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HANSARDFuture Defence CapabilityTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the United Kingdom’s future defence capability following the recently announced increases in defence spending.26 Mar 2025HANSARDFuture Defence CapabilityMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister. Can he say something about the preparedness of the Armed Forces in all their guises when it comes to the threat from one of the most…26 Mar 2025HANSARDVictory in Europe and Japan: 80th AnniversariesMy Lords, I welcome everything that the Minister has said. However, a few noble Lords have mentioned that the events of World War II and the Holocaust are slipping from memory…20 Mar 2025HANSARDOverseas Companies: UK-registered SubsidiariesMy Lords, following on from the initial Question, what assistance can Ministers give to British-registered SMEs in procuring public sector contracts?17 Mar 2025HANSARDIranian State ThreatsMy Lords, I want to press my noble friend the Minister further on the question that has been raised repeatedly on the IRGC. It is clearly a bunch of clerical fascists and…06 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Union: Court of JusticeMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that, if we signed up to the ECJ again, as was the case under the previous Government, we would be, to some extent, moving towards reversing…26 Feb 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayOrder. I apologise to the noble Lord, but can I ask him to come to the end of his remarks now please?13 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I turn to Amendments 50 and 52 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, and spoken to in his prose poem of a speech. The importance of maintaining our natural…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillYes.11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillOrder! We cannot have an exchange like this.11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillMy Lords, I shall speak not so briefly, actually, on this group of amendments concerning the scope of clean energy as defined in the Bill, particularly in relation of carbon…11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillOrder! We are not discussing an immigration Bill. We are discussing an energy Bill, so could we stick to order and stick to the scope of the amendment?11 Feb 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI apologise for intervening. For future reference, moving an amendment on behalf of another Member is permissible, but reading a speech out on behalf of another Member is not,…11 Feb 2025HANSARDCreative Industries: Creating Jobs and Productivity GrowthMy Lords, I apologise for interrupting but, because there has been some ambiguity about the speaking order today and a few changes made to it, I want to make it clear, so there is…06 Feb 2025HANSARDNew Hospital Programme ReviewMy Lords, the annunciator tells me that Report is not due to begin again until 8.07 pm. Since the Statement fell short of the anticipated 40 minutes, I beg to move, from a packed…28 Jan 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]It will be.20 Jan 2025HANSARDRules-based International OrderI apologise for interrupting. I just point out that, apart from the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, every speaker so far has gone well over the seven-minute limit. If we carry on…16 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillBefore the Minister responds, I should have pointed this out before, but I was not aware: reading out speeches from another Member is not acceptable, according to the Companion .…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for that question. I cannot add anything to what I said before. GBE will look at a range of technology and sources. The whole of energy policy is…15 Jan 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy BillNo, at present I am talking about Amendment 117.15 Jan 2025