"We have been in an extremely expensive cul-de-sac for the last 18 months as a result of a shambles of an SDSR and I can only congratulateyou for bringing some sanity to it, " he told Mr Hammond in the Commons.
"I wanted to come on board and congratulate everyone who's been involved in those hundred tours and to say a big thank youto all those people so work so hard to keep us safe, " he said.