Debates between Lindsay Hoyle and Edward Leigh during the 2024 Parliament

Mon 2nd Sep 2024
Ukraine
Commons Chamber
(Urgent Question)

Ukraine

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Edward Leigh
Monday 2nd September 2024

(1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call the Father of the House.

Edward Leigh Portrait Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con)
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It seems to me that if you are attacked by a demented bear, you either run away or hit him so hard that he runs away, but the west’s policy on Ukraine appears to be to wound and not win. In that context, will the Government make an unequivocal public statement that Ukraine should be allowed to use Storm Shadow and, more importantly, the US-made army tactical missile system? Then we might actually win this war.