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Defence: Armed Forces Readiness (25 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: As I used to do my right hon. Friend’s job, may I join the tributes to the outgoing, outstanding Armed Forces Minister? The “Ready for War?” report just referenced identified problems with recruitment as one issue that impedes our ability to fight. The Defence Secretary himself has called our recruitment system “ludicrous”, and he told The Times earlier this month that “the...

Defence: Armed Forces Readiness (25 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: As I used to do my right hon. Friend’s job, may I join the tributes to the outgoing, outstanding Armed Forces Minister? The “Ready for War?” report just referenced identified problems with recruitment as one issue that impedes our ability to fight. The Defence Secretary himself has called our recruitment system “ludicrous”, and he told The Times earlier this month that “the...

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: On ESG, there have been many references to the second world way today. Is it worth reminding the House and the country that, if we had not had a defence industry building Spitfires and Hurricanes in 1940, this debate would not be taking place? In fact, this place would no longer exist.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: On ESG, there have been many references to the second world way today. Is it worth reminding the House and the country that, if we had not had a defence industry building Spitfires and Hurricanes in 1940, this debate would not be taking place? In fact, this place would no longer exist.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: On ESG, there have been many references to the second world way today. Is it worth reminding the House and the country that, if we had not had a defence industry building Spitfires and Hurricanes in 1940, this debate would not be taking place? In fact, this place would no longer exist.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: Will the hon. Member give way?

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will keep this brief. For the record, the gentleman has traduced me. He has said directly the opposite of what I actually said, as Hansard will show.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: Will the hon. Member give way?

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will keep this brief. For the record, the gentleman has traduced me. He has said directly the opposite of what I actually said, as Hansard will show.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: Will the hon. Member give way?

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will keep this brief. For the record, the gentleman has traduced me. He has said directly the opposite of what I actually said, as Hansard will show.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: According to the MOD’s own figures in the latest supplementary estimates, the amount we are spending on what it calls the defence nuclear enterprise is now gusting towards 20%. Everything my hon. Friend says about the risk of that gradually eating everything else is entirely correct.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: According to the MOD’s own figures in the latest supplementary estimates, the amount we are spending on what it calls the defence nuclear enterprise is now gusting towards 20%. Everything my hon. Friend says about the risk of that gradually eating everything else is entirely correct.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: According to the MOD’s own figures in the latest supplementary estimates, the amount we are spending on what it calls the defence nuclear enterprise is now gusting towards 20%. Everything my hon. Friend says about the risk of that gradually eating everything else is entirely correct.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: He was Chancellor.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: I hope this does not come across as nit-picking—it is important. The 10-year rule, which was a rolling 10 years, was not just a Treasury policy: it was the policy of the entire Government, and it was not rescinded by the incoming Labour Government in the 1920s. It was the policy of the whole Government, and it was only rescinded in the mid-1930s, a few years after Adolf Hitler became...

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: He was Chancellor.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: I hope this does not come across as nit-picking—it is important. The 10-year rule, which was a rolling 10 years, was not just a Treasury policy: it was the policy of the entire Government, and it was not rescinded by the incoming Labour Government in the 1920s. It was the policy of the whole Government, and it was only rescinded in the mid-1930s, a few years after Adolf Hitler became...

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: He was Chancellor.

Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment (21 Mar 2024)

Mark Francois: I hope this does not come across as nit-picking—it is important. The 10-year rule, which was a rolling 10 years, was not just a Treasury policy: it was the policy of the entire Government, and it was not rescinded by the incoming Labour Government in the 1920s. It was the policy of the whole Government, and it was only rescinded in the mid-1930s, a few years after Adolf Hitler became...


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