Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Josh Babarinde Excerpts
Monday 30th June 2025

(2 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Healey Portrait John Healey
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One of the recommendations in the strategic defence review was that we develop an integrated air and missile defence system in this country. We must take our homeland security more seriously than we have in the past, and that is exactly what we will do.

Josh Babarinde Portrait Josh Babarinde (Eastbourne) (LD)
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During our last session of Defence questions, I asked the Secretary of State to join me in wishing a happy forthcoming birthday to Eastbourne’s last surviving war veteran, Eric Deach, who was shortly to turn 100. Unfortunately, tomorrow I shall be a pallbearer at his funeral; he did not make it. Will the Secretary of State, ahead of that funeral, join me in paying one final tribute to Eric for his service and everything he did to fight for our country?