I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him during the Urgent Question by the Minister for Asia and the Pacific (Mark Field) on 25 October 2018 (Official Report, column 444).

We have regular and close dialogue with US and NATO partners at all levels on foreign and security policy questions, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia is engaged in a broad modernisation of its nuclear and missile forces and we share US concern at certain new Russian missiles. We believe the Treaty has played a valuable role in supporting Euro-Atlantic security and want to see it continue to stand but that requires all parties to abide by it. While the Treaty remains in force, the Government will continue efforts to bring Russia back into full and verified compliance. We will continue to work closely with US and other Allies on next steps.

We have regular and close dialogue with US and NATO partners at all levels on foreign and security policy questions, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia is engaged in a broad modernisation of its nuclear and missile forces and we share US concern at certain new Russian missiles. We believe the Treaty has played a valuable role in supporting Euro-Atlantic security and want to see it continue to stand but that requires all parties to abide by it. While the Treaty remains in force, the Government will continue efforts to bring Russia back into full and verified compliance. We will continue to work closely with US and other Allies on next steps.

We have regular and close dialogue with US and NATO partners at all levels on foreign and security policy questions, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia is engaged in a broad modernisation of its nuclear and missile forces and we share US concern at certain new Russian missiles. We believe the Treaty has played a valuable role in supporting Euro-Atlantic security and want to see it continue to stand but that requires all parties to abide by it. While the Treaty remains in force, the Government will continue efforts to bring Russia back into full and verified compliance. We will continue to work closely with US and other Allies on next steps.

We have regular and close dialogue with US and NATO partners at all levels on foreign and security policy questions, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Russia is engaged in a broad modernisation of its nuclear and missile forces and we share US concern at certain new Russian missiles. We believe the Treaty has played a valuable role in supporting Euro-Atlantic security and want to see it continue to stand but that requires all parties to abide by it. While the Treaty remains in force, the Government will continue efforts to bring Russia back into full and verified compliance. We will continue to work closely with US and other Allies on next steps.

Let us be really clear: President Putin has been developing a much more hostile and aggressive posture towards the UK, the US and our allies for an awful lot longer than the past 12 months. Russia wants to assert its rights. We have seen increased Russian activity in the north Atlantic—a tenfold increase over the past few years. Do we sit submissively by and just accept that President Putin can do whatever he wishes to do? Or do we have to look at how we respond, making it clear that we are willing to stand up to bullying and the fact that nations are being subjected to attacks by Russia? We need to deal with that, and that is what we will do. That is why I am proud that we have the continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent.