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HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI thank the noble Lord. On his first point, about personnel, and his last point, about the security of sites, this is not the only defence document. There are defence documents…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI absolutely take my noble friend’s point on the need for pace. Even though I listed some committees, they will be the result of an amalgamation of certain bodies, so I hope that…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyI will take that last point about procurement to my honourable friend Luke Pollard MP, who is the Minister in the other place. On defence spending, the debate continues on how…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for his constructive comments about the strategy and the important questions he asked. I know it is from a position of support for our…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDefence Industrial StrategyThe state will work with others to support the establishment of those munitions factories. I am not in a position at the moment to say to the noble and gallant Lord where those…10 Sept 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory SystemMy Lords, the Government understand the need to deal with nuclear waste. If you look at defence, which I primarily have responsibility for, there is a huge amount of work going on…10 Sept 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory SystemOf course, the charge will be led by the Government. The Government believe in nuclear and in international collaboration. The Secretary of State, along with others, will provide…10 Sept 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory SystemAs I said to the noble Lord, Lord Howell, and in answering my noble friend, of course it requires the big nuclear power stations such as Sizewell C and Hinkley C, as my noble…10 Sept 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory SystemI agree with that and the Government are responding to that request. We are not waiting to legislate through the planning Bill. EN-6, the current framework within which these…10 Sept 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory SystemI agree up to a point with what the noble Lord has said. Our big power stations such as Sizewell and Hinkley Point C are part of the answer. He is quite right to say that…10 Sept 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory SystemAs I said to my noble friend, we will do everything as speedily as possible. We will move forward on this. I say to the noble Lord: safety is of paramount importance, of course it…10 Sept 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory SystemI should have read the Answer I read out more carefully; I thought that when I read out “in due course”. The serious point, I say to my noble friend, is that the report outlines…10 Sept 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory SystemMy Lords, the report identifies barriers to timely delivery of nuclear projects, including duplication and inefficiencies in environmental and planning assessments. The Government…10 Sept 2025HANSARDUkraine: NegotiationsAll I can say is that we have sanctioned numerous individuals. We have taken action in all sorts of ways to deal with the shadow fleet. As far as seizing Russian assets is…09 Sept 2025HANSARDUkraine: NegotiationsIs it not unbelievable that, in a war in Europe, a nation is using children to further its objectives? How deplorable is that? Sometimes, words fail us. In this awful situation,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDUkraine: NegotiationsThe noble Lord makes an extremely important point about the need for air defences and their crucial nature. The UK, with our friends and our allies, including the Americans, who…09 Sept 2025HANSARDUkraine: NegotiationsI agree absolutely with that, and I think the majority of people do so too. For any ceasefire or any agreement to be meaningful, it has to be such that the security of Ukraine is…09 Sept 2025HANSARDUkraine: NegotiationsNew to the Foreign Office brief as I am, let me try to say that we are very pleased that President Trump is coming and look forward to making his visit a success. Our intention is…09 Sept 2025HANSARDUkraine: NegotiationsMy Lords, before I answer the Question, let me quickly pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Collins for all the work he did with the Foreign Office and wish him well in the future.…09 Sept 2025HANSARDUkraine: NegotiationsI thank the noble Lord for the question. The first point that needs to be made is that it is up to Russia as well to engage in meaningful talks, and it is up to Russia as well to…09 Sept 2025