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HANSARDRoyal Navy: CaribbeanThe Royal Navy has supported partners in the Middle East with operations that have included a significant seizure of more than £30 million-worth of drugs in 2025 alone. I…09 Feb 2026HANSARDRoyal Navy: CaribbeanI do not know the exact answer regarding presence, and I am very happy to find out more and come back to the noble Baroness, but what I do know is that we work closely with the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDRoyal Navy: CaribbeanI will come to the point about Type 26, but let me first answer the wider question that the noble Baroness asks me about the capacity of the Royal Navy. The most recently…09 Feb 2026HANSARDRoyal Navy: CaribbeanI thank the noble and gallant Lord for that question. As he knows, we have published the national security strategy, which goes much wider than national security strategies have…09 Feb 2026HANSARDRoyal Navy: CaribbeanMy Lords, the Royal Navy’s persistent presence in the Caribbean is not part of the Joint Interagency Task Force South. The ship primarily provides support to the British Overseas…09 Feb 2026HANSARDRoyal Navy: CaribbeanThe noble Lord is right that our persistent presence in the Caribbean in the Atlantic patrol task force is very important and does a lot of work in supporting the overseas…09 Feb 2026HANSARDRoyal Navy: CaribbeanThe noble Lord is correct. The UK has a strong and historical defence relationship with the Caribbean Commonwealth, and this is underpinned by an annual UK-Caribbean chiefs of…09 Feb 2026HANSARDRoyal Navy: CaribbeanI thank the noble Baroness for the question. I am not familiar with the particular problems she referred to, but I am happy to find out more and come back to her.09 Feb 2026HANSARDRoyal Navy: CaribbeanI am very happy to reassure the noble Lord and the entire House on that point. There has been no UK involvement in operations outside our own policy remit, and specific…09 Feb 2026HANSARDPublic Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025I ask the noble Baroness to bring her remarks to a close.04 Feb 2026HANSARDUK Development Partnership AssistanceI do not think I have anything to add. There is a long history of the use of the term “donor” to characterise providers of overseas aid, but we are not debating that now, if the…29 Jan 2026HANSARDUK Development Partnership AssistanceOf course. On the British Council, I am sure that we will continue to work on the problems raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Alexander, and I stress the Government’s commitment…29 Jan 2026HANSARDUK Development Partnership AssistanceAs I have said, we will set out the context and the decisions that surround ODA funding. However, I stress to the noble Lord that we still have, and we will continue to have,…29 Jan 2026HANSARDUK Development Partnership AssistanceMy Lords, I join with others in congratulating the two new Peers on their maiden speeches. It is with great pleasure that I welcome my noble friend Lady Hyde of Bemerton to her…29 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise to my noble friend. The guidance of the House is that you cannot intervene on an intervention.23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI apologise but I must remind noble Lords of the guidance of the House, which is that noble Lords should not summarise or repeat others at length. I know I try to find a different…23 Jan 2026HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillI am sorry to intervene again but I invite the noble Lord to address the amendment directly.23 Jan 2026HANSARDLicensing Hours Extensions BillMy Lords, if your Lordships pass this Bill today, it will not go back to the Commons but go straight to His Majesty the King for Royal Assent. I thank my noble friend Lord Watson…23 Jan 2026HANSARDUnauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to this rather lovely debate. I am sorry that the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, cannot remember who won—probably very…16 Jan 2026HANSARDRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025That the draft Order laid before the House on 20 November 2025 be approved. Relevant document: 44th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . Considered in Grand…15 Jan 2026