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HANSARDNuclear Weapons: Failsafe ReviewThese are matters of profound concern, as the noble Lord rightly indicates. We deploy whatever influence we can in the appropriate fora, whether at the United Nations or in other…06 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThat is very kind.27 Feb 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, we hold this debate against the sombre and shocking images emerging from Syria and Turkey of the devastating earthquake which has visited such tragedy and suffering on…09 Feb 2023HANSARDUkraineThat this House takes note of the situation in Ukraine.09 Feb 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateMy Lords, Defence is supporting the refresh of the integrated review. We must ensure that the UK remains ready to deter adversaries in the new era of strategic competition. Taking…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateI reassure the noble Baroness by referring her to the ambitious shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy. We are watching with interest the emerging development of the Type 26 on…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateThe noble Lord will understand that, in this day and age, we cannot look at one aspect of capability on its own—that is not how we deal with and address threats now. The key to…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateWe do concentrate on Euro-Atlantic security, and the swiftness with which we responded—indeed, led the response—to the illegal invasion of Ukraine is tangible evidence of that.…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateThe 2021 integrated review and defence Command Paper highlighted that we must focus on capabilities rather than troop numbers per se. Through Future Soldier, the Army will have a…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateThe noble and gallant Lord may consider that it is not a very high bar, but it is higher than any of the other bars that have been set, and the facts speak for themselves. He will…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateMy noble friend will have heard me say to the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, that neither I nor my ministerial colleagues deny that a challenge has confronted our land capability—a…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateThe noble Baroness will be aware that a percentage of GDP is the model that has been adopted increasingly by other states in consequence of the approach that the United Kingdom…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateI hold the noble Lord in very high regard, but I do not hold the purse strings of government. However, he sends a consistent message, and I am sure that it is resonating beyond…31 Jan 2023HANSARDIntegrated Review: UpdateI say to my noble friend that I obviously cannot be specific. Five Eyes is a very important collaboration, and it is relevant to our activity in the Indo-Pacific area. My noble…31 Jan 2023HANSARDArmed Forces: ResilienceI will be delighted to do that. As your Lordships will have realised, such was the breadth and scope of questions that I could not possibly address them all in this debate, but I…26 Jan 2023HANSARDArmed Forces: ResilienceMy Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Robathan for enabling this important, constructive and certainly timely debate. There are surely few places in our country, outside…26 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: UpdateI thank my noble friend for referring to that interesting issue of public opinion in Russia. I have stumbled upon a bit of my briefing that I was trying to find: a Statement that…19 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: UpdateI thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their helpful comments. As I have said before, that unanimity of political support in the UK is really…19 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: UpdateI thank the noble Lord for his comments. The matter of a debate in this House was raised with me by someone from my own Benches yesterday. As I indicated, it is a matter for the…19 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: UpdateMy understanding is that the United States has sent tanks. It has also sent Bradley vehicles. I think I am correct in saying that, in addition to the UK, France and Poland have…19 Jan 2023