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HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I join the noble Viscount, Lord Stansgate, in welcoming not only the review into whistleblowing but the movement on this Bill, because it is an important one. I just…23 Jul 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Nuclear DevelopmentMy Lords, my noble friend mentioned small modular nuclear reactors, in which the UK clearly has an advantage in terms of technology. How can he ensure that jobs in the UK economy…22 Jul 2025HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, I thank my noble friend and Min AF for their briefing to me yesterday in my role as chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee. At that briefing, Min AF said that…16 Jul 2025HANSARDFujitsu: Government ContractsMy Lords, yesterday Sir Wyn produced the first volume of his report. It is worth all noble Lords reading section 2, because it gives a summary of individual cases of those who…09 Jul 2025HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s statement but start with a sense of disappointment that the Home Office did not see fit to give the intelligence assessment behind this,…03 Jul 2025HANSARDF35A and F35B JetsMy Lords—01 Jul 2025HANSARDF35A and F35B JetsMy Lords, I welcome the announcement of the procurement of the F35As. Some 15% of every single F35A will be produced in the UK. Does my noble friend agree that those who are…01 Jul 2025HANSARDG7 and NATO SummitsMy Lords, I attended last week’s NATO summit in The Hague, as a vice president of the NATO PA. I must say to the noble Lord, Lord True, that that is not the position I saw in…01 Jul 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, having been in attendance for all the past stages of the Bill, I think there is no disagreement across the House, as the noble Baroness, Lady Goldie, said, on wanting to…11 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentMy Lords—03 Jun 2025HANSARDUK Nuclear DeterrentMy Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s commitment to the nuclear deterrent, but does he agree that the problems we are facing now with the deterrent replacement are the failure to…03 Jun 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military BaseMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for the Statement. He is right that this gives a long-term future to a strategically vital base not only for this country but, as he read out…03 Jun 2025HANSARDCriminal Cases Review CommissionMy Lords, the CCRC currently has 10 cases before it of postmasters who used the Capture system, a forerunner of the Horizon software system at the Post Office. Those cases date…20 May 2025HANSARDCriminal Cases Review CommissionMy Lords, the CCRC is about people’s lives. There are currently 20 cases before it for the Post Office Capture victims—this was the system before Horizon. The last Government…07 May 2025HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the National Shipbuilding Strategy.30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI will take that as a win. I look forward to the International Relations and Defence Committee of this House—I have been involved in the process. As I said when moving the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyI thank my noble friend for that Answer. In 2017, Sir John Parker produced the national shipbuilding strategy, which was a good vision for the future of shipbuilding in the UK. It…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillAmendment 13 is another attempt to ensure that there is parliamentary scrutiny over the individual who is appointed as the Armed Forces commissioner. As I raised in Committee,…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner Bill30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI welcome the amendment, in the sense that the noble Baroness is trying to ensure that those in the Armed Forces who are aged under 18 are protected, which I think we would all…30 Apr 2025