Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Lab)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, on getting this brief debate. I pay tribute to the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Peach, and Karen Pierce as envoys for the western Balkans. It w

My Lords, I declare an interest as a senior counsellor with the Cohen Group. The opening lines of the gracious Speech hit the nail on the head: “An increasingly dangerous and volatile world threatens

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

I refer to the statement made the other night by European leaders in defence of the territorial integrity of Greenland. Clearly, NATO and its own integrity are of huge importance for the stability of

My Lords, I first declare an interest as a senior counsellor with the Cohen Group. Does my noble friend agree that the importance of the strategic defence review, which needs to get through to the wid

My Lords, it is good that we are having this debate, and I hope that we have similar debates quite regularly. We all look forward to the maiden speech by the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, who brings specia