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HANSARDArmed Services: Sexual ViolenceMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for her Question, which I think is of importance and interest to us all. As I said, various units have been set up to deal with this problem. The…09 Dec 2025HANSARDArmed Services: Sexual ViolenceI can assure my noble friend of that. The Armed Forces go out of their way to encourage service personnel to report all examples of sexual harassment. They make it clear that…09 Dec 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025My Lords, the Government are committed to reviewing the recommendations outlined in the strategic defence review, which recognises the importance of a whole-of-society approach to…08 Dec 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025The noble Lord is absolutely right: it is an important matter and a radical proposal, and it is to do with the new threats we face as a country. We cannot any longer simply carry…08 Dec 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025I agree very much with the noble and gallant Lord’s points. As he said, the reconnection between the military and the civilian population is crucial. The one positive thing I…08 Dec 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025The Secretary of State is working hard to finalise the defence investment plan by the end of the year. The discussions that we are having with the Treasury have been successful up…08 Dec 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025I totally agree with the comments that my noble friend has made. I read the strategic defence review again over the weekend in preparing for the Question, so I know that it is…08 Dec 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025I am sure that when it comes forward, a defence readiness bill will include many of the things that my noble friend has pointed to. Defence in that sense, as he says, is more than…08 Dec 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025In saying that we need to do more and to act more urgently, there are already steps that have started to be taken across government. We are already looking at how we extend and…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceIt would be interesting to have a conversation outside the Chamber with the noble Baroness about her challenge to me. Certainly, we are talking to other departments about what…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceThe noble Lord, Lord Robertson, is now not in his place. I keep saying that the US and the UK are fundamental allies in the protection of global security in every part of the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceIt is a challenge. Part of it is investment into the infrastructure. That can take a long time. One of the things that the Navy has looked to deal with that is the floating dry…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceI do not know the answer to the second part of the question, so I shall have to write to the noble Earl about it. To answer the first part of his question, I know that the…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceWith respect to the AUKUS programme, we have made sure that nobody is under any doubt about its importance and our determination to take it forward. There has always been a…08 Dec 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025It is an important challenge and an important question put by the noble and gallant Lord. The starting point is to speak up and speak out, in a way that sometimes does not happen.…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceMy Lords, the Royal Navy has successfully maintained Operation Relentless, the continuous at-sea deterrent, without interruption for over 56 years. We continue to adapt to new…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceThat is a really important question; I apologise if I have not mentioned undersea cables, because there is an important need and requirement for us as a country to protect them…08 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceI thank my noble friend for his Question. He will know that we have been to the Treasury and have secured more money for the defence programme and industry. Just to pick up on a…08 Dec 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lilley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Goldie, for their amendments. I appreciate that they have questions about how the treaty protects the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI understand the point that the noble Baroness is making. What I am saying to her is that the Government of Mauritius, the Government of the UK and the Government of the US see no…25 Nov 2025