Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) The UK will also co-lead an international capability coalition, alongside Latvia, to supply cutting-edge - Speech Link
2: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) These capability coalitions—one on drones and the other on maritime— are a good way to turn the support - Speech Link
3: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) The UK is lucky to have a strong, sovereign space industry, supporting defence in the civil sector. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) It reads as follows:“Let me begin by reiterating Israel’s right to defence against Hamas. - Speech Link
2: Lord Walney (XB - Life peer) to maintain both the laudable position that there must be no future for Hamas in Gaza, and that its capability - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) understood that there will be no future peace unless we have two nations that recognise not only their own sovereign - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement launched the UK defence drone strategy to stay ahead on this - Speech Link
2: Jeff Smith (Lab - Manchester, Withington) I welcome the Defence Secretary’s statement. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Jessica Morden (Lab - Newport East) to accelerate a £3 billion green steel fund to invest over the next five years in the future of our sovereign - Speech Link
2: Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West) We must retain our strong and viable steel industry because our automotive, defence, renewable and construction - Speech Link
3: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon Central) public investment into the steel industry without any improvement in the sector or any increase in capability - Speech Link
4: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon Central) Is the Minister concerned about our defence capabilities if we lose the capacity to make steel here from - Speech Link
5: Nusrat Ghani (Con - Wealden) First, less than 1% of UK steel is needed by the defence industry, and it has nothing to do with Port - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: James Heappey (Con - Wells) we assess that the EU’s standard “third country” terms for PESCO projects involving procurement or capability - Speech Link
2: Maria Eagle (Lab - Garston and Halewood) Can he promise that the delay will not push back the delivery date for this vital capability for our - Speech Link
3: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) I can confirm that the Sea Viper capability has been at the forefront of this, being the Navy’s weapon - Speech Link
4: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Arabia and Egypt, given the crisis in the middle east; HMS Diamond, to thank the ship’s crew; and our sovereign - Speech Link
5: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) What assurances can we have that these hugely expensive carriers will provide the defence capability - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) with the rule of law and with the international agreements and obligations that are the bedrock and defence - Speech Link
2: None reflecting the Government’s confidence in the assurances of the treaty, and in Rwanda’s commitment and capability - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) We are a parliamentary democracy, and that means that Parliament is sovereign. - Speech Link
4: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) I agree with the noble and learned Lord, but I would like to say a word in defence of the amendments - Speech Link
5: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) The sovereign legislator in the United Kingdom is Parliament. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, with some defence chiefs calling for national mobilisation, more equipment and intervention - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We have also seen, when it comes to issues of the defence of Europe, the importance of our advocacy within - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We need to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to defend its sovereign territory. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Your Lordships will be aware that my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence will - Speech Link
2: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) There is no worry about the effectiveness of their capability. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) Given the very worrying concerns raised by the report of the Defence Committee in the other place, Ready - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The French are extremely supportive, but of course it is each sovereign nation’s decision whether or - Speech Link
5: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) necessary, limited, legal—it is very important that it is legal—and proportionate in terms of self-defence - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) As I said this afternoon, for them to take action is something which each sovereign state needs to decide - Speech Link
2: Lord Bellingham (Con - Life peer) However, as the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, said, there may be times when ship-to-shore capability is needed - Speech Link
3: Lord Walney (XB - Life peer) against the Houthis, who have illegitimately taken over part of Yemen, remain embedded there and have the capability - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) We on these Benches have been criticised many times over many decades by those thinking that defence - Speech Link
2: Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield (XB - Life peer) For what it is worth, my own view is that it cannot be beyond the capability of Whitehall to work up - Speech Link
3: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) I remind them that we are currently relying on the doctrine of self-defence in international law in bombing - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) What defence is there for its existence and for its very curious composition? - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) I say to the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, that it is not about “I’m all right, Jack”; it is about capability - Speech Link