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

Mentions:
1: Lord Stevens of Birmingham (XB - Life peer) not by the other two permanent members of the UN Security Council, Russia and China, nor of course by Iran - Speech Link
2: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) with automated systems, drones and predictive analytics, have implications for the balance of military power - Speech Link
3: Lord St John of Bletso (XB - Excepted Hereditary) The power of AI systems applied to battlefield management has been powerfully demonstrated by Ukraine - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) drones in particular, potentially autonomously, in conflicts such as Libya, Syria and Ukraine and now by Iran - Speech Link
5: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) only consider the use of drone warfare in both the Ukrainian theatre and the targeting of Israel by Iran - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) My thoughts are with them both.The attacks by Iran on Israel have rightly been condemned by all sides - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) talks about defence, and someone might be tempted to believe a person is committed to this nation’s nuclear - Speech Link
3: Virginia Crosbie (Con - Ynys Môn) Anglesey freeport and the UK Government’s recent purchase of the Wylfa nuclear site mean jobs and investment - Speech Link
4: Tonia Antoniazzi (Lab - Gower) agree that, sadly for Government Members, that shows a Prime Minister in office but not actually in power - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Humanitarian Situation in Gaza - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Rachel Hopkins (Lab - Luton South) Samantha Power, administrator for USAID, told the US Congress last week that northern Gaza is now experiencing - Speech Link
2: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) The escalation of recent days is deeply worrying, with two nuclear-armed countries exchanging ballistics - Speech Link
3: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) Last week, Samantha Power of the US Agency for International Development told Congress that they it was - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) We recognise that Israel is an occupying power, so we have to urge and work with the Israelis to enable - Speech Link
5: James Murray (LAB - Ealing North) Last week, Samantha Power, the administrator of USAID, told Congress that northern Gaza is now experiencing - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Middle East: Deployment of British Armed Forces - Wed 17 Apr 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) While the deployment of the Armed Forces is a prerogative power and the Government are under no legal - Speech Link
2: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) on several fronts in the Middle East, stabilising the region in the face of co-ordinated efforts by Iran - Speech Link
3: Lord West of Spithead (Lab - Life peer) ended up with fighting going on, we had deployed in the north Arabian Sea an aircraft carrier, two nuclear - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Together, there is a significant amount of power there, hopefully to deter any further aggression by - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Iran-Israel Update - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) partners to pursue sanctions against the regime, and can he clarify what steps he is taking to limit the power - Speech Link
2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) She mentions nuclear. - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) a nuclear weapon, including using the snapback mechanism if necessary. - Speech Link
4: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) the world cannot risk a nuclear-armed Iran? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Iran and Israel - Mon 15 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) We have introduced a new Iran sanctions regime to give us more extensive power to designate, and the - Speech Link
2: Lord Craig of Radley (XB - Life peer) My Lords, the air defences were spectacularly successful and, for once, they rebutted that old air power - Speech Link
3: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) Iran is within minutes of getting nuclear capability and is mad enough to use it. - Speech Link
4: Lord True (Con - Life peer) The British Government remain determined that Iran must never develop a nuclear weapon. - Speech Link
5: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) My Lords, for highlighting the development of a nuclear capability in Iran and calling for the proscription - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) sovereignty, so that we can help to counter the many threats of the modern world, whether that be China, Iran - Speech Link
2: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) We are doing everything in our power to ensure that people are set up well for civilian life as they - Speech Link
3: James Heappey (Con - Wells) In the Euro-Atlantic, we face the challenge of Russia; in the middle east, the challenge of Iran and - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) further by the confirmation last week that BAE Systems will partner with a firm in Australia to build its nuclear-powered - Speech Link
5: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) Earlier today the Prime Minister and I launched our very first nuclear defence Command Paper, which will - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Cyber-security and UK Democracy - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) of the CGN stake in the Sizewell C nuclear power project and ensuring Chinese state-owned nuclear energy - Speech Link
2: Pat McFadden (Lab - Wolverhampton South East) this field have warned of China’s voracious appetite for data, and its potential uses as computing power - Speech Link
3: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) The front page of The Telegraph today reports Whitehall sources saying that China, Russia and Iran are - Speech Link
4: Oliver Dowden (Con - Hertsmere) Belfast last year, I warned that cyber-threats continue to come from the usual suspects—Russia, China, Iran - Speech Link
5: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) who makes the laws that govern us is really precious, and it is really scary to hear that a foreign power - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Armed Forces Readiness and Defence Equipment - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) Iran and its proxies are destabilising the middle east, and, via the Houthis, pose a constant threat - Speech Link
2: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) aware of the increasing tension in the Gulf, particularly arising from the destabilising impact of Iran - Speech Link
3: Kevan Jones (Lab - North Durham) We have great ambitions to be a global power, like some kind of imperial power. - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) We also now have a nuclear armed North Korea, with Iran making its way in the same direction. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Scrutiny of Secretaries of State in the House of Lords - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) Giving up the power to directly appoint Members to the House of Lords would be a significant diminution - Speech Link
2: George Galloway (WPB - Rochdale) morning editions to learn what the Government intend to do.War in Ukraine, war in Gaza, maybe war against Iran - Speech Link
3: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) of the Lords was to point out that their House, too, had privileges, and that it is not within the power - Speech Link