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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Dec. 11 2023

Source Page: BRITISH MINEHUNTING SHIPS TO BOLSTER UKRAINIAN NAVY AS UK AND NORWAY LAUNCH MARITIME SUPPORT INITIATIVE
Document: BRITISH MINEHUNTING SHIPS TO BOLSTER UKRAINIAN NAVY AS UK AND NORWAY LAUNCH MARITIME SUPPORT INITIATIVE (webpage)

Found: The UK will lead a new Maritime Capability Coalition alongside Norway, delivering ships and vehicles

Lords Chamber
Royal Navy: Drone Attacks in the Red Sea - Mon 05 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Your Lordships will be aware that my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence will - Speech Link
2: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) There is no worry about the effectiveness of their capability. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) Given the very worrying concerns raised by the report of the Defence Committee in the other place, Ready - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The French are extremely supportive, but of course it is each sovereign nation’s decision whether or - Speech Link
5: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) necessary, limited, legal—it is very important that it is legal—and proportionate in terms of self-defence - Speech Link

Select Committee
ADS Group
 IUD0005 - Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence

Written Evidence May. 08 2024

Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: International Relations and Defence Committee

Found: IUD0005 - Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence ADS Group Written Evidence

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Defence

Jan. 19 2024

Source Page: Advanced future military laser achieves UK first
Document: Advanced future military laser achieves UK first (webpage)

Found: builds on a series of highly successful trials, including the first static high-power laser firing of a sovereign

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Jan. 19 2024

Source Page: Advanced future military laser achieves UK first
Document: Advanced future military laser achieves UK first (webpage)

Found: builds on a series of highly successful trials, including the first static high-power laser firing of a sovereign

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Ministry of Defence

Nov. 21 2023

Source Page: SKYNET 6
Document: SKYNET 6 (webpage)

Found: zero carbon emissions target by 2050 The strategic importance of SKYNET 6 SKYNET includes the UK’s sovereign

Lords Chamber
Defence Acquisition Reform - Thu 07 Mar 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None on delivery, we have been driving pace and agility through streamlined processes and increasing the capability - Speech Link
2: None In a world where our adversaries are threatening to out-compete us in capability terms, we have no choice - Speech Link
3: None industrial options, ensuring that we make the best-informed decision on whether to go for off the shelf, sovereign - Speech Link
4: None For such spiral programmes we will abolish initial operating capability and full operating capability - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Nuclear Defence Infrastructure: Parliamentary Scrutiny - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Gentleman and I have different opinions about nuclear capability—I believe that we should have it, and - Speech Link
2: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) Parliament is sovereign in everything, I guess, apart from the nuclear enterprise.I will, I am afraid - Speech Link
3: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) He said that Parliament is sovereign everywhere, except in the nuclear deterrent. - Speech Link

Select Committee
Unite the Union
 FAVC0004 - Future Aviation Capabilities

Written Evidence Nov. 08 2023

Inquiry: Future Aviation Capabilities
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: To not do so would mean that the UK would become the only P5 United Nations member without the sovereign

Lords Chamber
Ukraine and Georgia - Thu 16 May 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: None package of equipment from the United Kingdom, including equipment relating to long-range strike, air defence - Speech Link
2: None to ensure coherence, and to co-ordinate our support to Ukraine, including through the international capability - Speech Link
3: None partnership, and to support the legitimate aspirations of the Georgian people, as they pursue a free, sovereign - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The UK is a firm friend of the Georgian people and we have a long-standing defence partnership. - Speech Link