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

"My Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Lord, Lord McCabe, on his excellent maiden speech. May I also say how wonderful it is to see the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy, in his place again?

I agree with practically everything that the noble Lord, Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, said …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
F35A and F35B Jets

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
F35A and F35B Jets

"My Lords, would the Minister confirm that the F35A is capable of being fully marinised?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 May 2025
Armed Forces Recruitment

"My Lords, would the Minister consider a trial run of reopening high street recruiting centres, the closing of which was, in my view, a disaster? They enable people who know the area in which they are recruiting and the people whom they want to recruit much better than some remote …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Mar 2025
G7

"Following the ongoing work and conclusions of the G7, will the Minister have a further word with the Ministry of Defence about the extreme inadvisability of dispatching a carrier group to the Far East at this time, taking with it a very large amount of the depleted serviceable aircraft and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 14 Mar 2025
Palestine Statehood (Recognition) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I strongly support the Bill introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Northover. In the very brief time available to me, I wish to concentrate on one of the major obstacles to a two-state solution: the massive Israeli settlement enterprise in the illegally occupied West Bank.

Today, the settler …..."

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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 06 Mar 2025
Ukraine (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)

"My Lords, I join in the congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, and, before him, the noble Lord, Lord Ashton, to our wonderful committee staff and to all those who took the trouble and time to give us evidence for this important and substantial report.

I start by …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Mar 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"My Lords, in moving the amendment in my name, may I say first, without sounding too much like Lord Copper, what a great privilege it is to take part in this debate, and to have listened in particular to two magnificent speeches from my noble friends Lord True and Lord …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Mar 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Mar 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

"My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Wolfson and the noble Lord, Lord Collins, for their contributions. I particularly express my thanks for another wonderful speech from my noble friend Lady Finn, who, to my mind, absolutely nailed it. I thank my noble friend Lord Blencathra in particular for …..."
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