Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill

My Lords, Amendment 30 in my name asks the Government to commission an independent evaluation of ...

I am speaking in support of my noble friend Lord Tunnicliffe and his amendment. Of course, it wou...

My Lords, this is a very important amendment and I support it thoroughly. I should declare to you...

My Lords, again I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for raising this issue. I have looked a...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti and the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, f...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 31. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a ...

Moved by

Lord Dannatt

31: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause—

“Du...

My Lords, in seeking to move Amendment 31, I pay tribute to the tireless and detailed way in whic...

My Lords, it is a real privilege to follow the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Dannatt, whom I great...

My Lords, I speak in support of this amendment, to which I have attached my name. In doing so, I ...

My Lords, what a privilege to have heard, let alone to follow, the speech of the noble and gallan...

My Lords, I draw attention to my entries in the register of interests. I had the honour to serve ...

My Lords, I am very grateful for the opportunity to take part in this important debate. I thank t...

My Lords, I have considerable sympathy with what lies behind the amendment moved by the noble Lor...

My Lords, like other noble Lords—and noble and gallant Lords—across the Chamber, I welcome the am...

My Lords, we stand four-square behind our troops and, therefore, four-square behind Amendment 31....

My Lords, this has been an important debate, and I want to thank the noble Lord, Lord Dannatt, fo...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords and noble and gallant Lords who have taken part in this debate ...

We now come to the group consisting of Amendment 32. Anyone wishing to press this amendment to a ...

Moved by

Lord Browne of Ladyton

32: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, Amendment 32 stands in my name and in the names of the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Hou...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton, in supporting his Am...

My Lords, I can only commend my noble friend Lord Browne of Ladyton and the noble Lord, Lord Clem...

My Lords, I am delighted to follow on from the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, who always seems...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Browne, the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and the noble ...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton, for tabling this amendment, whic...

My Lords, I thank the Minister, for whom I have as much respect and regard as anyone else in this...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 34. Anyone wishing to press this, or anything e...

Moved by

Lord Craig of Radley

34: Clause 13, page 8, line 36, at end insert—

“(...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 34. The noble and gallant Lord, Lord Boyce, is a co-signatory...

My Lords, I remind the Committee of course of my interests and say what a pleasure it is to follo...

Noble Lords will forgive me for not having discovered the letter to which the noble Lord, Lord La...

My Lords, both these amendments are important but quite different. They come together as a final ...

My Lords, I do not know whether it was a sense of exhaustion but, until the noble and gallant Lor...

I thank your Lordships for your kind comments and the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for his helpf...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lancaster, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Newnham, and ...