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HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyI thank my noble friend for his universally acknowledged authoritative comments on this. We all know that he has played a significant part in the development of the shipbuilding…15 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyMy Lords, I first thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their observations. Although their questions, quite rightly, are penetrating, I…15 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyI thank my noble friend. I think she and I would certainly echo the sentiment that the island communities in Scotland are crying out for help. She refers to what has been a very…15 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyYes, and I say to the noble Lord that, of course, the strategy is a cross-government endeavour. It is being delivered by the National Shipbuilding Office, which sits within the…15 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyYes, of course I shall.15 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateAs my noble friend will be aware, and as I said earlier, the United Kingdom, both bilaterally with Ukraine and in concert with our NATO allies, has been concentrating on…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI probably have limited information to give the noble Lord, but as I said earlier, we have what we think is a reasonably reliable report on the current state of the site. The…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy noble friend makes a very important point. The extent of disinformation and misinformation pedalled by President Putin and his Government is a matter of huge frustration and…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThe noble Baroness makes a really important point and one that has registered with many people, not least Governments. It is somewhat wide of my area of departmental…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI can confirm the first part of the noble Lord’s question: yes, there will be a degree of training required. He will understand that, for reasons of operational discretion, I am…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThe discussions to which the noble Lord refers have indeed been taking place between Poland and the US. We have been quite clear that it is for Poland to make its decision and…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy noble friend makes a number of interesting observations. I am sure that we are all conscious of the extraordinary attributes of President Zelensky, and everyone will be…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIt is a matter of international law that chemical weapons are proscribed. That is one of the areas of concern; there was speculation on the part of the White House in the United…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIf I may commence my response to the noble Lord by picking up on that last point, our role is to support a sovereign country which has been the victim of a completely illegal…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateTo be honest, I think it is premature even to be discussing that. The sanctions are part of a universal and, I think, very effective ligature around the Russian economy and…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI understand the noble Baroness’s concern, which I think is shared right across the Chamber. What we, as the United Kingdom Government, are doing, as she will be aware, is…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateAs the noble Lord will be aware, the United Kingdom Government have been approaching this crisis at the global level with other NATO member states. We have been doing that to try…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateTo pick up the point about disinformation, as I briefly alluded to in reply to my noble friend Lady Meyer, we are taking steps. We try to find channels of communication into…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateFrom the outset, we gave Ukraine anti-tank missiles—and we were one of the first countries to do so—but we have been clear that these are bits of equipment that they use to defend…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateAs my noble friend will be aware, the United Kingdom has its National Cyber Security Centre, which is well placed to deal with and anticipate such attacks. It enjoys a close…10 Mar 2022