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HANSARDFishery Protection SquadronTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what (1) ships, and (2) other vehicles, will be used to strengthen the Fishery Protection Squadron; and when such vehicles will be ready for active…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAir Accident InvestigationMy Lords, I know that the Minister is well aware of the skill of our underwater workers in the Navy, as was shown when we recovered some Russian submariners less than 10 years…10 Feb 2020HANSARDBBC: TV Licence EvasionI thank the Minister for her reply, as it stands. She is no doubt amazed that I am not mentioning frigates and our nation’s shortage of them. However, I am going to talk about the…05 Feb 2020HANSARDBBC: TV Licence EvasionTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the cost to the taxpayer of decriminalising TV licence evasion and, should decriminalisation take place, how they propose…05 Feb 2020HANSARDIran: Stability in the Middle EastOn the American policy of effectively bankrupting Iran and causing collapse within it, does the Minister agree that, far from it leading to its coming to a conference table, it is…30 Jan 2020HANSARDDefence, Diplomacy and Development PolicyHas the review actually started or do we have a date for when it will start? After talking to people in some of the departments, I think they seem to have started it without…30 Jan 2020HANSARDDefence, Diplomacy and Development PolicyMy Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord McConnell for securing this debate and for his splendid introduction to it. There is no doubt that our nation needs to reassess its…30 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsMy Lords, in an ideal world we would not want the Chinese to provide us with telecoms equipment, build our nuclear power stations, own all our CCTV structures, buy British Steel…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK TelecommunicationsMy Lords, the issue of governance boards, rightly raised by the noble Lord without a tie, is a valid one. It was first flagged up that we had problems with Huawei, after a number…28 Jan 2020HANSARDAgriculture Bill: Food ProductionMy Lords, has the Civil Contingencies Secretariat put work in hand to ensure provision of food should there be a catastrophic cyber or cost-type attack on this nation? It started…27 Jan 2020HANSARDAir Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill [HL]Does my noble friend agree that one of the problems is that we have such a successful drone industry that it has been loath to allow regulation to take place, but it really has to…27 Jan 2020HANSARDReserve Forces and Cadets’ AssociationsMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, for bringing this issue to our attention and for having it debated this evening. Although no final decisions have yet been made,…27 Jan 2020HANSARDFisheries: EU Landing Obligation (European Union Committee Report)Does the noble Viscount agree that we have insufficient ships within our fishery protection squadron to carry out enforcement at the level he is talking about?23 Jan 2020HANSARDTrade Policy: Environmental AspectsMy Lords, can the Minister tell us when we will provide shore power for merchant ships and ferries which are involved in trade with our nation? This would have huge environmental…23 Jan 2020HANSARDDefence: Type 45 DestroyersMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her Answer. Let us be clear exactly what this means. We have six anti-air warfare ships. Eight years ago we knew they had a problem: sometimes a…21 Jan 2020HANSARDDefence: Type 45 DestroyersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their programme for resolving the power generation problems affecting Type 45 destroyers; what is the anticipated timetable for fixing all…21 Jan 2020HANSARDHouse of Lords: Future LocationMy Lords, as a great maritime nation, if we are going to do anything as Bodmin as splitting us from the Commons, I hope No. 10 might consider using one of the great Cunarders as…20 Jan 2020HANSARDD-day Landings Memorial: EducationMy Lords, the Minister will be aware that in 1944 the Royal Navy had 1,500 major warships, hundreds of which took part in D-day. Can she confirm that any educational package will…13 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingMy Lords, does the Minister agree that there is a strategic benefit in being able to produce gas ourselves? At the moment we see that Germany, for example, is in a very poor…09 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, we are in a highly volatile and dangerous world, but despite that I am afraid that Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech is rather light on defence. I have become used to…07 Jan 2020