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Lindsay Hoyle

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Business of the House
Thursday 16th September 2021

(3 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes, I think is the short answer to that superb question. [Laughter.] I really do not think I could have put it better myself.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I thought you’d already given it to him.

Owen Thompson Portrait Owen Thompson (Midlothian) (SNP)
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The recognition that cyber-warfare is as much a part of modern conflict as troops on the ground is reassuring, but the statement was a bit light on mentions of industrialised weaponised misinformation which has caused so much damage over recent years. What reassurance can the Prime Minister give that cyber-troops based here and in hostile states will be high on the AUKUS agenda?

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