Chris Coghlan

On the international point, does the Minister agree that borrowing jointly with allies is a great way of not only reducing our credit risk in borrowing for investment in defence R&D, but building our

Thank you for calling me to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker. I also thank the Minister for his time today—he has a very distinguished record of military service. My grandfather, Austin Coghlan, was told t

Q5. After eight years of refusals by her local authority to support her autism, 13-year-old Eivie White took her own life. Six months later, Eivie’s best friend took her own life, aged 13. Eivie is on

When my grandfather Lieutenant Austin Coghlan, a naval officer, served in the battle of the Atlantic, he did not expect to survive. That he did was in no small part due to the codebreakers at Bletchle

Does the hon. Member agree that the announcement of £5 billion more in the Budget for defence R&D through the British Business Bank could have profoundly positive implications for our national securit

I was very pleased to see the Chancellor announce £5 billion more in the Budget for defence research and development, which— [ Interruption. ]