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HANSARDRoyal Navy: F35BI pay tribute to the noble Lord for his role at the time of conceiving the two carriers, but that concept is now fairly mature and life has moved on. As I have indicated, the MoD…08 Sept 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: F35BI hesitate to contradict my noble friend; I know he poses his question in very good faith. I would say to him that the role that the British military has been playing in relation…08 Sept 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: F35BOn the HMS “Prince of Wales”, that has of course been a regrettable development. I can confirm that the “Prince of Wales” is alongside in Portsmouth and will proceed to Rosyth dry…08 Sept 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: F35BThere are various situations where the United States and the United Kingdom approach differently configurations of capability. The noble and gallant Lord will be aware of the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: F35BI am unable to give any specific answers. The “Prince of Wales” will need to make her way to Rosyth to go into dry dock. At this stage, it is not known what the cause is; we know…08 Sept 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: F35BAs my noble friend will be aware, the integrated review absolutely and sharply identified the principal threat as far as the UK is concerned as being Russia. That has now…08 Sept 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: F35BAs the noble Lord will be aware, the F35 is a state-of-the-art aircraft and we are very pleased to have them. We are very pleased to be adding to our fleet and we look forward to…08 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, the United Kingdom remains very concerned by Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and is tracking it very closely. We are liaising closely with Ukraine to…07 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the noble Lord for his kind remarks about the Secretary of State. I think the value of that continuity at this critical time is obvious to all, and I will relay those good…07 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraineI totally agree. That is a widely held assessment which is indicative of why NATO partners and members and the wider partnership of nations which wish to support Ukraine and…07 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraineI never cease to be amazed at the noble Lord’s gamut of experience and expertise. Frigates I am familiar with—intelligence, less so. At the heart of his question is an important…07 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraineThe noble Baroness’s colleague posed the same question to me on Monday evening. I was able to pledge that I would take that matter back and have done so. I have referred it to…07 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraineI cannot perhaps give the noble and gallant Lord the specific reassurance he seeks, but he will understand that, with a new Government and the constant presence of threats…07 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraineI will say to my noble friend that the right honourable Ben Wallace, the Secretary of State, in responding to the Statement in the other place, confirmed that we were not working…07 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraineWe engage regularly with Ukraine across a wide range of issues, not least the power station and the concerns surrounding it. We are awaiting a report from the recent inspection;…07 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, first, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Coaker and Lord Newby, for the tenor of their introductory remarks, which was welcome; I particularly thank them for their kind…05 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I wish to repeat a Statement made in the other place earlier today by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Ben…05 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThat is a very important question. As the noble Lord will be aware, we do not have Royal Navy deployment in the Black Sea, but I understand that we have been amenable to providing…05 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateWe understand that the sanctions imposed by the UK and our international partners are having deep and damaging consequences for Putin’s ability to wage war. We have sanctioned…05 Sept 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIt may be that Putin passes a law or makes a decree, but we have seen that the mass and volume of his armed forces numbers have not delivered for him the military triumph that he…05 Sept 2022