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HANSARDMinistry of Defence Procurement: AccountabilityMy Lords, I declare my interest as a serving Army reservist. The department does not waste money in delivering its procurement programme. All programmes have a senior responsible…29 Mar 2023HANSARDMinistry of Defence Procurement: AccountabilityMy noble friend is absolutely right. The purchase of the Archers from Sweden enables the UK to replace the AS-90s quickly, until the long-term Mobile Fires Platform delivers later…29 Mar 2023HANSARDMinistry of Defence Procurement: AccountabilityI will have to take that offline with my honourable friend.29 Mar 2023HANSARDMinistry of Defence Procurement: AccountabilityThe noble and gallant Lord speaks from great experience in this subject. As the House will be aware, in response to the integrated review refresh there will be a £5 billion uplift…29 Mar 2023HANSARDMinistry of Defence Procurement: AccountabilityI agree with my noble friend on both points. On his second question, rigorous accountability and management will of course be critical to such a large-scale project. However, I…29 Mar 2023HANSARDMinistry of Defence Procurement: AccountabilityThe MoD reviews all its major projects and programmes regularly, providing both challenge and support to enable successful delivery. We aim to foster an environment of…29 Mar 2023HANSARDMinistry of Defence Procurement: AccountabilityI am pleased to say that Challenger 3, the main battle tank to replace Challenger 2, is proceeding according to plan.29 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy noble friend makes an excellent point. I will certainly feed that back to the department in terms of the review. To conclude, the Government already have the means to act on…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and my noble friend Lord Jackson of Peterborough for raising the important issue of freedom of expression and, within that, the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Leong, and others noble Lords for their contributions on this amendment headed “Regulation of factoring companies”. As noble Lords know,…21 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillThe Grand Committee is scheduled to run until 7.45 pm, which gives us half an hour. However, in the usual way, if the debate has not concluded by that point, the debate on this…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, I suggest that we adjourn the debate on the Motion in the name of my noble friend Lady Penn in order to take the Urgent Question repeat to the Foreign, Commonwealth and…16 Mar 2023HANSARDBudget StatementThe Urgent Question repeat may run up to 10 minutes and then my noble friend the Deputy Chief Whip will adjourn the House for 30 minutes on the conclusion of the Urgent Question,…16 Mar 2023HANSARDPublic Spending: Barnett FormulaMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Lord—15 Mar 2023HANSARDBBC: Government Role in ImpartialityMy Lords, it is the turn of the Labour Benches.15 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, for tabling this amendment, and all noble Lords for their contributions. The Government have a great deal of sympathy for borrowers…13 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey, for tabling this amendment on access to sharia-compliant financial services, including student finance. The UK is widely considered…13 Mar 2023HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, with the greatest respect to the noble Baroness—10 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI ask the noble Baroness to put her question to the Minister.06 Mar 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI do not think I said that it would be inappropriate; I said that it would be inappropriate to provide a running commentary, not that there would be no comment on individual…20 Feb 2023