Russian Shadow Fleet Vessel Leruo

Lord Redwood Excerpts

Monday 26th October 2026 Lords Chamber

[Lord Wood of Anfield (Lab)]

The noble Earl raises a vital aspect of hybrid warfare. It is fair to say that anyone who is following European politics, British politics and national politics across the European continent will know that there has been not just a strong, galvanised effort in the last two or three months to focus on hybrid attacks, including the challenge of undersea cables and the particular dependence we have on certain undersea cables, but a strong attempt—which I am proud to say the UK is leading—on sharing information across countries. President von der Leyen recently talked about the need to develop a Europe-wide capacity on disinformation, but also on hybrid threats. We are working closely with our European allies on these things.

[Lord Redwood (Con)]

My Lords, will the Government speed up work on our naval vessels that are in home harbours, pending work on them, so that we have more naval vessels available to police our seas?

[Lord Wood of Anfield (Lab)]

We continue to do the maintenance, repair and support work that we need to do for our fleet.