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HANSARDArmy Restructuring: Future SoldierMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I should like to repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence earlier in the other place. The…25 Nov 2021HANSARDArmy Restructuring: Future SoldierThe noble Viscount raises a good question. I would say that, implicit within the reconfiguration of what we are doing, is the very desire to introduce the flexibility to which he…25 Nov 2021HANSARDArmy Restructuring: Future SoldierI can see that the noble Lord is not filled with festive enthusiasm for the Statement. I disagree with his assessment; I think that being a global power is not about chest-beating…25 Nov 2021HANSARDArmy Restructuring: Future SoldierMy noble friend covered a lot of ground there. Let me see if I can deal with some of the points. He mentioned the possibility of too many chiefs, but I would make two…25 Nov 2021HANSARDArmy Restructuring: Future SoldierFirst, I thank the noble and gallant Lord very much indeed for his initial reaction and for his very helpful observation that this is an Army that he would like to join, as I…25 Nov 2021HANSARDArmy Restructuring: Future SoldierI thank the noble and right reverend Lord very much indeed. He raises two important points. On recruitment, he is correct that challenges with recruitment were identified, and the…25 Nov 2021HANSARDArmy Restructuring: Future SoldierMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their comments. A number of interesting points have been raised. I welcome the noble Lord’s…25 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillAs I said to the noble Lord, all I can offer to do is to look at Hansard and the detail of what he said, and to check that out and see what I can ascertain. I will undertake to do…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillThe noble Lord refers to a very difficult and sensitive issue, and I think he is referring to the time when the Executive were not functioning in Northern Ireland. This Bill is…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, for his amendment. I know this is an issue in which he is keenly interested and one which he has pursued…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces Bill23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I am delighted to join your Lordships in the Chamber this afternoon on Report to discuss these proposed amendments to the Armed Forces Bill. This is an important Bill. I…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for a genuinely interesting and thoughtful debate. I will focus on the amendments that comprise the grouping: Amendments 3 to 7 and Amendment 17.…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillI am sure the noble Lord has been listening carefully to the argument that I have been advancing, but I have been trying to distinguish between identified, critical core…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I am delighted to speak to the government amendments that will implement specific recommendations of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee in respect of…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham. We are working with our stake- holders over the course of this year to develop…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for tabling this amendment and the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for his remarks in support of it. I am also grateful to those who…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, for tabling this amendment. He is quite right: it raises issues that all of us care about very deeply, as the noble Baroness, Lady…23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces Bill23 Nov 2021HANSARDArmed Forces BillI thank my noble friend Lord Lancaster for retabling his amendment. I understand his motivation for doing so. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and the noble Baroness,…23 Nov 2021