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HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, it is with predictable disappointment, but no less determination, that I return to commending to your Lordships the amendment in my name to establish a duty of care…26 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I begin by thanking all those associated with this Bill, especially the noble Baroness, Lady Goldie, the Minister, for patiently attending to the points that we have…19 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, in opening this short debate on Amendment 14, I first thank the noble Baroness the Minister and the Minister for Defence People and Veterans for meeting me and other…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill13 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken this evening. I was going to say that it was a short debate but it was a proper-size debate, getting at a number of these issues.…13 Apr 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review: Defence Command PaperMy Lords, now that the Regular Army is once again to be reduced in size in order to provide additional funds for the defence equipment programme, can the Minister give an idea of…23 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, in seeking to move Amendment 31, I pay tribute to the tireless and detailed way in which the Minister and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Stewart of Dirleton, have been…11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill11 Mar 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords and noble and gallant Lords who have taken part in this debate for their helpful contributions. At the heart of Amendment 31 is a simple issue:…11 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Armed Forces: Global BritainMy Lords, some might thing that the UK, in claiming for itself the title “global Britain”, was being more than a little pretentious. The challenge is to substantiate the claim,…21 Jan 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, we have waited far too long for a Bill to be introduced that provides adequate protection for British service men and women to conduct operations free from the fear of…20 Jan 2021HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015Does the House accept that the influence that the United Kingdom can exert in the post-Brexit world will come largely through the integration of our hard power—our defence…25 Nov 2020HANSARDArmed Forces: Covid-19 DeploymentI thank the Minister and other noble Lords for their appreciative comments about the use of the Armed Forces during the pandemic. Historically, deployment of the Armed Forces in…12 Nov 2020HANSARDSuicideMy Lords, suicides in any section of our society are a tragedy, but I draw the Minister’s attention to suicides among veteran members of the Armed Forces. Evidence from the…08 Sept 2020HANSARDBritish Overseas Troops: Civil Liability ClaimsMy Lords, when does the Minister believe that Her Majesty’s Government will extend legislation in the overseas operations Bill to cover operations in Northern Ireland? I seem to…20 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: CharitiesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to provide additional support to charities working with people who are self-isolating as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.24 Mar 2020HANSARDReserve Forces and Cadets’ AssociationsMy Lords, I also congratulate the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, on securing time for this debate on our Reserve Forces, a subject that often gets overlooked when the focus of…27 Jan 2020HANSARDReserve Forces and Cadets’ AssociationsOf course, and I shall move on to a conclusion. The volunteer ethos is why hundreds of men and women up and down the country are willing to give of their time freely to run the…27 Jan 2020HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election BillMy Lords, like many noble Lords, I have sat through, or read the report of, many lengthy debates in your Lordships’ House about whether we remain in or leave the European Union.…30 Oct 2019HANSARDRural Economy (Rural Economy Committee Report)My Lords, I begin my remarks this evening by thanking the usual channels for finding time, in these rather uncertain times, for us to have a debate on this report by the Rural…08 Oct 2019