Queen’s Speech

My Lords, I thank the Minister for what she has said and hope to respond against the background o...

My Lords, I first thank my noble friend for her overview of the developments in defence, foreign ...

My Lords, the gracious Speech barely touches on defence. Only “strengthening the Reserve Forces” ...

My Lords, I welcome this opportunity to contribute to the debate on the humble Address, particula...

My Lords, I will concentrate on two points. There has been a lot of talk about what was missing f...

My Lords:

“It is upon the navy under the good Providence of God that the safety, honour and...

My Lords, in listening to my noble friend’s speech at the Dispatch Box, I was struck by a lacuna....

My Lords, I declare an interest as I spent a large part of my career in the British public servic...

My Lords, I shall try to follow suit. This is the third gracious Speech of this Government. It is...

My Lords, I begin by paying tribute to the young men and women of our Armed Forces who, day in an...

My Lords, in opening this debate, my noble friend well set out the objectives of the Government i...

My Lords, in noting the antics in the other place following the non-inclusion in the gracious Spe...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Howell was so right to raise the question of the Commonwealth, par...

My Lords, having led a coalition Government in Scotland for six years, I understand the difficult...

My Lords, for the first couple of years of the coalition Government I was much encouraged and, in...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, for his trailer for my remarks, ...

My Lords, I am aware that these debates are often used by Members of this House to get some deadl...

My Lords, there seems to be a growing interest in the question of whether this country should rem...

My Lords, nobody disputes that many of the defence procurement overruns in cost and time terms ha...

My Lords, I wish to offer first-hand accounts of causes of deep concern in three countries I have...

My Lords, one of the privileges of a debate of this sort in your Lordships’ House is hearing spee...

My Lords, the gracious Speech includes a defence Bill and I speak to encourage the Minister of De...

My Lords, one of the features of the Queen’s Speech was that it implied that there would be less ...

My Lords, I warmly echo the remarks of the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, and the noble Lord, Lor...

My Lords, the gracious Speech last week set out the Government’s intent to prevent conflict and r...

My Lords, I am pleased once again to follow the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, in a debate...

My Lords, I want to address the implications of a referendum in 2017, which I do not think have b...

My Lords, I will comment on the EU at the end. First, I will speak on conflict and post-conflict ...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly about a rather narrow but important issue: the expansion of our R...

My Lords, I want to raise an issue on which there is cross-party consensus: the previous Governme...

My Lords, following three decades of conflict and international sanctions, Iraq’s economy is set ...

My Lords, I wish to draw attention to the issue of the United Kingdom’s contribution to internati...

My Lords, having worked in international development for the best working years of my life, I can...

My Lords, I do not share the expertise of the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Eames, or the n...

My Lords, I was delighted when the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Swansea, introduced himself as a ...

My Lords, I have very great sympathy with what the noble Lord, Lord Roberts, has just said. Howev...

My Lords, I want to focus on three separate areas in my speech today to show how Her Majesty’s Go...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Northbrook, and I will follow him in sp...

My Lords, in the seven years that I have been in your Lordships’ House I have missed a gracious S...

My Lords, I had to smile a little as I listened to my noble friend Lord Lawson talking about the ...

My Lords, the gracious Speech referred to the Government bringing forward measures,

“to imp...

My Lords, I strongly believe in the United Kingdom Government’s overseas development budget, whic...

My Lords, the gracious Speech referred to the importance of ensuring security, good governance an...

My Lords, I must admit to finding myself a little emotionally confused. I have suddenly realised ...

My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The topic of my speech ...

My Lords, just as Syrian territory has become a mosaic of every brand of political and religious ...

My Lords, many noble Lords have highlighted the essential work being done by our courageous servi...

My Lords, when I noted that my name was in the 50th position on the speakers list, I was minded t...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Advisor...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Hennessy—I would follow him almo...

My Lords, we have heard excellent speeches today, covering so many areas not included in the grac...

My Lords, I feel very privileged to have the 54th slot on the speakers list and to be the last Ba...

My Lords, as I am sure noble Lords anticipated, indeed expected, today’s debate has been wide-ran...

My Lords, today’s excellent debate has reminded us repeatedly of the opening words of the noble L...