Defence Command Paper Refresh

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their help...

My Lords, I add my tribute on the impending retirement of the Defence Secretary in the House of C...

I thank the noble Lord for his kind remarks about my colleague and friend Ben Wallace. I will con...

My Lords, the refresh paper makes ambitious and encouraging claims for improving many defence iss...

My Lords, I thank the noble and gallant Lord for his observations and questions. I think they go ...

My Lords, I want to return to the issue of expenditure in due course, but before I do, I associat...

First, I thank the noble Lord for his kind comments about the Secretary of State. When we talk ab...

When you read this document, it is clear that it is vastly superior to the last one, published so...

I appreciate the significant experience in these commercial matters that my noble friend brings t...