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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, this amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, raises an important issue. Although we did indeed receive the Written Ministerial Statement, it did not go far enough.…26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, like noble and gallant and noble and learned Lords, I welcome the Minister’s further concession. One of the most welcome things in the final stages of this Bill is that…26 Apr 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyMy Lords, I am delighted to be able to speak in this debate and, in particular, grateful to the usual channels and the Ministers. May I move down slightly? The reason I was trying…22 Apr 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, I too pay tribute to our service personnel who have served in Afghanistan, particularly those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. In his Answer, the Secretary of State…21 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, as the Minister and the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, have both pointed out, in many ways there is a lot of agreement on this Bill. Although from these Benches at times…19 Apr 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy CampaignersMy Lords, following on from the noble Baroness’s question, I will press the Minister a bit further and ask whether the Government will go away and think again about the rights of…19 Apr 2021HANSARDHigher Education: New and Returning StudentsMy Lords, there is cross-party support for the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and the noble Baroness, Lady Royall. From the Liberal Democrat Benches, I reinforce everything that he…15 Apr 2021HANSARDNATO: Russia and UkraineMy Lords, I agree with my noble friend Lord Campbell of Pittenweem about the importance of a strong transatlantic response, but does the Minister agree that if we are concerned…15 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I support both amendments, but in particular Amendment 6 in the name of my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford. Both seek to focus on prosecution, but also deal with…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, we have heard some important speeches making it clear why this amendment is so important. However, I confess that, having listened to the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, and…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, like others, I welcome the Government’s concession on this amendment and thank the noble Baroness for having listened, gone away and come back with a helpful proposal.…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, this amendment has had no opposition. I thought very briefly that the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, was perhaps going to speak against it because he raised…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, this might be the shortest intervention of the evening. I am grateful to the noble Baroness for saying that there are errors in the Bill and removing the relevant…13 Apr 2021HANSARDDefence and Security Industrial StrategyMy Lords, another day, another defence Statement repeat, and an opportunity for us to probe the Government’s thinking about wider issues of the integrated review in terms of…24 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review: Defence Command PaperMy Lords, from these Benches I echo many of the words of the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and there are certain questions that I will therefore not reiterate. However, one area…23 Mar 2021HANSARDIntegrated ReviewMy Lords, when the defence expenditure increase was announced, I welcomed it from these Benches. It never occurred to me that the increase in defence expenditure was in order to…17 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, this is my one foray into the National Security and Investment Bill, and I am speaking to Amendment 91, in the names of the noble Lords, Lord West of Spithead and Lord…16 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I enter this set of amendments as a lead signatory but as somewhat of an interloper, being the only speaker in this set of amendments and the subsequent two who is not a…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, like other noble Lords—and noble and gallant Lords—across the Chamber, I welcome the amendment, even if, like the noble Lord, Lord Faulks, I regret that it is necessary.…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady D’Souza, suggested that this Bill divides your Lordships’ House into two parts: those who wish to see the Bill disappear in its entirety and…11 Mar 2021