Before we come to Prime Minister's questions, I would like to point out that the British

Sign Language interpretation of proceedings is available to watch on Parliament Live TV.

We will now come to questions, Prime Minister. I start with Pauline Leather.

Question number one, sir.

Prime Minister.

Mr Speaker, thank you. Never before has this House listened to an address like the one

given yesterday by Presidents of Ensign.

And so I want to tell the House that working with our friends and allies across the

free world, we will be doing even more in the coming days to protect the people of Ukraine.

And Mr. Speaker, my right-honourful friend, the Defence Secretary, will be setting out

more details for the House later on. Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial

colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further

such meetings later today.

Mr. Latham.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My son, Ben, died from an aortic dissection at age 44, leaving a wife

and two young children, a condition which kills 2,000 people every year needlessly, more than die

on the roads. Most people do not know anything about this condition until it devastates their

family like mine. So many of these cases are

preventable by identifying those at risk and early and accurate diagnosis. Would the Prime

Minister commend the work of the Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust in working with all aspects of

the patient pathway about this condition, and in particular

will he commit to public funding for research into the diagnosis of aortic dyssection

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