Speeches by Scrogham.

“Q7. I thank the Prime Minister for recently visiting the now royal port of Barrow in my constituency to lay the keel for the new Dreadnought-class submarines. He will have seen how proud we are to build our nuclear deterrent, which keeps us safe. As we move forward with our plan for change, does he agree that Barrow an…”

“Okay. Would you seek to gain full access to Galileo again, and what is the likelihood of that happening?”

“We spoke about our reliance on the US for several things. How much of a vulnerability do you think our reliance is on the US system, GPS?”

“Thank you. Ms Suess, do you have anything to add to that?”

“The £1.4 billion that has been allocated for 10 years does seem incredibly small compared to other countries. Do you think this is being taken seriously enough given the amount of funding that has been put behind it?”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. We have had a long-standing relationship with the US, which is our closest security ally. Does he agree that our continued work on AUKUS will help to deepen and strengthen that for all the nations involved?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. The use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures is an issue that rightly draws strong public interest, with over 235,000 people signing the petition that we are debating. It is not just a small outcry, but a clear signal that action is needed. Like so …”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“Dr de Hoop Scheffer, do you have any particular thoughts on the relationship between the US and the UK versus the US and Europe?”

“We have talked about what is happening in the here and now, but I would like to look at some of the longer-term implications. Specifically, what are your predictions on the long-term implications of the new US Administration and their approach to relations between the US and the UK, and the US and Europe, in particular…”

“Communities such as mine in Barrow and Furness feel very acutely the failures of the previous Government, as they left us in a dreadful state. Does the Chancellor agree that it is through this Government’s commitment to, and funding in, Barrow and Furness and our defence sector that we can transform things on the groun…”

“It did appear in Finland that it was a whole-of-Government approach with education and DSIT, and all of those joined up together. That is why I was asking whether this is something that we should be emulating. The threats that they face in Finland are somewhat different from what we face here, but their approach to it …”

“On the Committee’s recent visit to Finland, we saw how their security committee and the MOD work and co-ordinate long-term across Government planning so that they can better prepare society to be able to counter hybrid threats. Is this something that the UK should be emulating?”

“This is exactly where I am heading with this. It is more about the whole-of-Government approach and the resilience within our communities. In one of their evidence sessions, our predecessors were looking at the fact that 90% of what will be on the internet in 2027 will be fake or false. It is about the resilience in ou…”

“What are Government hoping to achieve from their home defence programme?”

“I will put this to all of you. How confident are you that women in the armed forces are as safe from sexual violence and harassment as they would be in civilian life?”

“How can you be confident in those numbers when there are clearly an awful lot of people who are not reporting or are being shut down when they do report, so that it does not get any further?”

“General Roly, you mentioned earlier that 4% in the service are responsible for—”

“I am hearing “no”. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton: That is not what I am saying. You continue to ask us whether we are confident to make a statement about a world outside of the armed forces that we have no control over. Some 798,000 women were subject to sexual offences. I do not know how many more went unrepo…”

“This is why I would rather have somebody give me their opinion, not what your numbers are telling you, because those numbers could have been masking something. How do you personally feel? Do you think that women in the armed forces are as safe as they would be in civilian life? It is a very straightforward question. Ai…”