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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 18 Jul 2025
Strategic Defence Review 2025

"My Lords, I rise to welcome the SDR. Like the vast majority of speakers, we on these Benches feel that the work of the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, and his team, particularly Fiona Hill and Richard Barrons, has been remarkable; it really does give us an integrated defence review, whereas …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2025
Afghanistan

"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister and to the Minister for the Armed Forces for a briefing yesterday. It meant that, temporarily, I was under a super-injunction. I was a little surprised when I was summoned to the MoD. On Monday afternoon I received a message asking me …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025

"My Lords, in finishing, I want to reinforce the comments from the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster, and ask not for more money for His Majesty’s Armed Forces—not least because this statutory instrument does not allow us to do that—but for the Minister and the MoD to think about making sure …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 15 Jul 2025
Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025

"My Lords, I am acutely aware that I am likely to be interrupted by the Bells.

The statutory instrument in front of us is one that we are very used to. I was listening to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Craig of Radley, and the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster, …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Ukraine: UK Security Guarantee

"My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Balfe, I am strongly committed to Europe—we set up Cambridge for Europe together. However, I wonder what the Minister thinks the message would be to our friends and partners in eastern Europe, particularly the Baltic states and Poland, if we were somehow to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 04 Jun 2025
Denial of Banking Services: UK Defence Sector

"My Lords, apart from ESG questions, there are wider questions about investment in defence companies. I declare an interest as an academic. Obviously, often it is students, and some of my colleagues as academics, who may think that the defence sector is not suitable to invest in, just as they …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jun 2025
Diego Garcia Military Base

"My Lords, I find myself in a rather unusual position. On most defence issues, it is very easy for the Liberal Democrat defence spokesperson to agree with the Official Opposition, and to find that the Minister will also be saying very similar things. On most issues, we find ourselves saying …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jun 2025
UK Nuclear Deterrent

"My Lords, the Urgent Question asked in the other place came from the chair of the Defence Committee. It came because there was speculation in the press that the SDR would propose not just renewing the continuous at-sea deterrent, which from these Benches we also support, but a move to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jun 2025
Strategic Defence Review

"My Lords, I start where the noble Earl, Lord Minto, finished by suggesting that it would be extremely welcome for your Lordships’ House to have a full debate on the strategic defence review. It is a full, thorough and detailed review that merits detailed reading. The noble Lord, Lord Robertson, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 12 May 2025
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill

"My Lords, from these Benches, I extend our gratitude to the Minister and his team for the courtesy and time they have extended to discuss some of the issues that we raised at various stages of the Bill. In particular, it is appropriate at this time to welcome the role …..."
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