Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:29 pm on 3 September 2025.
Lord Coaker
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
3:29,
3 September 2025
I agree with that. The memorandum of understanding between the UK Government and the Department of Defence in Ireland, in which a whole range of co-operative measures about how we work together were laid out and agreed by two sovereign Governments, was done in 2015 and was updated and refreshed in 2025, so that we have a fresh memorandum of understanding for 2026. That is something to be celebrated in Ireland and in the United Kingdom.