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Lords Chamber
Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) recent protest activity has deliberately targeted the life science sector, threatening the UK’s sovereign - Speech Link
2: None Where disruption threatens medical progress and places in jeopardy our national capability to prepare - Speech Link
3: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) capability to develop medicines and to respond to future health emergencies. - Speech Link
4: None A key point made by a number of noble Lords in their defence of the use of animals in science was that - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Paul Holmes (Con - Hamble Valley) It is having some problems engaging with the Ministry of Defence on sovereign capability, and the previous - Speech Link
2: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) Yet The Times has reported that our sovereign capability to produce military helicopters could now be - Speech Link
3: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) Defence bonds would raise £20 billion over the next two years and get investment straightaway into capability - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) We will continue to invest in that sovereign capability, but we will also continue to participate across - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Ukraine: Non-recognition of Russian-occupied Territories - Thu 29 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds Central and Headingley) That is why the policy of non-recognition is as paramount today as it has ever been.Ukraine is a sovereign - Speech Link
2: Tim Roca (Lab - Macclesfield) They are the reason why Ukraine still exists as a sovereign state. - Speech Link
3: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) It continues to have the sovereign right to decide its own future. - Speech Link
4: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) These are sovereign Ukrainian territories occupied illegally under international law. - Speech Link
5: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) This week, apparently, they were saying that we do not need to spend money on defence. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
UK Development Partnership Assistance - Thu 29 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) Defence provides deterrence and protection when conflict arises, and we have even been found wanting - Speech Link
2: Lord St John of Bletso (XB - Excepted Hereditary) He has knowledge in foreign affairs and defence. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Con - Life peer) against increasing defence spending at this dangerous time. - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) Most perniciously, you frame the argument as a choice between development and defence. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Defence Industry: Environmental, Social and Governance Requirements - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Luke Charters (Lab - York Outer) We have to ensure that there is a sovereign financial base to support our sovereign defence industry.The - Speech Link
2: Luke Charters (Lab - York Outer) That is strategic self-harm when it comes to our sovereign defence capabilities.You will be pleased to - Speech Link
3: Helen Maguire (LD - Epsom and Ewell) However, they face unique challenges that limit their potential to contribute fully to defence capability - Speech Link
4: David Reed (Con - Exmouth and Exeter East) We have set out clear plans to boost defence spending through a sovereign defence fund of up to £50 billion - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
British Indian Ocean Territory - Wed 28 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) I thank the shadow Defence Secretary for his intervention. - Speech Link
2: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Wetherby and Easingwold) deal will come out of the defence budget. - Speech Link
3: Alec Shelbrooke (Con - Wetherby and Easingwold) ; they say, “Well, we spent 5% of GDP on defence in the 1980s.” - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) The shadow Defence Secretary might remember that from when he was a Defence Minister.Despite the boisterous - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Bill
2nd reading - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) Buying back the defence estate was my top strategic priority as Minister for Defence Procurement. - Speech Link
2: Scott Arthur (Lab - Edinburgh South West) for more money to go to defence. - Speech Link
3: Alex Baker (Lab - Aldershot) strategic defence review. - Speech Link
4: James MacCleary (LD - Lewes) strategic defence review. - Speech Link
5: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) strategic defence review. - Speech Link
6: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) strategic defence review. - Speech Link
7: Calvin Bailey (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) strategic defence review. - Speech Link
8: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) strategic defence review. - Speech Link
9: Ian Roome (LD - North Devon) strategic defence review. - Speech Link
10: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) strategic defence review. - Speech Link
11: Alex Baker (Lab - Aldershot) strategic defence review. - Speech Link
12: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) First, for defence housing, we are creating the Defence Housing Service, moving it away from the Defence - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Artificial Intelligence: UK Preparedness - Thu 22 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Stirrup (XB - Life peer) Is this another manifestation of the defence procurement valley of death, where good ideas go to die? - Speech Link
2: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) capability and ensure that British firms can compete and lead globally. - Speech Link
3: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) With that same spirit, we are investing £500 million in our sovereign AI capabilities. - Speech Link
4: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) We have put aside £500 million to develop our sovereign AI capabilities. - Speech Link
5: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) I mentioned earlier that we are investing to develop our own sovereign AI capability. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 22 Jan 2026
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Jesse Norman (Con - Hereford and South Herefordshire) I thank the Defence ministerial team, and in particular the Minister for the Armed Forces, for coming - Speech Link
2: Alan Campbell (Lab - Tynemouth) On the Chagos deal and self-determination, the base is vital for our intelligence and defence. - Speech Link
3: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) We hear an awful lot from the Government about building sovereign digital capabilities in the UK, and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) We engage with the United States—our closest defence and security partner—on a range of issues, including - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Members will recall that this equates to less than a quarter of 1% of the Defence budget and compares - Speech Link
3: Anna Gelderd (Lab - South East Cornwall) capability, so we are an area that understands the importance of national defence and its complexities - Speech Link
4: Aphra Brandreth (Con - Chester South and Eddisbury) budget that the Chief of the Defence Staff recently presented to the Prime Minister. - Speech Link