Member of Parliament
Lord Coaker
Member since
03 Feb 2021
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Last spoke
20 Apr 2026
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HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceAll I can say to the noble Lord is that the UAE was at the briefing discussion we had in the MoD earlier, and we are working with the UAE as well as other allies to defend the UAE…11 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceWe had no request from the region for a Type 45 destroyer. We made our own sovereign decision, on the basis of the intelligence and of the threat we perceived, to get a Type 45…11 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceThat is the whole basis of how the British Government are operating and of the decisions we are taking. The noble Baroness is quite right that the decisions we take are in the…11 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceThe noble Lord raises a couple of points. First, as a counterpoint to the point about China, if we are talking about Mauritius, the biggest friend it has got is India rather than…11 Mar 2026HANSARDMiddle East: DefenceI thank the noble Lord for the comparison with James Callaghan; I appreciate that. The serious point is that we are all patriots in here. I would not question anybody’s patriotism…11 Mar 2026
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