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Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 March 2026

Debate

Middle East: Defence

Contribution

My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the troops who are involved in this action, and I commend the Government for what they have done up until now, because criticism has been levelled at them—a lot of it unjustified. But is this crisis not a wake-up call for all of us in this House in that it underlines what the Prime Minister said at the Munich Security Conference a few days ago? He said: “Time and again, leaders have looked the other way, only re-arming when disaster is upon them. This time, it must be different. Because all of the warning signs are there”. All the political parties in this country need to galvanise themselves in light of what we are seeing at present and do something about it for the future.

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