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Part of Isil – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 23 February 2015.

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Photo of Andrew Robathan Andrew Robathan Conservative, South Leicestershire 2:30, 23 February 2015

May I also congratulate the Defence Secretary on his forthright warning about an expansionist and aggressive Russia under President Putin representing a real and present danger to the Baltic states and, therefore, to NATO and European peace? May I be the third former Defence Minister from the previous SDSR to urge the Defence Secretary to use the current SDSR to improve defence capability rather than reduce it? May I also reassure him that there is a huge groundswell of opinion on the Benches behind him in support of an increase in defence spending and certainly not in support of a cut?