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HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewOn the first point about the need for us to reassert and highlight the link between the Armed Forces and the general population, I think my noble friend is right. I have some…03 Jun 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillThat the Bill do now pass.12 May 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I extend my thanks to all noble Lords who have contributed to the detailed and meaningful scrutiny of this Bill. Although it is, obviously, not possible for me to thank…12 May 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I thank everyone for their short contributions. I have made one catastrophic error: I forgot to thank the Whips’ Office. I hastily put that on the record. On a more…12 May 2025HANSARD80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over JapanThat this House takes note of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan.09 May 2025HANSARD80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over JapanMy Lords, it is a great honour to open this debate. Values of patriotism, family and community are sometimes regarded as old-fashioned, but this milestone 80th anniversary of VE…09 May 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, government Amendment 15 makes a provision that is consequential on Clause 3. As your Lordships are aware following our discussions in Committee, Clause 3 amends Section…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I thank everyone for the discussion on this important matter. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for her views on the Bill and I acknowledge her concerns about…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, in moving government Amendment 2, I will speak to government Amendments 7, 9 and 11 and to Amendment 12, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham. They all…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner Bill30 Apr 2025HANSARDLGBT Veterans: Financial Recognition SchemeI certainly will take that up. As the noble Baroness has said, these payments are exempt from income tax and from benefits. I am disturbed to hear from her that that does not…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillMy Lords, I thank everyone for their contributions to this debate and for the ongoing discussions we have had in Committee, outside of it and now back here on Report. Let us be…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner Bill30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner Bill30 Apr 2025HANSARDLGBT Veterans: Financial Recognition SchemeMy Lords, I wonder if I might digress slightly. There are times when we answer Questions at the Dispatch Box that are about issues of real social change that has been brought…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI thank all noble Lords who have come to the Report stage of the Bill and thank the noble Earl, Lord Minto, again for the support of His Majesty’s Opposition—I know that there is…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillThey certainly are, but I hope that there is some clarification from what I said to the noble Lord. No doubt that conversation will continue. More generally, on the point that the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillThere is not. My noble friend is quite right to point that out. The term whistleblower is not a universally recognised term in law. That may be irrelevant to us in considering the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDArmed Forces Commissioner BillI thank the noble Earl, Lord Minto, and the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig, for their support. I do not want to restart the debate about defining a relevant family member,…30 Apr 2025HANSARDNational Shipbuilding StrategyThe National Shipbuilding Office is based in the MoD but works across government. There is a review of the export guarantee, the fundamental point of which is that, where we have…30 Apr 2025