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HANSARDNuclear WeaponsWith some hesitation, I will give a specific answer to that question. As my noble friend will know, the programme is on train for delivery and the submarines are expected to be…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear WeaponsMy Lords, as the National Audit Office has acknowledged, nuclear infrastructure projects are often large and complex, with bespoke designs. We are carefully examining the report’s…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear WeaponsIn relation to the noble Lord’s second-last question, the review will be broad-ranging and its remit will become clear. The MoD expects to have a relevant role to play in…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear WeaponsMy understanding is that these costs are in many respects now historic; they have been absorbed and budgeted for. The MoD has benefited from the £10 billion contingency funding…14 Jan 2020HANSARDD-day Landings Memorial: EducationMy Lords, Her Majesty’s Government have been and remain wholly supportive of the Normandy Memorial Trust’s plans for the site of the Normandy memorial at Ver-sur-Mer. The £27…13 Jan 2020HANSARDD-day Landings Memorial: EducationThe noble Lord makes an important point. It will of course be for the trustees to determine how they administer and run the education centre, but I am sure that they will pay…13 Jan 2020HANSARDD-day Landings Memorial: EducationI thank my noble friend for his kind comments. I too pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Ricketts, and his colleagues at the Normandy Memorial Trust for their unstinting work. My…13 Jan 2020HANSARDD-day Landings Memorial: EducationThe noble Lord makes a point of fundamental importance, which nobody could disagree with. The mere physical presence of the memorial at Ver-sur-Mer, and the proposed education…13 Jan 2020HANSARDD-day Landings Memorial: EducationMy noble friend may be aware that the Government have already been generous, as acknowledged by my noble friend Lord Selkirk. Initially, they made available a £20 million grant…13 Jan 2020HANSARDD-day Landings Memorial: EducationThe noble Lord raises an issue somewhat outwith the spectrum of my brief. I apologise for having no specific information about the property to which he refers. I shall look at his…13 Jan 2020HANSARDD-day Landings Memorial: EducationI never cease to be surprised by the ingenuity of the noble Lord in insinuating into his questions important matters of our maritime capability. The content of programmes within…13 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I was struck by something said by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara. He said that this was an amuse-bouche. I can tell him that I feel as though I have sat…07 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechWell, that has used up some of my two minutes. I will look at Hansard , and I note the point that my noble friend has made. I have a sheaf of information but I will have to…07 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechI can tell the noble Lord and the Chamber only what I have been given by way of briefing, and that is what I have just repeated. I am not inside the Prime Minister’s mind. I do…07 Jan 2020HANSARDSyria: British Armed ForcesI thank the noble Lord for making a very important point. He is absolutely right: this is a situation of turbulence and uncertainty, and implicit in that is great potential risk…24 Oct 2019HANSARDSyria: British Armed ForcesMy Lords, UK air assets are currently involved in operations over Syria as part of the global coalition against Daesh, and we remain fully committed to the coalition and the air…24 Oct 2019HANSARDSyria: British Armed ForcesMy noble friend raises an important point. We will be looking very closely at Monday’s agreement between Turkey and Russia, including any impact on the local population. I make…24 Oct 2019HANSARDSyria: British Armed ForcesI should say to the noble and gallant Lord that the United Kingdom enjoys a very good relationship with the Republic of Cyprus, which includes a cordial relationship as regards…24 Oct 2019HANSARDSyria: British Armed ForcesI am aware of the noble Lord’s earlier inquiry and, if he will permit me to do so, I shall respond to him in more detail. I said earlier that these are turbulent, difficult and…24 Oct 2019HANSARDSyria: British Armed ForcesLet me reassure my noble friend without any ambiguity or ambivalence that the answer is yes. Daesh is the focus of our activity. I said earlier that Daesh is a lethal, toxic…24 Oct 2019