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HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceMy Lords—08 Dec 2025HANSARDRoyal Navy Submarine ForceMy Lords, could the Minister advise the House as to the progress of the floating dock construction to which he alluded just now? The programme was announced two years ago but has…08 Dec 2025HANSARDBiosecurity and Infectious DiseasesMy Lords, I have yet another thank you very much to my noble friend Lord Trees for what has been a quite exceptional debate. It is interesting that it is exactly four years to the…18 Jan 2024HANSARDTree Pests and DiseasesMy Lords, I echo the thanks to my noble and learned friend Lord Hope and my noble friend Lord Kinnoull for procuring this valuable debate. I declare an interest as a trustee of…13 Feb 2020HANSARDFishery Protection SquadronMy Lords, can the Minister inform us how the Scottish waters, under the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency, will be integrated with the English and Welsh, and even Irish,…12 Feb 2020HANSARDAsh DiebackMy Lords—25 Jun 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI object to some parts of the amendment. There are two or three areas where there is insufficient attention to detail for it to supersede the original Bill. For a start, there is…06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillAs I read it, the amendment does not refer to the .22 calibre whereas a similar paragraph in the Bill does.06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillTypographic error or no, it is not in there. Going back to large-calibre rifles, quite a lot of people get much fun out of remarkable things such as black-powder, muzzle-loader…06 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I will add a couple of points. It is very instructive to look up “sniper rifles” on Google because you get a huge list of them, the vast majority at 7.62 calibre not .50…06 Feb 2019