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Written Question
Veterans: Radiation Exposure
Thursday 19th May 2022

Asked by: Julian Lewis (Conservative - New Forest East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 20 April 2022, Official Report, column 161, what steps he is taking to ensure that surviving nuclear test veterans receive recognition for their service.

Answered by Leo Docherty

Those who participated in the Nuclear Test Programme made a significant contribution to the safety and security of the UK by ensuring that we were equipped with an appropriate nuclear capability; it is right that their contribution is recognised.

The Prime Minister and I look forward to meeting with representatives of the Nuclear Test Veteran community shortly.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2022
Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2022
Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

"I am very grateful to my hon. Friend. Does he appreciate that what he has just said about the Sue Gray report explains why some of us at least have asked time and again for it to be published in full, unredacted, immediately?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Apr 2022
Easter Recess: Government Update

"Does my right hon. Friend have the power to authorise Sue Gray to publish her report in full? If so, will he use that power to put an end to this matter, so that we do not get diverted —as we are being—from such crucial questions as the supply of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Mar 2022
Parole System: Public Protection

"The statement was excellent. My right hon. Friend is clearly revelling in an area of policy in which he has a great deal of expertise. One aspect of which I did not hear mention was the concept of punishment. Some offences, particularly the sort we are dealing with in this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"I am hugely relieved to hear the Minister say that. I have stood in every election since 1997. Only when we saw the chaos caused by a Government who did not want to continue and an Opposition who did not want the chance to face an election could we see …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"How is it an abuse of power and a strengthening of the Executive for the Executive to say, “We want to go to the people and let the people decide whether we should be allowed to continue in government or be chucked out”?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"I do not think it was a dreadful election—it was a brilliant election. What was dreadful was the fact that it was in the power of the Opposition to stop that election happening and to not allow the people to have their say...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, which is typically gracious of him. He calls it a “minimal check,” but the reality is that it is an absolute veto. If a Government do not have a majority in the House and if the Opposition sense that a Government might …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Ukraine

"For the best part of 50 years, Britain gave sanctuary to the Governments in exile of the occupied Baltic states. If, as appears likely, Ukraine gets overwhelmed, will we offer to give sanctuary to a Government in exile, pending Ukraine’s future freedom?..."
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