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Commons Chamber
Defending the UK and Allies - Mon 15 Jan 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) That will include more air defence equipment, more anti-tank weapons, more long-range missiles, thousands - Speech Link
2: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) Given the global shortage of basic ammunition, artillery rounds and air defence systems and missiles, - Speech Link
3: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) With the recent deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland opening up the real possibility of international - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Armed Forces - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Dannatt (CB - Life peer) We have bought 14 of these wheeled vehicles and, all being well, they will be in service next November - Speech Link
2: Lord Snape (LAB - Life peer) My former colleagues in the British Army certainly would not be throwing their caps in the air at the - Speech Link
3: Viscount Trenchard (CON - Excepted Hereditary) I declare my interest as honorary air commodore of 600 (City of London) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air - Speech Link
4: Lord Lee of Trafford (LDEM - Life peer) vehicles in the air and at sea? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 19 May 2021
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Goldie (CON - Life peer) making some hard choices, but those decisions will give us formidable capabilities across sea, land, air - Speech Link
2: Lord Hussain (LDEM - Life peer) Israel has blocked Gaza from the outside world by land, sea and air. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy - Thu 22 Apr 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Boyce (CB - Life peer) by the way, that is conspicuous by its absence in the review and is equally relevant to our land and air - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stroud (CON - Life peer) Later, it says:“We will work in partnership with South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia and Ghana”. - Speech Link
3: Lord West of Spithead (LAB - Life peer) technological advances, such as AI, quantum computing, the use of space, hypersonic missiles, robotics and unmanned - Speech Link
4: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) Yet, conspicuously, the review does not even mention Taiwan, which recently recorded its largest CCP air - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Thu 17 Oct 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) Therefore, the air traffic management and unmanned aircraft Bill, contained in the Queen’s Speech, will - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (LAB - Life peer) scheme for the most polluting vehicles. - Speech Link
3: Duke of Somerset (CB - Excepted Hereditary) Top of these must be urban air quality. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Randerson (LDEM - Life peer) It is needed to clean up the air that our children and grandchildren breathe. - Speech Link


General Committees
EU Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation - Thu 26 Apr 2018
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (CON - Life peer) in Africa, training 22,000 people to fight Boko Haram in Nigeria, combating human trafficking in Ethiopia - Speech Link
2: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) I welcome the announcement of the Government’s combat air strategy, and I invite the Minister to speculate - Speech Link
3: Marcus Fysh (CON - Yeovil) We have just seen Army Air Corps Wildcats deployed in Estonia from RNAS Yeovilton. - Speech Link
4: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) Some 2,747 joint light tactical vehicles, 9 maritime patrol aircraft and 50 Apache helicopters are all - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Thu 22 Jun 2017
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl Howe (CON - Excepted Hereditary) not just meeting NATO’s 2% target but spending £178 billion on new equipment: from Ajax armoured vehicles - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sheehan (LDEM - Life peer) Not only are the lives of Yemeni civilians at risk from coalition air strikes, but so, too, are those - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Defence: Continuous At-Sea Deterrent - Wed 13 Jul 2016
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Lord Sterling of Plaistow (CON - Life peer) We are now in July.Today, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach took over the key role of Chief of the Defence - Speech Link
2: Lord Hutton of Furness (LAB - Life peer) scientific and technical literature will know immediately that there are no parallels to be drawn between unmanned - Speech Link
3: Lord Triesman (LAB - Life peer) seem a long way from nuclear deterrents, such as on Darfur or on the border between Eritrea and Ethiopia - Speech Link
4: Earl Howe (CON - Excepted Hereditary) less vulnerable to attack than silos or aircraft and can maintain a continuous posture in a way that air - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Piracy: Operation Atalanta (EUC Report) - Wed 10 Nov 2010
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Teverson (LDEM - Life peer) That is an important area.At the moment, there are no unmanned surveillance vehicles or aircraft that - Speech Link
2: Lord Chidgey (LDEM - Life peer) At the time of the inquiry, as well as an absence of patrol aircraft, the EU had no access to unmanned - Speech Link
3: Lord Selkirk of Douglas (CON - Life peer) Unmanned aerial vehicles or drones would assist, and it has been noted that support provided by Luxembourg - Speech Link