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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI beg to move Motion B. I again apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, for inadvertently making my speech in advance; I am sure that all your Lordships will be relieved to…28 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 5B to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 5C.28 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, first, I offer my apologies to the Chamber and the Deputy Speaker for my inadvertent acceleration of proceedings. At this time of day, immediately after a Statement, I…28 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I am extremely pleased to confirm that the Commons has agreed to the government Amendments 1V, 1W and 1X in lieu of Lords Amendments 1S to 1U. In doing so, I draw…28 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendments 1S, 1T and 1U and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 1V, 1W, 1X, 1Y and 1Z in lieu.28 Apr 2021HANSARDCarrier Strike Group DeploymentThe noble Baroness encapsulates the relevance, significance and purpose of the carrier strike group. The difficulties to which she refers can be unilaterally addressed by the…28 Apr 2021HANSARDCarrier Strike Group DeploymentI was just trying to race through the potted history of all this. As the noble Lord, Lord West, carefully and eloquently outlined, we all have an understanding of what this is…28 Apr 2021HANSARDCarrier Strike Group DeploymentFirst, I say to the noble Lord that his youthful demeanour belies that he was commanding this impressive operation—I think it was Ocean Wave—in 1997. I am grateful to him for…28 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThat this House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment 3A.26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I thank both the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, and the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for their contributions. I think that what emerges is a simple divergence of…26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 5 to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 5A.26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I beg to move Motions C and D. Amendment 3A in Motion C is simply a consequential amendment to the title of the Bill as a result of moving the duty to consider…26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, for his Motion B1. He referred to my remarks at Second Reading relating to trying to address protracted and repeated…26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I have said before, and I say again, that the MoD takes seriously its duty of care for service personnel and veterans. There already exists a comprehensive range of…26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is the Government’s view that the timescales included in the amendment are operationally unrealistic, do not take account of the nature of investigations on overseas…26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 2 to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 2A.26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions. Again, I thank and pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, for his assiduous attention and perseverance in…26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, in proposing their amendments in lieu, the Government have listened to the very real concerns expressed by many in both Houses. I wholeheartedly concur with the thanks…26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThat this House do not insist on its Amendment 1 and do agree with the Commons in their Amendments 1A to 1Q in lieu.26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, and the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for their contributions. I realise that this is an important debate. It…26 Apr 2021