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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 26 Jun 2025
National Security Strategy

"My Lords, this is an important and wide-ranging approach and deserves both cross-party and national support. I congratulate the authors. It takes a 10-year-plus view, but success will materialise only if intermediate goals are set. How do the Government perceive that the aims of this strategy will be tracked and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Defence Industrial Base

"My Lords, what steps have the Government taken recently to reconcile the possible risk of failures in developing novel defence capabilities against the need to ensure that government funds are paid out with due care and avoidance of unnecessary risk?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jun 2025
UK Nuclear Deterrent

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jun 2025
UK Nuclear Deterrent

"My Lords, I was in command of the crew of a nuclear-armed Falcon on quick-reaction alert over a number of years, and I realise the cost of maintaining the V-Force on alert over many years as well. Will the Minister return to the first question as to whether the cost …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 09 May 2025
80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan

"My Lords, I too join in all the fulsome expressions of praise for and amazement at the bravery and efforts made by so many, both in and out of uniform, to contribute to victory—victory in Europe and, following the use of nuclear bombs, victory in the Far East.

If I …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Apr 2025
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill

"My Lords, I firmly support the Government in these amendments. There has been a tendency in the Bill to combine in one’s mind the specific complaints that the ombudsman used to deal with and the more general approach which the Bill is encouraging the commissioner to have. I think one …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Apr 2025
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill

"My Lords, I shall be very brief. It was very helpful for the noble Baroness to repeat what was said by the Government on this particular issue. My concern most generally is that the chain of command is respected, and if you were to introduce arrangements which reduced the authority …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 24 Mar 2025
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill

"My Lords, I, too, support these amendments. Much of what I would have liked to say has already been said, but the importance that is attached both to reserves and to the contribution they make to the regular forces will, as we go forward, grow more and more. It may …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Victory in Europe and Japan: 80th Anniversaries

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Victory in Europe and Japan: 80th Anniversaries

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