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Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space Technologies
Document: (PDF)

Found: conflict.

Commons Chamber
Defence Spending - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) bolstered our Royal Air Force presence in the middle east, enabling Typhoon crews to intercept Iranian drones - Speech Link
2: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) State-on-state conflict has returned in Europe, and the world is more dangerous, more contested and more - Speech Link
3: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Friend knows, we are committed to delivering four Dreadnoughts, which will be far more modern. - Speech Link
4: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) Even Winston Churchill recognised that modern conflicts are fought by people, not armies. - Speech Link

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: PM announces ‘turning point’ in European security as UK set to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030
Document: PM announces ‘turning point’ in European security as UK set to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030 (webpage)

Found: , like the Shahed attack drones Iran fired towards Israel last weekend. 

Select Committee
Atlantic Council, and University of Nottingham

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: Defence in the Grey Zone
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: Atlantic Council, and University of Nottingham Oral Evidence

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Cabinet Office

Apr. 23 2024

Source Page: Defending Britain
Document: (PDF)

Found: so important on the modern battlefield.

Deposited Papers

Apr. 22 2024

Source Page: I. List of ministerial responsibilities. 88p. II. List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III. Letter dated 19/04/2024 from Alex Burghart MP to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding documents for deposit, and copying them for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: APRIL_2024_List_of_Ministerial_Responsibilities.pdf (PDF)

Found: List of non-ministerial departments and executive agencies. 22p. III.

Parliamentary Research
Military action: Parliament's role - CBP-10001
Apr. 19 2024

Found: in modern times of prior parliamentary approval having been sought and granted.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024
Document: G7 foreign ministers' statement in Italy, April 2024 (webpage)

Found: , health care and health security, and clean, affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for

Lords Chamber
Artificial Intelligence in Weapon Systems Committee Report - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl Attlee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) or give those drones direction. - Speech Link
2: Lord Mitchell (Lab - Life peer) It manufactures AI weapons that can hover and then identify their target—in effect, attack drones. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) With the world headed into a dark place, the geopolitical implications of autonomous weapon systems in modern - Speech Link

Bill Documents
18 Apr 2024 - Briefing papers
Briefing paper on the Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023-24

Found: Particular risks arise from any further escalation of Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine or the conflict