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HANSARDUK/US Free Trade AgreementMy Lords, I spent 60 years closely involved with defence and intelligence with the United States. Does my noble friend the Minister agree that the strength of the relationship is…20 Jan 2025HANSARDDefending Democracy TaskforceMy Lords, we expended a considerable amount of effort on reducing the caliphate and destroying Daesh or—as it prefers to be called—ISIL, but because of events in Syria we have to…06 Jan 2025HANSARDGuns Manufactured by 3D PrintersMy Lords, my noble friend the Minister will remember that, when we were in the Home Office, I put huge pressure on identifying and stopping the production of bullets, and bullets…10 Dec 2024HANSARDNational Youth StrategyMy Lords, further to the point just raised about the cadet forces, they are amazingly successful. As our military is getting smaller and smaller, and the world is getting more and…10 Dec 2024HANSARDGeorgia: Political SituationMy Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that this exemplifies why we must thwart Putin in Ukraine, because his malign influence in places such as Georgia, Transnistria,…04 Dec 2024HANSARDUndersea CablesMy Lords, the joint maritime operations centre, together with the embedded national maritime intelligence centre, are able to monitor shipping throughout our EEZ and European…03 Dec 2024HANSARDStorm BertMy Lords, are the emergency services getting involved at all with voluntary organisations such as the Maritime Volunteer Service, which has a mass of inflatables, boats, people…26 Nov 2024HANSARDRed Sea: Houthi AttacksTo ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to respond to Houthi attacks on global shipping passing through the Bab el-Mandeb straits and Southern Red Sea; and what…24 Oct 2024HANSARDRed Sea: Houthi AttacksI thank my noble friend the Minister for her Answer. I am sure she shares my admiration for our ships that have been involved there in very difficult circumstances and the…24 Oct 2024HANSARDFramework Convention on Artificial IntelligenceMy Lords, a number of countries are using AI and developing weapons systems that have no human being between sensor and shooter. What are we doing to regulate this arena? It is…15 Oct 2024HANSARDGaza CrisisMy Lords, the IRGC controls and co-ordinates Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis in fighting Israel. Will we proscribe this organisation that causes such damage?14 Oct 2024HANSARDCombat Air CapabilityMy Lords, we have two aircraft carriers, which will last for some 50 years. Will the Minister confirm that, in this package of air capability—which we absolutely need and do not…10 Oct 2024HANSARDComputer Science Applications to English UniversitiesMy Lords, until quite recently, a large number of students doing quantum computing courses, of which we probably have the best in the world, were Chinese students. On analysis of…09 Oct 2024HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewThey are doing it now.09 Oct 2024HANSARDStrategic Defence ReviewMy Lords, we are all aware that threats to global stability are greater and more unpredictable than at any time for several decades, and the SDR will, I am sure, lay them out very…09 Oct 2024HANSARDPublic Procurement: Data OffshoringMy Lords, further to the question from my noble friend Lord Browne, I think that the response from the MoD is not satisfactory. These Belarusians, although they might not have had…08 Oct 2024HANSARDUkraine: Military SupportCan my noble friend confirm that the extra funding being provided is not going to come from our already depleted defence budget?12 Sept 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, first, I completely support everything that the noble and gallant Lord said, but I want to ask a question about secondary sanctions. There is no doubt that, in economic…03 Sept 2024HANSARDMinistry of Defence: ExpenditureOn a much narrower point, where do we stand on the order for the fleet solid support ships, bearing in mind the dreadful financial position of Harland & Wolff?25 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, today I intend to focus on defence, but of course defence and foreign policy are so closely aligned that it is sometimes difficult to do that. As highlighted in the…25 Jul 2024