"My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Harlech for initiating this debate. I declare my interest: my grandfather was a soldier, my father was a soldier, my brother was a soldier and my son was a soldier. My son Edward, a captain in the Irish Guards, …..." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech
"My Lords, it is somewhat daunting to follow my noble friend Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton. He certainly knows what he is talking about.
We have to talk about money. It is the critical lifeblood of our Armed Forces and their effectiveness. This Labour Administration are totally failing to recognise fully …..." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech
"My Lords, I too pay tribute to the most reverend Primate for initiating this most timely and extremely relevant debate. It is hugely appropriate that the Church of England is taking the lead in addressing the fundamental issues of the impacts of artificial intelligence—AI—on human relations and society as a …..." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech
It is about how we ensure that participation, dignity and opportunity remain widely distributed, so I say yes to the most reverend Primate and her formidable phalanx of right reverend Prelates. Perhaps the deepest questions are not technological at all; they are philosophical. For the first …..." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech
"My Lords, as the Chief of the General Staff has recently made starkly clear, Great Britain and NATO are very much in Putin’s crosshairs. We are on an inescapable collision course with a Russia that is on a determined war footing. Many aspects of this conflict have already been under …..." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech
"My Lords, I support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Murray. We have heard a lot of nonsense from those from whom we would expect to hear a lot of nonsense. It is more surprising that those from whom we would have expected to hear some good sense have …..." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech
"My Lords, I ask the Minister whether Fujitsu has yet paid a single penny to the sufferers in this terrible saga. If it has not, why not? Secondly, has Fujitsu been awarded further government contracts since that time, and if so, why? This is a national scandal that has lasted …..." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech
"My Lords, I must make it clear that I oppose the Bill. Morally and ethically, this is a most fearful piece of proposed legislation. Beyond that, the Bill is very deeply flawed. The flaws are legion. We must not lose sight of the Bill’s multiple deficiencies. This legislative proposal that …..." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech
"My Lords, should we not also be celebrating the extraordinary global success of the often-denigrated Milton Keynes? Milton Keynes is the global engineering and technological hub of Formula 1...." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech
"My Lords, already in this debate, it is clear that this House is more than apprehensive about passing into law this particularly dishonourable proposal to defenestrate the remaining hereditary Peers. One of the glories of our unwritten constitution is that it allows pragmatic solutions to be found to the perceived …..." Lord Magan of Castletown - View Speech