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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 21 Jan 2021
British Armed Forces: Global Britain

"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster, for securing this debate. There is of course a UK and NATO defence base on Gibraltar, with important facilities and which is strategically placed at the entrance to the Mediterranean, which I visited as a Minister in 2001. I therefore welcome …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 Jan 2021
Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill

"My Lords, if the Bill passed unamended, it would put the UK at serious risk of being in breach of the Geneva conventions and other international treaties. Far from protecting veterans from prosecution, it would

“increase the risk of service personnel appearing before the International Criminal Court.”—[Official Report, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2020
UN Mission in Mali: Armed Forces Deployment

"My Lords, I agree with the Minister that this is an important UN mission that we must support. I associate myself with my noble friend Lord Touhig’s remarks. The Sahel region is beset by an increasingly dangerous and violent Islamist insurgency, and in the east of Mali militants repeatedly attack …..."
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Written Question
Government Departments: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group
Monday 9th April 2018

Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to withdraw any current List X accreditation, or other Government endorsed security clearance, granted to (1) Cambridge Analytica, and (2) Strategic Communication Laboratories.

Answered by Earl Howe - Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

Our records indicate that neither Cambridge Analytica nor SCL Group currently hold List X accreditation.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2016
Refugees and Migrants: Royal Navy and NATO Interception in Mediterranean

"My Lords, what exactly did the Minister mean when he said that any migrants picked up by British ships would be returned or sent to Greece? Does that not put even more pressure on the Greek authorities, which are being overwhelmed by flows of refugees? Can the Minister also give …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Dec 2015
Strategic Defence and Security Review

"My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Howell, who was such an eminent Cabinet Minister while I was campaigning. I am also pleased that my noble friend Lord Touhig will be replying and that many other noble friends are contributing.

Forty-five years ago, when notorious for …..."
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Written Question
Iraq
Monday 10th November 2014

Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any UK personnel deployed on Operation Telic have reported any ill effects due to exposure to legacy chemical weapons and made any claims for compensation due to exposure, whether real or perceived, to chemical weapons.

Answered by Mark Francois - Shadow Minister (Defence)

This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

However, we have identified the Service personnel who formed the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear teams involved in the operation to destroy Iraqi chemical weapons and there is no record of any of these personnel having made claims relating to exposure to chemical weapons.

Written Question
Iraq
Thursday 6th November 2014

Asked by: Lord Hain (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel were involved in the destruction of Borak chemical rockets in 2006.

Answered by Mark Francois - Shadow Minister (Defence)

UK personnel destroyed Al-Borak rockets on two occasions in Iraq during 2006. On each occasion some 10 UK personnel were involved in the destruction and the subsequent survey to confirm that no explosive or chemical contamination remained in the area. In addition, UK personnel transported the munitions to the site and provided perimeter security.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Sep 2012
Afghanistan (Force Protection)

"Does not this terrible tragedy reveal a central fault line in the Government’s strategy, the same one that was apparent in the Government whom I served—namely, the inability to engage beyond President Karzai’s Government to the wider fiefdoms at local and regional level, and to the Taliban themselves? Until that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Jul 2012
Army 2020

"What sort of reward for bravery is it that 600 members of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Welsh could be faced with the sack? Is it not disingenuous for the Secretary of State to say that 19,000 soldiers will be sacked, but that those from a particular battalion, such as …..."
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