Speeches by Martin.

“Improbable.”

“All of you have effectively said that we have an analogue MoD in a digital age, and it is totally failing to meet the moment.”

“Is there an extension of that where you have AI that is reading your opponent’s systems and designing the counter, then they are 3D printed and shipped out, and then they are run by a cloud AI where there are no humans? Effectively, your entire defence industrial base would be taken over by agentic AI, which then 3D pr…”

“I want to pick up on your point, Keith, about how the trends in AI and agentic AI are all upwards. As has been mentioned, last week we went to see submarines being built in Barrow. They are obviously massive, exquisite bits of kit that are crewed and take decades to procure. Does that not seem a little mad, holding tho…”

“Thank you.”

“And the importance of—”

“On my hon. Friend’s point about National Highways, the A21 runs through my constituency. It is the road between London and Hastings, and it is single track for most of the way, between halfway through my constituency and Hastings. That is a problem and a bad investment. It is a well-trafficked road. I wonder if it refl…”

“Well, in that case, I would like to ask.”

“I have a brief question. I have put the Ministry of Defence as the responding Department, but is it possible in these applications to ask for the Prime Minister to respond?”

“Will the hon. Member give way?”

“I will not take any interventions, as so many hon. Members are seeking to get in. The combination of highly skilled individuals and three-generational families means that, quite rightly, not everyone in a family goes to work, so what about the carers, part-time workers, the elderly and students? If a person is studying…”

“Like my hon. Friend, I have spent a fair amount of time on the ocean —not rowing but sailing. When sailing across oceans in a small boat, one cannot help but see the seas of plastic, whether left by fishermen or simply thrown overboard, that are carried on currents. Does my hon. Friend think the treaty goes far enough …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Edward. On Saturday, I met with 200 members of the Paddock Wood Hong Kong community. You are probably wondering, Sir Edward, why 200 people would give up their early Saturday evening to see me. They did so because they were worried, for themselves and for their famili…”

“I thank the Minister for announcing this Bill to Parliament, and I broadly welcome the provisions within it, particularly the proposal on conversion from leasehold to commonhold—I think that is excellent. By my count, there are about 4.8 million leaseholders in England. Do the Government envisage driving this process s…”

“What does the end of the defence reform process look like when it has achieved its goals?”

“Can you give some specific examples?”

“That is the good. What is the bad? What frustrates you about the process? How would you tweak it or what tweaks have you made as you have been rolling this out?”

“How many people are needed?”

“Is that going to be different in one, two or five years’ time? Do we see that shifting?”

“So that shift is going to move from less investment, more operational—”