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Oral Answers to Questions

John Cooper Excerpts
Monday 3rd November 2025

(1 day, 13 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Louise Sandher-Jones Portrait Louise Sandher-Jones
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It was clear to see how much that event meant to the LGBT+ veterans, many of whom had suffered terribly under the ban. Many said to me that they never thought this day would come. I hope that the event itself and the memorial will serve as a lasting reminder of our responsibilities going forward.

John Cooper Portrait John Cooper (Dumfries and Galloway) (Con)
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The F-35 Lightning II aircraft is a cutting-edge system, the helmets for which come from my constituency, but the Public Accounts Committee has the MOD in missile lock over the cost of introducing the new nuclear freefall bombs with the F-35A. Can the Minister give the House some reassurance that the decision to bring in tactical nuclear weapons is not going to cost us a bomb?