Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:39 pm on 27 February 2024.
James Cartlidge
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
12:39,
27 February 2024
The hon. Lady’s excellent point about mines follows on from the point made by my right hon. Friend Sir Iain Duncan Smith. I am happy to go away and look into that to see what we are able to say about what we are doing. She will appreciate that there is also the issue of naval mines. I believe we will be looking at that, but there is some sensitivity within the maritime capability coalition; I will look into the issue further. I cannot say that there is a button I can press to stop those countries that are providing those munitions, but we know Putin keeps some rather interesting company and that we, as democracies, need to stand together to ensure we support Ukraine in this fight.