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Debate between Lord Cryer and Michael Fallon(7 years, 6 months ago)
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John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)
In the light of recent events, how relaxed is the Secretary of State about Trump having his finger on the nuclear button?
Sir Michael Fallon
The United States has always been a good partner to this country and has played a leading role in NATO, and is a key part of the nuclear alliance that we and the United States share together. It is worth remembering that NATO is a nuclear alliance. I look forward to working with the new Administration on precisely that.
Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Lord Cryer and Michael Fallon(8 years, 6 months ago)
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Michael Fallon
My hon. Friend has made his views in this great debate very clear. As I said to the House earlier, NATO is the cornerstone of our security and the European Union complements that, with a number of other levers and weapons at its disposal—humanitarian, diplomatic and economic. There is no doubt in my mind that the fracturing of either the alliance or the Union would not aid the collective security of the west.
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)
Have any embedded British pilots flown any missions at all into Libya?
Counter-ISIL Coalition Strategy
Debate between Lord Cryer and Michael Fallon(9 years, 1 month ago)
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John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)
Let us be clear: the Secretary of State is here today not because he is a big fan of parliamentary accountability, but because he knew that there would be an urgent question and he did not want to look as though he had been dragged kicking and screaming to the House of Commons—he is doing a pretty good imitation of that anyway. Will he answer a question that was asked previously: how long has he known about British involvement in military strikes in Syria?
Michael Fallon
I have known about the embedding of UK personnel with our allies since I took up my post, and, as I said, when each deployment on operations takes place, my permission is required and was given.