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HANSARDArmed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025My Lords, in finishing, I want to reinforce the comments from the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster, and ask not for more money for His Majesty’s Armed Forces—not least because this…15 Jul 2025HANSARDUkraine: UK Security GuaranteeMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, I am strongly committed to Europe—we set up Cambridge for Europe together. However, I wonder what the Minister thinks the message would…05 Jun 2025HANSARDDenial of Banking Services: UK Defence SectorMy Lords, apart from ESG questions, there are wider questions about investment in defence companies. I declare an interest as an academic. Obviously, often it is students, and…04 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentMy Lords, the Urgent Question asked in the other place came from the chair of the Defence Committee. It came because there was speculation in the press that the SDR would propose…03 Jun 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewMy Lords, I start where the noble Earl, Lord Minto, finished by suggesting that it would be extremely welcome for your Lordships’ House to have a full debate on the strategic…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military BaseMy Lords, I find myself in a rather unusual position. On most defence issues, it is very easy for the Liberal Democrat defence spokesperson to agree with the Official Opposition,…03 Jun 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, from these Benches, I extend our gratitude to the Minister and his team for the courtesy and time they have extended to discuss some of the issues that we raised at…12 May 2025HANSARD80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over JapanMy Lords, it is an honour and a privilege to be one of the winders in this debate, a debate that is of huge significance as a reminder of what has happened in the last 80 years,…09 May 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Beamish, seek to do what amendments that I tabled in Committee also sought to do, albeit rather less elegantly. My…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed. As I said in my opening remarks, Amendment 1 was, in many ways, intended as a probing amendment. I am grateful to the noble…30 Apr 2025HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyMy Lords, we are awaiting the strategic defence review and, I believe, a defence industrial strategy. Will national shipbuilding be part of that and if so, when can we expect…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, noting that this is a consequential amendment, I simply have one question relating to what the Minister has just said. He said that there was an issue about duplicate or…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I am aware that debate is taking a little longer and that we have more groups of amendments that are single amendments than many people had hoped. I therefore propose to…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, noble Lords will be very pleased to hear that I intend neither to speak for very long nor to divide the House on my amendment. However, I will press the Government for…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for such an interesting and illuminating debate. I am particularly grateful to my noble friend Lady Kramer for answering some of the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner Bill30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lady Baroness, Lady Bennett, for bringing this amendment. As she pointed out, we had an amendment in Committee that listed a whole set of…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 12 and respond to the Government’s amendments. One of the issues that we raised in Committee was precisely the need for a definition of…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I am thankful to the noble Lords for responding to this small amendment. Of course, it may be possible that the whistleblower will be able to bring matters that could…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner Bill30 Apr 2025