Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) As for platform production, our immediate priority remains delivering drones to Ukraine, and I confirm - Speech Link
2: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) We should also remember that at the heart of this conflict is the fact that if peace is to be achieved - Speech Link
3: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) Friend, and I am pleased that so many colleagues on this side of the House are asking about drones. - Speech Link
4: Philip Hollobone (Con - Kettering) short-range strike drones now kill more soldiers on both sides of the conflict than any other weapon. - Speech Link
5: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) drones in the latest package, and there is a lot more to come for Ukraine. - Speech Link
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK DefenceFound: IUD0004 - Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence Forum for Foreign Relations, and Forum for
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: PM announces ‘turning point’ in European security as UK set to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030Found: , like the Shahed attack drones Iran fired towards Israel last weekend.
Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) They were carefully targeted at launch sites for drones and ballistic missiles to degrade the Houthis - Speech Link
2: Lord True (Con - Life peer) would love to see the conflict in Israel and Gaza somehow come to a conclusion. - Speech Link
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: Defending BritainFound: so important on the modern battlefield.
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK DefenceFound: teaching in History and in the Scottish Centre for War Studies and Conflict Archaeology (into areas
Found: Israel-Iran April 2024: UK and international response
Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) claims that firing missiles and drones at ships from around the world is somehow linked to the conflict - Speech Link
2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) What inspiration they draw from the modern world comes from the Ayatollah and the Islamic revolutionary - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) They have Iranian support, and the Iranians have provided rockets and drones, but they also have their - Speech Link
4: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) It has nuclear ambitions and proxies, and it has given Russia the drones it needs. - Speech Link
5: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) conflict with Russia and China. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) They were carefully targeted at launch sites for drones and ballistic missiles to degrade the Houthis - Speech Link
2: Harriett Baldwin (Con - West Worcestershire) It is reported that the drones being used by the Houthis are being helped by Iran. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) Are we joined up enough to be able to fight these modern conflicts, which are part military and part - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) For any who believed that the modern world was too sophisticated, nuanced and interdependent ever to - Speech Link
3: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) human dignity for any modern nation state and alliance. - Speech Link
4: John Spellar (Lab - Warley) of the political and ideological underpinning of conflict. - Speech Link