Baroness Goldie (Con)

My Lords, in July, ahead of visiting the Trident build at Barrow-in-Furness, the Prime Minister said: “Keeping this country safe is the first responsibility of any government”. Yesterday, at Prime Min

To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of their progress towards spending three per cent of GDP on defence by 2030.

My Lords, I think that the Minister understands fully what it is like to be grilled at the Dispatch Box in relation to the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act. I thank the nob

My Lords, there may be some among your Lordships who looked at this amendment in my name and had a flash of déjà vu. That is because, of course, we have in some manner been here before, except that I

My Lords, I am probably about to provide a less fascinating speech. I endorse everything said by my noble friend Lord Parkinson and, as such, I am pleased to support his amendment. Clause 48 will auto

My Lords, the Minister—inadvertently, I am sure—creates an impression of if not complacency then certainly inertia. I emphasise that I am sure it is inadvertent. What many of us find surprising is the