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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jul 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Within four weeks of the Salisbury incident last year, Russia Today and Sputnik published 138 separate and contradictory narratives and 735 articles about the chemical weapons poisoning of the Skripals by Russian agents. There were dozens of different narratives on the rise of Novichok, its use, how it was not …..."
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Written Question
Hybrid Warfare
Monday 8th July 2019

Asked by: Lord Wilson of Sedgefield (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

What steps her Department is taking to protect the UK from hybrid threats by hostile states and actors.

Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

Hybrid threats present themselves in many domains. Therefore, we utilise a ‘whole of government’ approach to protecting the UK against such activity. The MOD works collaboratively with other government departments, in line with Fusion Doctrine, to support this approach.

It is important that the UK continues to work with and support our international partners in NATO and the EU, contributing to and drawing upon the different tools of these organisations to protect against hybrid threats.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"9. What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of funding for his Department. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Nov 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"There is an additional £200 million for the Ministry of Defence this year, and £800 million the following year, but there is still a massive black hole to fill in the MOD budget. When will the Secretary of State stop asking for an inadequate bail-out and secure the finances that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Oct 2018
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"Mr Gorbachev has said that the United States’ decision to withdraw from the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty is a mistake. He has said:

"Under no circumstances should we tear up old disarmament agreements...Do they really not understand in Washington what this could lead to?”

I am not naive about Russia …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"What are the implications for its budget?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Jul 2018
Counter-Daesh Update

"The RAF has played a major role, and still does, in ensuring that something like 7 million civilians in Iraq and Syria are no longer under the shadow of Daesh, and we can be proud of the role it has played. We know how meticulous the RAF is in avoiding …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Our amphibious capability is important to our defence partners, so is the future of HMS Bulwark and HMS Albion secure?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 21 Nov 2017
UK Amphibious Capability

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Ruth Smeeth) on securing this very timely debate. I want to make a few points and quote what other people have said about this issue to get it on …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 27 Oct 2016
Defence Expenditure

"It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Bone.

This debate is about what sort of country we see ourselves as being. I have always seen the UK as a force for good, and I mean that not just in military terms but in our humanitarian role in …..."

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