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The Prime Minister may recall that on day one of this war, I supported his defensive attitude to it and said that we could not change the regime from the air. We agreed and he has been proved right, but—with apologies to Leon Trotsky —we may not be interested in...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
13 April 2026
Reference
783 c556
House
House of Commons

The Prime Minister has done a pretty good job of getting close to President Trump. Can he convince the tyrant bear that to reward him with land he has already taken would be bad enough, but it would be utterly egregious and appalling to allow him—the ruthless bear—to take land...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
25 November 2025
Reference
776 c222
House
House of Commons

Our enemies should know that our Prime Minister has 100% support from us. I noticed in Moscow that they are referring to the small size of the British Army. Perhaps the Prime Minister could remind them of what the Kaiser said in 1914 about “the contemptible little British Army”. Will...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 March 2025
Reference
763 c32
House
House of Commons

Of course we have a right to defend ourselves, and of course sinister forces, such as the Houthis and Iran, are exploiting these tensions, but as we have influence on the Americans because we step up to the mark, can my right hon. Friend work with the American President to...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
15 January 2024
Reference
743 c596
House
House of Commons

The Prime Minister rightly mentioned illegal migration—it would be good to hear what the G7 is proposing to deal with it, particularly in terms of co-operation by our French allies—but the truth is that legal migration dwarfs anything from illegal migration. In the last 20 years, the population of the...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
22 May 2023
Reference
733 c32
House
House of Commons

Ukraine is by far the most important issue facing us, not least in terms of preventing mass starvation in Africa. One cannot help noticing that unlike all the other fluff in the newspapers every day, nobody dares criticise the Prime Minister’s resolute leadership on Ukraine. What concerns many of us...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
4 July 2022
Reference
717 c597
House
House of Commons

Does my right hon. Friend the Chairman of the Defence Committee think that the way to defeat a modern Russia is the same as the way in which we defeated the USSR? Reagan crushed the USSR’s economy through what was in effect an arms race between a strong and vibrant...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 March 2018
Reference
638 c581
House
House of Commons

Since marrying my half-Russian wife 34 years ago in the Russian orthodox cathedral in Gunnersbury, I have made it my business to try to understand Russian culture and Russian people. They certainly respect strength and people standing up to them.

It is a bit of a mystery why this murder was...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 March 2018
Reference
638 cc591-2
House
House of Commons

No, they cannot imagine that because Kiev is the source of the Rus’ people and the thousand-year-old history of the Russian Orthodox Church, to which Kiev is as much an integral part as Canterbury is to the Anglican communion. They cannot understand Ukraine as an independent entity.

None of this is...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 March 2018
Reference
638 cc592-3
House
House of Commons

I was going to conclude, but I shall take my right hon. and learned Friend’s intervention before I sit down.

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 March 2018
Reference
638 c593
House
House of Commons

Of course, I would not want for a moment to disagree with my right hon. and learned Friend the Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. He knows what is going on and I echo what he says: the Russians are indulging in some attempt to destabilise our values. I...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 March 2018
Reference
638 c594
House
House of Commons

I must finish now.

There is a very sizable minority of people in those states who are not that well treated. Many Russians believe fervently in their soul that those minorities are not well treated and that President Putin has the right to interfere. We have NATO. The Baltic states are...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 March 2018
Reference
638 c594
House
House of Commons

Does the former Secretary of State for Defence consider that spending 2% of our GDP on defence is not enough?

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
26 March 2018
Reference
638 c576
House
House of Commons

I have noted time and again in the past that brave new talk of co-operation with the French has dribbled into the sands partly because of British Aerospace's understandable preference for commercial relationships in the United States. Will the Prime Minister explain how he will drive this process forward personally...

Member
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
19 October 2010
Reference
516 c820
House
House of Commons

Have there been any representations regarding defence of nation. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by
Edward Leigh (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 June 1989
Reference
154 c355W;154 c353W
House
House of Commons