BAE Systems: Type 26 Frigate

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Excerpts

Thursday 24th March 2022 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con)]

I can say to my noble friend and to the House that we will continue in the UK to support the Ukrainian Government in the face of this appalling assault on Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity. We are liaising daily with the Ukrainian Government to continue to respond to their request to supply more defensive military equipment. To answer the question, the UK has granted in-kind assets and infantry to Ukraine, and these have come from MoD stocks or have been purchased. Where the replenishment of stocks is required, it is expected to be funded from the Treasury special reserve.

[Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)]

My Lords, a highly placed mole in the Royal Navy—it was not him—has told me that, as much as a decade ago, senior officers were extremely worried about the impact of climate change, which was also not mentioned in the Chancellor’s speech yesterday. Why has the UK military still not got any net-zero carbon targets?

[Lord West of Spithead (Lab)]

I was not the mole. [Laughter.]