise we are already at war and we need to be in a warfighting mentality to deal with the emergencies we are facing?”

“Good afternoon, Prime Minister. On the defence investment plan, with the greatest respect, the idea that the lack of the plan is not holding anything up is utterly ludicrous. Industry is crying out for the certainty it will bring, and the longer it is delayed, the longer the uncertainty exists. How can you create a 10-…”

“I am not making a party political point, because I agree—”

“Take drones for example—”