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HANSARDPensions Appeal Tribunals (Late Appeal) (Amendment) Regulations 2022That the Grand Committee do consider the Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Late Appeal) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.17 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraineYes, I heard the noble Baroness’s remark about the repeat of the COP 15 Statement. I understand that there has been a genuine logistics problem with the sheer volume of urgent…21 Dec 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the noble Baroness for referring to that report. I am not familiar with it, but I shall now make myself familiar with it. I hear her plea, so we will look closely at the…21 Dec 2022HANSARDUkraineI say to the noble Viscount that I think we were all moved by President Zelensky’s address to parliamentarians. I was certainly moved by Madam Zelenska’s address, which was a most…21 Dec 2022HANSARDUkraineMy noble friend is right that the export of grain is absolutely critical; it is instrumental to global food security. It has been a matter of profound regret that Russia was…21 Dec 2022HANSARDService Family AccommodationThe noble Baroness’s entreaties of my predecessor and noble friend Earl Howe were to very good effect because it was part of a systematic approach to the MoD about quality of…21 Dec 2022HANSARDService Family AccommodationI echo the words of my honourable friend in the other place. Yesterday, he said—quite correctly—that “it is unacceptable that some of our personnel and their families are not…21 Dec 2022HANSARDUkraineIt is an important enlargement, and we support it. Turkey is an important ally to the United Kingdom; we are on good terms with Turkey. We will certainly use whatever influences…21 Dec 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their introductory remarks. Not for the first time, I express my appreciation in this…21 Dec 2022HANSARDService Family AccommodationThe noble Baroness raises a very interesting point. I do not have specific information, but once again I shall undertake to inquire, and offer to write to her if I elicit a…21 Dec 2022HANSARDService Family AccommodationLet me reassure the noble Baroness. One of my questions to my officials earlier today was exactly the one I indicated to the noble Baroness, Lady Smith: what does somebody do who…21 Dec 2022HANSARDService Family AccommodationOn the general question of availability of MoD accommodation, we are very careful about how we manage accommodation because we have ongoing obligations to rotating staff and we…21 Dec 2022HANSARDAfghanistan: Independent InquiryMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their welcome of the announcement of the statutory inquiry into events in Afghanistan. I…20 Dec 2022HANSARDAfghanistan: Independent InquiryThe information I have about the support being provided to witnesses is that all members of the Armed Forces, including the Reserve Forces, MoD civilians and veterans, are…20 Dec 2022HANSARDAfghanistan: Independent InquiryI hear the noble Lord and I will certainly seek to obtain further clarification. I rather took it at face value—that there will be closed hearings, as a statement of fact—but I…20 Dec 2022HANSARDAfghanistan: Independent InquiryOn the first point raised by the noble Lord, my understanding is that the evidence will be heard in closed hearings. As the noble Lord will understand, we are dealing with a lot…20 Dec 2022HANSARDAfghanistan: Independent InquiryI will deal first with the matter of previous investigations. The noble Lord will be aware that significant investigations and reviews have already been undertaken by the MoD to…20 Dec 2022HANSARDAfghanistan: Independent InquiryI thank the noble Baroness for the clarification; I apologise if I misrepresented her position. I think we all understand from looking at the terms of reference that the inquiry…20 Dec 2022HANSARDMilitary Personnel: Strike Action CoverThe Secretary of State, my right honourable friend Ben Wallace, is very clear about his primary obligation to the MoD and our Armed Forces, whom we depend on and on whom we are…19 Dec 2022HANSARDMilitary Personnel: Strike Action CoverI reassure the noble Baroness and the House that I and my ministerial colleagues are clear about the primary task of the Armed Forces: defence of the realm. We would not approve a…19 Dec 2022