"My Lords, the national conversation on defence, such an important issue, cannot be just a series of rambling and random chats or sporadically issued propositions. It requires a coherent plan, driven from the top, properly resourced and appropriately targeted to the relevant audiences, the most important of which are Generation …..." Lord Stirrup - View Speech
"My Lords, given that we will see some effects from these weather patterns and that they will devastate parts of the country, can the Minister assure the House that, in preparing for this, proper consideration is being given to planning and training of Reserve Forces in response to local flooding …..." Lord Stirrup - View Speech
"My Lords, let me start by saying that I agree with everything that has been said so far. I have put my name to some amendments in subsequent groupings that seek to ameliorate some of the worst aspects of Schedule 6, where I think the Government have got it badly …..." Lord Stirrup - View Speech
"My Lords, I have added my name to these amendments for the reasons that the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, set out so clearly and cogently. I do not intend to repeat them all, as I agree with everything he said, but I want to make a couple of wider …..." Lord Stirrup - View Speech
"My Lords, I added my name to these amendments, and I agree with the points that have been so well made by the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley. I will start my brief remarks by making just a couple of general points. First, while there have been some criticisms of …..." Lord Stirrup - View Speech
"The Minister has said that he does not believe that having paid non-executive directors will lessen their commitment. That is not the question, though. Surely the question is: does having unpaid representatives lessen their commitment? It does not. So why do we want to change it?..." Lord Stirrup - View Speech
"My Lords, I faced some of the challenges raised by this Question when setting up a charity some 11 or 12 years ago. At the time, questions were asked by others in this place about the difficulties, and the answers given then were remarkably similar to the answer the Minister …..." Lord Stirrup - View Speech
"My Lords, the most obvious and urgent thing to say about military capability is that we have nothing like enough of it, either now or as currently planned for the future. This must be addressed as a matter of urgency but, in the limited time available to us in this …..." Lord Stirrup - View Speech