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HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, for returning us to the issue of high muzzle energy—HME—rifles with an explanation of his amendment. I want…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, the answer to the noble Earl’s question about the energy of the rifle is that there is a huge gap between the next lowest powered rifle and the .50 calibre rifle.04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am sorry to disappoint my noble friend, especially in light of my success with the amendments that I will be moving formally a little later. I am afraid that these…04 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Shrewsbury for raising this issue. I agree with everything he said. My noble friend Lady Barran suggested that we ought to be…06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, if I might help my noble friend, it is possible that Ministers and Members in another House have been slightly inaccurately briefed. For instance, they were told that…06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, could achieve his objective by supporting my amendment, or at least the concept behind it, slightly more strongly.06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, if I may make an observation, if we still had the Firearms Consultative Committee, which was so well-chaired by my noble friend Lord Shrewsbury, and before that by Lord…06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillPenetrative power as well.06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I have some bad news for the noble Earl. Even a .50 calibre ball round has very high destructive power.06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I have tabled Amendments 80A to 80D in this group. If the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, had not tabled his Amendment 79 concerning .50 calibre rifles, he would…06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I hold the noble Lord in very high regard, but is he saying that Ministers and their advisers are infallible?06 Feb 2019HANSARDMilitary Equipment: SalesMy Lords, does the Minister agree that if any person allowed a foreign power to use defence equipment in the way the noble Lord, Lord West, suggested, they would still fall foul…30 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I do not want to be unhelpful to my noble friend the Minister, but can she point to any cases involving knife crime where the knife was acquired online?30 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Cross-Channel TransportMy Lords, does the Minister agree that it would be foolish indeed not to test and exercise a novel logistics system? Were sufficient vehicles available to test the flow rate…21 Jan 2019HANSARDArmy: Divisional Manoeuvre and Deployment TrainingMy Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for that reply. In the face of a resurgent and irresponsible peer opponent, rather than massively increase military capability and…08 Jan 2019HANSARDArmy: Divisional Manoeuvre and Deployment TrainingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government when they propose to deploy a largely fully formed and supported division into the field for divisional movement and manoeuvre training.08 Jan 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I apologise for not putting my name down to speak. The debate has been excellent and bodes well for later stages. I have three points to make. First, I agree that high…07 Jan 2019