Speeches by Foord.

“Why might the UK have escaped that sentiment so far?”

“We saw protests last month in Kinshasa outside some countries’ embassies—I think the US, France and Belgium. Why were those countries targeted, and why have we not seen any similar action outside the British embassy in Kinshasa?”

“It is an honour to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) on securing this debate on both housing and sewerage. These matters are clearly important to the 13 Liberal Democrat MPs who have been present in the debate, but they are frankly…”

“The Foreign Secretary wrote to the Foreign Affairs Committee last week about the importance of ensuring accountability for crimes committed under the Assad regime. Today’s statement in the wake of the violence over the weekend calls on the interim authorities in Syria to set out a path to transitional justice. Has the …”

“Q9. Daniel Coffey from Cullompton lost his life while serving in Iraq. His grandfather said yesterday that Vice-President J.D. Vance“should have a lot more respect for those who lost their lives”in response to Vance’s comment about“some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.Will the PM gently remin…”

“I support the Government’s increase in defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP. I would like to see them go further, and for it to rise to 3% as soon as possible. There is an urgency to increase defence spending, and it would have been wrong to wait until the spending review later this year, yet the reduction in deve…”

“It is an honour to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Jeremy. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Southend East and Rochford (Mr Alaba), not least because I represent six market towns in my constituency—Honiton, Axminster, Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth, Seaton and Cullompton; I will probably have about 20 seconds for each of…”

“It was welcome to hear the Prime Minister acknowledge Canada’s contribution to Ukraine’s self-defence and its status as a vital ally for the UK. Last week, he was asked by the press in the US about President Trump’s repeated calls for Canada to become a US state. The Prime Minister answered that he and Trump did not ad…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Dame Siobhain. We are at a pivotal moment in history. The international rule of law, established and affirmed after world war two, is on the brink of being disregarded by some of the very states that created it. The International Court of Justice, established in 1945, has …”

“Have you heard of the information research department, Dr Roozenbeck?”

“Is the responsibility across Government Departments too diffuse? There is responsibility for separate aspects of this in FCDO, the Home Office, the Cabinet Office and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Is it too diffuse to actually be effective?”

“Has that changed since the cold war? Is the approach that Russia takes now—using a modicum of truth or some basis to build the disinformation upon—something that the Soviet Union used to practise during the cold war, or is it a new departure?”

“During the cold war, the Foreign Office used to have a department called the information research department. I am not sure if you are familiar with it, but I understand it served to counter Soviet misinformation but also pursued its own information campaigns. Will you comment on whether there would be any value in hav…”

“Earlier in topical questions, the Veterans Minister said that the strategic defence review would be published in the next couple of months. Can he confirm that it will be published by the end of April?”

“On floating offshore wind in the Celtic sea, the Secretary of State said: “Floating offshore wind represents a golden opportunity” not just for meeting net zero targets but “for lower energy bills, new jobs and the industries of the future”. Do the Government think that the opportunities from offshore wind can extend f…”

“It is an honour to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Jardine. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Chester South and Eddisbury (Aphra Brandreth), not just for securing this debate, but for speaking powerfully and sensitively on this delicate subject; I offer my condolences to the family who she represents. If only the in…”

“In November last year, the Department for Education announced that it would end its £1.1 million grant for the expansion of cadet forces. Will the Ministry of Defence backfill, or make good on, the £1.1 million that the DFE intends to cut?”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“8. What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on meeting net zero targets in Wales.”

“I received some correspondence from John McMillan from Sidmouth. He and his two brothers joined the Air Training Corps in the 1970s. Two of them went on to serve with the Royal Air Force and John himself went on to become a commercial pilot with British Airways, despite there being no previous connection to aviation wh…”