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Written Question
Reserve Forces: Reviews
Thursday 20th October 2022

Asked by: Lord Houghton of Richmond (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask His Majesty's Government why they have not responded to the Reserve Forces 2030 Review, published on 12 May 2021.

Answered by Baroness Goldie - Shadow Minister (Defence)

I refer the noble and gallant Lord to the answer I gave on 20 September 2022 to the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley in response to Question HL2094.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Ukraine: NATO

"My Lords, the interest of the House in the progress of the military situation in Ukraine is entirely understandable, but can the Minister reassure the House that the Government recognise the two very separate objectives of conflict termination and conflict resolution, and that it is not in policy formulation that …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2022
Ukraine

"My Lords, given the state of the ground conflict in Ukraine, I will ask a domestic question on reserves. In doing so, I declare an interest as the president of the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations. It is quite clear from the ground situation that both Russian and Ukrainian ground …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Jun 2022
Ukraine: Weapons

"Can I press the Minister on the original Question? It is not a matter of what allies have, or what our stockpiles are and the degree to which they have been run down. What the House needs to be reassured of is whether the MoD is conducting a review of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 May 2022
Ukraine: UK Military Support

"Given the risks of escalation in the military elements of the conflict in Ukraine, it is quite clear that any further military aid will have to be less than decisive. In policy terms, therefore, is a prolonged and mutually self-hurting stalemate between Ukraine and Russia probably the best that can …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Apr 2022
Ukraine: Lethal Weapons

"My Lords, the question illuminates a difficult choice for the Government. The war in Ukraine, by military definition, remains limited. It is limited in strategic aim, in geography and means employed. Injecting greater lethal aid into that war is unlikely to be decisive. Indeed, far from it, it runs two …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Feb 2022
Defence: Type 45 Destroyers

"My Lords, as we have seen in Ukraine, the most important vector of attack in conflict below the threshold of formalised warfare is a form of politicised war based on an effective narrative. I am sure the problem of the Type 45’s power plant will be expensively resolved, but what …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 17 Jan 2022
Exchange of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information Agreement

"I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, for the opportunity for this short debate. I reassure her that, although I am a landlubber, the importance of the nuclear enterprise transcends single service interests. Indeed, in common with most former defence chiefs, I maintain a close interest in the nation’s nuclear …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Nov 2021
Army Restructuring: Future Soldier

"There is much to be excited about in this announcement—there is quite a lot of novelty—and, if I turned the clock back, I think it is an Army that I would want to join. I congratulate the architects. My worry is that, despite some presentational sleight of hand, it is …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 23 Nov 2021
Armed Forces Bill

"My Lords, I support this amendment. I am sorry that my name has not found its way on to the Order Paper; I had Covid last week and I failed the IT test of getting it properly registered.

I come at this from perhaps a different angle. I have spent …..."
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