Integrated Review

I was going to thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their comments, but I might just t...

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Sorry, 0.7%— I apologise.

We are acting compatibly with the International Development Act a...

My Lords, we now come to the 20 minutes allocated for Back-Bench questions. I ask that questions ...

My Lords, the level of ambition in this review is commendable. Take, for example, the desire for ...

I thank my noble friend. As he rightly states, we aim to secure our status as a science and techn...

My Lords, having overseen the 2010 review as the then National Security Adviser, I know how much ...

I can certainly say—I am sure that the noble Lord, with his experience, recognises this—that we b...

My Lords, I am pleased to see that the broad scope of the review covers a wide range of vital are...

I thank the right reverend Prelate for his question. Indeed, he will see within the review that p...

My Lords, it would be nice to welcome the integrated review, because much of it is sensible, thou...

As I said, the review makes quite clear that we are committed to spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA as s...

My Lords, the review puts science and technology front and centre. How does the noble Baroness sq...

We certainly have an incredibly strong record on science and technology. We are ranked fourth in ...

My Lords, I congratulate the Government on an integrated review that brings together all the asse...

As I say, I think more details will be announced on Monday. As the review says, we believe that w...

My Lords, I congratulate the Government on the sophistication of the review document, much of whi...

Obviously as the strategy and the way we work roll out, we will be working with allies. But in th...

My Lords, CASD ensures our nation’s security and deters aggression, every hour of every day, and ...

As I said, we remain fully compliant with the non-proliferation treaty and deeply committed to ou...

My Lords, when the defence expenditure increase was announced, I welcomed it from these Benches. ...

As I said, the review details our intent to increase the limit of our overall nuclear weapons sto...

My Lords, there is much to welcome in this review, and I welcome it. Following my noble friend Lo...

As I have said, and as my noble friend knows, we are increasing defence spending and modernising ...

The integrated review identifies Russia as the country that poses the most immediate threat to th...

The noble Lord has much recent experience of this, so I bow to his knowledge and expertise. He wi...

I welcome this paper, in the sense that we desperately need a hard-headed, realistic debate about...

As I am sure the noble Lord knows, we already have a significant presence in the Indo-Pacific and...

My Lords, Section 2(4) of the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) ...

As I have said, and am sure the noble Lord knows, the document makes clear that we intend to retu...

My Lords, I look forward to a full debate in your Lordships’ House on the integrated review but, ...

NATO certainly remains the cornerstone of our defence and we are exceeding our NATO spending comm...

the noble Baroness, Lady Chalker, has withdrawn. I call our final question from the noble Barones...

My Lords, I welcome the review at long last. Despite MPs raising concerns about Beijing—its actio...

I hope that I made clear in a previous answer that trade does not come at the expense of human ri...

My Lords, we have completed all the Back-Bench questions. We shall take just one minute to rearra...