Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command PaperFound: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper
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
Written Evidence Nov. 08 2023
Inquiry: Future Aviation CapabilitiesFound: To not do so would mean that the UK would become the only P5 United Nations member without the sovereign
Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) to grasp, because we do not quite know what level of effect these strikes are having on the overall capability - Speech Link
2: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) However, it is the decision of each individual sovereign state to decide at what level they wish to become - Speech Link
3: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) At the same time, we are looking at disrupting the manufacturing capability behind this, which of course - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) One can see why there may be some reticence for sovereign states to get involved in more direct action - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Apr. 17 2024
Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK DefenceFound: in the face of the enormous commercialisation of this capability.
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK DefenceFound: IUD0011 - Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence KBR Written Evidence
Mentions:
1: David T C Davies (Con - Monmouth) It therefore has no impact whatever on our sovereign steelmaking ability. - Speech Link
2: Holly Mumby-Croft (Con - Scunthorpe) When it comes to sovereign capability, the issue is not always what you are doing and choose to make; - Speech Link
3: Mike Kane (Lab - Wythenshawe and Sale East) capability to produce virgin steel? - Speech Link
4: David T C Davies (Con - Monmouth) There is no sovereign capability to make steel in the blast furnaces at Port Talbot. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) It is very important that we have a strong defence basis; there is no question about that. - Speech Link
2: Lord West of Spithead (Lab - Life peer) We need sovereign capability and resilience, and I have a feeling that we will be relying on France and - Speech Link
3: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) All I can say, as I said earlier, is that 1% of defence requirement is provided by UK steel. - Speech Link
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK DefenceFound: IUD0016 - Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK Defence Thales Written Evidence
Mentions:
1: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) That has proved a timely intervention, placing more emphasis on building sovereign capacity and greater - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) all the issues I have mentioned, we must also increase our fundamental defence production capability - Speech Link
3: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) The defence equipment plan is the 10-year programme for the capability that the MOD says it requires - Speech Link
4: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) There is also sometimes a risk to our own sovereign capability and the longevity of some of our defence - Speech Link
5: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) It shows why I want to see us supporting our sovereign capability, because where the Spitfire was there - Speech Link