Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

John McNally Excerpts
Monday 20th May 2019

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tobias Ellwood Portrait Mr Ellwood
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I pay tribute to Rock2Recovery, and to my hon. Friend for his support for it. It is one of the more than 400 service-facing military charities that do such an excellent job, not only in providing activities such as sport but in giving veterans who require support a new chapter and a focus. I give thanks to it for the work that it has done, and I thank all the other charities that do exactly the same.

John McNally Portrait John Mc Nally (Falkirk) (SNP)
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The Royal United Services Institute has confirmed that the UK will not be able to replicate many of the security benefits of EU membership if we leave. It has also been confirmed that Russian hackers have attacked media, telecoms and energy companies. Will the Secretary of State give us an assessment of the capacity that we will lose as a result of leaving the EU, and outline the Government’s costed proposals?

Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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Although we are leaving the EU, European defence co-operation does not end. Recent deployments in Poland and Estonia demonstrate that we are continuing that co-operation, and it will be enhanced.