It will be a priority for me to ensure the smooth and speedy implementation of defence deals and projects.
We will never vote for the renewal of Trident; that's a decision which will fall to be made in the next Westminster parliament. We will never vote for that.
A more worldly and competent foreign and defence policy is by far the preferred first line of defence - rather than the default position of relying on expensive but problematic hardware.
I am extremely honoured to be the Defence Secretary, and I would not do the job if I did not think that I could make a useful contribution in the role.
I will be the defence minister round-the-clock.
It is not whether an independent Scotland could go it alone and develop its own defence forces - of course it could - but what sort of forces would they be?
Do we go back and be the mushy middle party? Or do we have conservative, principled ideas for all the issues of the day, from the economy, from foreign policy, defence, security, that's the choice.
Internal security implies also an external dimension, a defence capacity.
It is a significant gamble to assume that troops in our U.K. Armed Forces would volunteer for a Scottish Defence Force.
There is something different between defence deal and deal in defence.
One of Ed Miliband's shadow ministers has said he would never vote for the renewal of Trident.
If the basis of trust between the Prime Minister and her Defence Secretary no longer exists, there is no place for me with honour in such a Cabinet.
I was Minister for the Armed Forces in the Ministry of Defence for two years prior to being appointed Defence Secretary.
New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years.
