Defence Reform Bill

We nearly had an entire afternoon and evening disappear.

We wish to associate ourselves wit...

My Lords, from these Benches we wish to associate ourselves with the tributes to our Armed Forces...

My Lords, I welcome this opportunity to comment on the progress of defence reform in the Ministry...

My Lords, I am particularly pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Levene, in this debate. I thin...

My Lords, 72 years ago today in the South China Sea, HMS “Prince of Wales” and HMS “Repulse” were...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for updating us on the very recent developments in...

My Lords, as other noble Lords have remarked, the uncertainty surrounding the Government’s intent...

My Lords, in preparing for this debate, I was reminded that it was the first substantial defence ...

My Lords, I want to focus my remarks on Part 1—the procurement aspects of the Bill. I could almos...

My Lords, I do not have much sympathy for GOCO defence procurement. My doubts have been strengthe...

My Lords, I shall speak on Part 1 of the Bill since that is where my experience of the MoD rests....

My Lords, I will speak to Part 3 of the Bill to highlight concerns about forces welfare, and in p...

My Lords, I do not want to take up too much time, so will address only Part 1 and reserve my comm...

My Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. One realised as one listened the extent of the...

My Lords, we have had a constructive and well informed debate on the Bill. I share the generous t...

My noble friend has just given an indication of the cost of the GOCO option so far. I draw his at...

My Lords, when I come to answer my noble friend’s questions, I will touch on the assessment phase...