Mr Mark Francois

As the Minister will know, many of those who died in the Somme were buried close to where they fell, so there is a whole line of cemeteries across the Somme battlefield that mark out the very limited

Without hesitation. Captain Siegfried Sassoon MC, one of the famous war poets, wrote in his diary on 1 July 1916: “We had breakfast at 6.—the morning is brilliantly fine—after a mist early. Since 6:30

It is an honour to sum up this debate on the day after Armistice Day, although it is a genuine shame that, yet again, no Reform MP has chosen to take part, especially as some of them regard themselves

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. We have just had a very important statement on an extremely good Defence Committee report. As you have a perfect view of the Chamber from the Chair, could yo

Unlike the Secretary of State for Defence, Conservative Members listen to the Chair of the Defence Committee, and indeed to his colleagues who have produced an excellent report, “Defence in the High N

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Very briefly, can you confirm for the record that while we have been discussing the extremely important matter of the security of our airfields across the Un