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DEFENCE – UKRAINE & SECURITY OF OTHER COUNTRIES - 03 November 2025

DEFENCE – UKRAINE & SECURITY OF OTHER COUNTRIES - 03 November 2025

Sir Julian Lewis: As we build up towards Remembrance Sunday, does the Secretary of State agree that it is appropriate for us to remember the circumstances in which two world wars began, when democracies were relatively weak in the face of armed autocracies? Therefore, does he agree that the help we give to Ukraine is the best possible guarantee that aggressors will not be emboldened to attack other countries as well?

[The Secretary of State for Defence (John Healey): I do indeed. If big countries believe that they can redraw international boundaries by force and get away with it, then no democracy and no state is safe. I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that a secure, sovereign Ukraine is central to Europe’s security in future.]