Lord Coaker
The Lord Coaker
Labour
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 3 February 2021
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Armed Forces Commissioner Bill
22/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to this short debate at the end of our discussions on the Bill. I want to comment briefly on a couple o...
My Lords, with permission, I will say something that I should have said at the end of the defence review debate. I pay tribute to the right reverend P...
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Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025
20/07/2025 • Lords
That the draft Order laid before the House on 9 June be approved.
Considered in Grand Committee on 15 July.
Strategic Defence Review 2025
17/07/2025 • Lords
Of course.
My Lords, it is a great privilege to wind up this debate, which has been, as usual, of a very high standard and very interesting. I start by saying to...
Afghanistan
15/07/2025 • Lords
My noble friend makes a really good point. Let us be clear: these are people who stood with us, fought with us and, in many cases, died with us. I thi...
I think that we all need to learn lessons from anything that has happened in our history, whatever steps or decisions have been taken. The only thing ...
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Armed Forces Act 2006 (Continuation) Order 2025
14/07/2025 • Lords
That is something to look at and to try and deal with. Certainly, some of the things I see suggest that there is a need for the process to be improved...
My Lords, I thank all the noble Lords who participated in the debate, particularly the noble Baronesses, Lady Smith and Lady Goldie. They expressed th...
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Armed Forces: Recruitment and Retention
06/07/2025 • Lords
I thank my noble friend Lord West; that was very helpful—it is always good to hear your own side mumbling behind you. It was RFA “Tidespring”.
The ...
The noble Baroness has often raised the importance of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary to the Royal Navy, and we will continue to look at what more we can do...
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UK–EU Defence and Security Co-operation
02/07/2025 • Lords
My noble friend highlights the importance for us of developing a relationship with Europe. Where it is appropriate and where it is complementary to NA...
I thank the noble Baroness for her question. In the document, there are things about cyber, emerging and new technologies, and the need for Europe to ...
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UK Weapons Systems
30/06/2025 • Lords
I would like to think I had been able to answer most of the questions that have been asked so far, but I am not sure about this one from my noble frie...
Whether it is nuclear or any other capability, but particularly with nuclear, you have to be calm, rational and reasonable about it. One of the succes...
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F35A and F35B Jets
30/06/2025 • Lords
The F35A has a number of different capabilities, but I just need to check so I do not misinform the noble Lord. It is dual capability in terms of the ...
As always, my noble friend makes a really important point. He points to UK domestic production of the F35A. Of course, our exports are also really imp...
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Defence Industrial Base
15/06/2025 • Lords
The defence review will require us to look at what bases we have in order to deliver the defence review, whether they are RAF or other facilities. Of ...
The Treasury understands the need for that drumbeat. My noble friend is absolutely right that you cannot turn defence industry production View full contribution →
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