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Department: Ministry of Defence

Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Monday 18th February 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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Whether we leave the European Union with a deal or without a deal, will the Defence Secretary make it clear to his Spanish counterparts that it is completely unacceptable for their warships to try to intimidate commercial shipping entering British sovereign waters around Gibraltar?

Gavin Williamson Portrait Gavin Williamson
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I will make it absolutely clear that we will always be there to defend our sovereign interests and to defend Britain’s national interest.