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HANSARDUkraine: Humanitarian and Economic SupportMy Lords, I thank the Foreign Secretary for his Answer and I refer to my entry in the register of interests. Can I say how much we all welcome him here for this first monthly…05 Dec 2023HANSARDUkraine: Humanitarian and Economic SupportTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs what additional humanitarian and economic support he is providing to Ukraine.05 Dec 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I thank the Government and the Minister for providing this debate. It has been a long time coming, but it is welcome none the less, and I congratulate her on the strong…21 Sept 2023HANSARDDefence Command Paper RefreshMy Lords, I add my tribute on the impending retirement of the Defence Secretary in the House of Commons. He is the longest-serving Conservative Defence Secretary and, especially…19 Jul 2023HANSARDDefence Policy (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, who chaired with great distinction the committee before I joined it. Although I joined it only this year, I fully…30 Jun 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesMy Lords, perhaps the biggest danger that we will face now is that public attention will fade, and gradually that outpouring of grief and generosity that we have seen up to now…06 Mar 2023HANSARDGeorgia: Imprisonment of Mikhail SaakashviliMy Lords, I endorse the concerns that have been expressed about what is happening in Georgia today. Some of us who have been long-standing supporters of the ambition of Georgia to…27 Feb 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is good to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Meyer, who has worked hard as the Prime Minister’s envoy on Ukraine. It is also good to look forward to the maiden…09 Feb 2023HANSARDArmed Forces: ResilienceMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hintze, in his maiden speech. I applaud and agree with his final sentiment that complacency is not an option. I…26 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraine: UpdateMy Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. Through her, I thank all those at the Ministry of Defence who are assisting Ukraine at this difficult time. The…19 Jan 2023HANSARDPreparing for Extreme Risks (RARPC Report)My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, on his skilled and very patient leadership in this important committee of inquiry. I join him…12 Jan 2023HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, ordinarily on such occasions the repetition of words and sentiments can be tedious and unproductive. Too often we hear, “Everything’s been said, but not yet by…10 Sept 2022HANSARDPrime Minister’s Meeting with Alexander LebedevMy Lords, there are profound national security issues involved in what has now been disclosed almost by accident in the Liaison Committee yesterday: that the current, temporary…07 Jul 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, there is an old saying: in Russia, everything changes in 20 years and nothing changes in 200 years. It maybe gets to the heart of the recent crisis, when the unthinkable…25 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I am sure I was not the only one waking up this morning to listen to the news who was not reminded of that similar day in 1968 when we woke up to hear the news that…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, I fully support—we should all fully support—the Government and the resolution of the West against this unprovoked attack on an individual nation state. It is outrageous,…22 Feb 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Randox LaboratoriesWe did the exercises.21 Feb 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Randox LaboratoriesMy Lords, the Government held a full-scale exercise in 2016 based on pandemic flu, Operation Cygnus. Anybody who reads the report of that exercise today can see that there was a…21 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportMy Lords, one of my predecessors as Secretary-General of NATO was Lord Carrington. During the Falklands War, although he bore no direct responsibility for the invasion of the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDDevolved Governments: Public ExpenditureMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Foulkes of Cumnock—who is self-isolating, according to law—and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his…20 Jan 2022