Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Louise Sandher-Jones and Mark Pritchard

Monday 15th December 2025 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for Veterans and People (Louise Sandher-Jones)]

As my hon. Friend rightly notes, the veterans strategy is a huge step forward in how we will support our veterans. The £50 million Valour commitment will rapidly improve how we meet our veterans’ needs, and I will of course visit her constituency, although probably not on the same day as I visit Liverpool.

[Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con)]

T3. The Defence Secretary says that this country should get on a war footing, but the UK currently has no comprehensive anti-hypersonic, anti-ballistic missile defence system. Given the threats from Russia and elsewhere and their capabilities, that means that all our constituents, whether they vote Labour or Conservative, are defenceless, and that this country, frankly, is a sitting duck.