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HANSARDG7 and NATO SummitsThe noble Lord makes a really important point. What it comes down to is that if we were to let Putin succeed in Ukraine, the deterrent effect of NATO’s plans would be fatally…01 Jul 2025HANSARDG7 and NATO SummitsThe noble Lord will not be surprised that I fundamentally disagree with the point he made. Every time our Government have made a commitment to defence spending, we have kept that…01 Jul 2025HANSARDG7 and NATO SummitsI am grateful to the noble Lord. Certainly, his impressions of the leadership that the Prime Minister has shown chimes with what I have heard from other people at similar…01 Jul 2025HANSARDG7 and NATO SummitsMy Lords, I do not know whether the noble Lord was in the House when Kneecap was raised previously, but I strongly condemned their behaviour at that time and continue to do so. On…01 Jul 2025HANSARDG7 and NATO SummitsThe answer to the noble Lord’s second question is yes, we do think that. Our assessment, which has been quite widely covered, is that the damage done was significant. We are…01 Jul 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyThe noble Lord is right to raise this. There has been quite a fall-off in recruitment to the Armed Forces. I remember the days when the Army had a town-centre presence, where…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Statement…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyThe noble Baroness makes an important point. A number of Members of this House are members of the OSCE, as she is, the Council of Europe and others, where those relationships at…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyI am sure the noble Lord has looked very carefully to find it, so this question of which page might be rhetorical. No, I cannot direct him to a page, but if he looks across the…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyMy Lords, I am grateful to both the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their comments. I will do my best to respond to as many as possible in the time available. Both were…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyThe noble and gallant Lord raises an important point about relations with other countries. Our relationship with the Republic of Ireland is solid and welcome; indeed, I saw the…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyI am grateful to my noble friend for that. As a farmer, he will have more experience on these issues. On food security for the nation, we talk about cheap food, but I think that…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyI am grateful to my noble friend for reiterating that security is more than just foreign security; it is also health security. One of the issues with Covid was the lack of…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyI am grateful to the noble and gallant Lord. It is interesting to hear the cheers from the party opposite to his last point, because this is a generational increase in defence…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyThe noble Lord has great respect in this House for his commitment to these issues. I cannot confirm his final point at all. However, I think that the heart of his question is how…26 Jun 2025HANSARDNational Security StrategyThe committee that the noble Baroness referred to is a Cabinet committee and is always engaged in these issues. On the question of who is accountable, at the end of the day the…26 Jun 2025HANSARDParliamentary Commercial DepartmentWell, I am not quite sure why there is such a delay. The minutes of the meeting that took place this week were approved yesterday, and they will be available this week. I think…12 Jun 2025HANSARDParliamentary Commercial DepartmentI do not think that this is just down to me. The point has been made about having the joint department here, and other noble Lords have said how joint departments are, in many…12 Jun 2025HANSARDParliamentary Commercial DepartmentMy Lords, I am moving this Motion on behalf of the House of Lords Commission. We are asking the House to support and endorse the report published on 14 May establishing…12 Jun 2025HANSARDParliamentary Commercial DepartmentThat this House endorses the Report from the House of Lords Commission Establishing Parliament ’ s commercial function as a joint department of both Houses (2nd Report, HL Paper…12 Jun 2025