Lord Craig of Radley
The Lord Craig of Radley GCB OBE
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 29 July 1991
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Strategic Defence Review 2025
17/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, like other noble Lords, I commend the authors on a major and wide-embracing review. It looks well into the future, but draws the obvious con...
Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I support this continuation order. As has been explained, it keeps His Majesty’s Armed Forces legal until after the Armed Forces Bill in 202...
National Security Strategy
25/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, this is an important and wide-ranging approach and deserves both cross-party and national support. I congratulate the authors. It takes a 10...
Defence Industrial Base
15/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, what steps have the Government taken recently to reconcile the possible risk of failures in developing novel defence capabilities against th...
UK Nuclear Deterrent
02/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I was in command of the crew of a nuclear-armed Vulcan on quick-reaction alert over a number of years, and I realise the cost of maintaining...
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80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan
08/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I too join in all the fulsome expressions of praise for and amazement at the bravery and efforts made by so many, both in and out of uniform...
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
29/04/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I shall be very brief. It was very helpful for the noble Baroness to repeat what was said by the Government on this particular issue. My con...
My Lords, I firmly support the Government in these amendments. There has been a tendency in the Bill to combine in one’s mind the specific complaints ...
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
24/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I, too, support these amendments. Much of what I would have liked to say has already been said, but the importance that is attached both to ...
Victory in Europe and Japan: 80th Anniversaries
20/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, as one of probably quite few Members of today’s House who was a teenager during the Second World War, I add my commendation to Group Captain...
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Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
19/03/2025 • Lords
I will say very briefly that I support Amendment 3, but I have some reservations about Amendment 4, mainly because of its length and its attempt to do...
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