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Lord Swire

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Lord Swire

🗣️ Speeches and Debates

  • Armed Forces Bill - Committee (2nd Day): Amendment 40 8 Sep 2026

    My Lords, before we move on—because I suspect that this is not going to detain us too long—I would like to tease out from the Government Front Bench a couple of things. As I said in my earlier remarks, we are going through something of a sea-change, rather too late in the day, in how we look at our reserves, our responsiveness and our state of alert in this country. In that respect, we...

  • Armed Forces Bill - Committee (2nd Day): Amendment 39 8 Sep 2026

    I am glad that the noble Lord, Lord Moore, thinks there is some intellectual coherence in the Government’s approach to regionalisation, given that in the last 24 hours, they have abandoned large swathes of it, including in my part of the world. However, I understand and take on board what he says. I do not want to make a political point—having just made a political point. I strongly agree...

  • Falkland Islands - Private Notice Question 7 Sep 2026

    I also join in the congratulations to the noble Baroness on her recent appointment to the Front Bench. It is extremely important that, whatever we say in this country, we say it together. I think the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, were unfortunate and an attempt to rewrite history. That is not what happened last time. Would the noble Baroness consider calling in the Argentinian...

  • Rural Businesses: Taxation - Question 7 Sep 2026

    The original Question from my noble and learned friend Lady Prentis concerned the selling of a farm, so that raises issues of probate as well. When the Minister is discussing these fiscal matters with the new Chancellor, will she also raise the blatant unfairness of the 7.75% charged by the Government on late payment during probate, compared with the 2.75% repayment ceiling when the...

  • Nepal: Flooding - Private Notice Question 1 Sep 2026

    My Lords, we all welcome what the Government are doing in terms of responding to the tragedy that has unfolded over the last few weeks in Nepal. Could the Minister take back to his colleagues in the FCDO the question of Bhutan? It shares many of the same characteristics as Nepal, but we have no permanent diplomatic representation in Bhutan, and it sometimes gets overlooked. When they are...

  • Local Government Reorganisation - Statement 21 Jul 2026

    My Lords, the Labour Party has a record of trying to destroy what it regards as Tory support, particularly in the shires. We saw that with its cack-handed approach to regional assemblies, which got nowhere. I do not know how well the Minister knows Devon, my county, but she has delivered on the agenda that has been pushed for many years by Labour-dominated Exeter City Council, which has had...

  • Future Capability of the Armed Forces - Motion to Take Note 16 Jul 2026

    My Lords, it is a very great honour to follow the noble and gallant Lord. I find myself in no man’s land, squeezed between a former Chief of the Defence Staff and a valedictory Bishop, so I shall try to navigate as best I can through what could be dangerous territory. I particularly welcome back my noble friend Lord Harlech; it is very good to see him. He was sent to the scrapheap. The REME...

  • Middle East: Iran Conflict - Private Notice Question 15 Jun 2026

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