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HANSARDMilitary Vehicles: RepairInteroperability is vital, particularly in an age when we see our MoD capability increasingly being used in alliance and perhaps less frequently on our own sovereign account. My…04 Sept 2023HANSARDMilitary Vehicles: RepairI shall mildly rebuke the noble Lord, as I think that the former Secretary of State for Defence did a very good job, not quite a good job. The issue to which he refers is one that…04 Sept 2023HANSARDMilitary Vehicles: RepairExtensive work has been done, and the noble Baroness will be aware of two things: the International Fund for Ukraine—a successful demonstration of the co-operation among allies to…04 Sept 2023HANSARDMilitary Vehicles: RepairI can confirm that there are three main options available to the MoD when disposal is being contemplated: Government-to-Government sale, a commercial sale disposal or—because of…04 Sept 2023HANSARDMilitary Vehicles: RepairOn Ajax, as the noble Lord is aware, a corner has been turned, thankfully, and good progress is being made. On the Challenger tanks, the noble Lord will be aware of the upgrading…04 Sept 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesMy Lords, I can confirm that a number of substantial contracts have been placed to directly replace munitions granted in kind to Ukraine. The contracts secured so far include…24 Jul 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesThe noble Lord will be aware of two things. There has been an extensive supply of weapons to Ukraine, evidenced by the recent Written Statement that I laid before this House on 20…24 Jul 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesThe recent munitions contract for the 155-millimetre artillery shells is with BAE Systems, and part of this agreement involves an order for 30-millimetre cannon rounds and…24 Jul 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesYes, and precisely that challenge has been acknowledged both by the Government and particularly by the MoD. My noble friend will recall that we have granted £2.3 billion-worth of…24 Jul 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesThe noble Baroness, Lady Smith, has indicated why the Written Ministerial Statement came out when it did. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State produced one a year ago…24 Jul 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesI say to the noble Lord, in reference to the answers I have already given, that there is a very clear picture of how both the Government and industry have responded to this…24 Jul 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesThe simple answer is that it would be very difficult. Russia’s termination of the grain agreement is serious and is having a humanitarian impact. Alternative ways of getting grain…24 Jul 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesI gave some indication of some of the contracts that have been placed; these are already in place for delivery. Of course, there are other arms of delivery through the NATO action…24 Jul 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesI think the answer is that they are doing both. We are now looking at this as a more holistic supply. We are not necessarily replacing like for like, as the noble and gallant Lord…24 Jul 2023HANSARDUkraine: Ammunition and MissilesI thank my noble friend for his contributions on all fronts, which are very much appreciated. There has been very focused endeavour at the NATO end. That has been manifest on a…24 Jul 2023HANSARDVeterans UpdateMy Lords, I thank both the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their very helpful introductory remarks and observations, with which I entirely…20 Jul 2023HANSARDVeterans UpdateOn the information contained in records, I am able to reassure the Chamber that, because of the destruction of many of the criminal records, we are satisfied that intact personnel…20 Jul 2023HANSARDVeterans UpdateI thank the noble Lord and pay tribute to him for his passion, commitment and dogged pursuit of justice for those who were so badly wronged over so many years. I join him in the…20 Jul 2023HANSARDVeterans UpdateI seek to reassure my noble friend and say that there is a desire to give a timely response. By way of affirmation, I remind your Lordships that, yesterday, in the other place, my…20 Jul 2023HANSARDVeterans UpdateI thank my noble friend for his presence here today—we are the beneficiaries of that presence, even if the Committee elsewhere is a loser. I thank him too for his clearly…20 Jul 2023