Lord Stirrup
The Lord Stirrup KG GCB AFC
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 28 January 2011
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Strategic Defence Review 2025
17/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I too congratulate the authors of this thoughtful review, and the noble Lord, Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, on his eloquent and powerful pre...
Syria: Druze Community
16/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, what assessment do the Government make of continuing Russian involvement in Syria post the fall of the Assad regime? Will they work with par...
Afghanistan
15/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it has been stated again and again that the person responsible for the loss of data thought that the spreadsheet contained a small number of...
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Renters’ Rights Bill
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I rise to support Amendment 106, to which I have attached my name. For decades now, I have seen at close hand the deficiencies in service fa...
Tax Increases
09/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, just for clarification, the Minister said that the Government have an ambition to raise defence spending to 3% of GDP in the next Parliament...
Artificial Intelligence: News Media
06/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the Minister keeps saying that the Government want to get this right—and of course, who could argue with that—but does she agree that in the...
NHS, Armed Forces and Civil Service Staff: Public Meetings
01/07/2025 • Lords
Does the Minister agree that, while senior military officers, for example, are Crown servants, and it is not appropriate for them to dissent from or c...
UK Weapons Systems
30/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, does the Minister agree that the security of this country against major threats in high-intensity warfare is based on our membership of NATO...
Israel and Iran
18/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, one of the many difficulties associated with this situation is the confusion that seems to have arisen over strategic objectives. Israel has...
Ukraine: UK Security Guarantee
04/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, has the Minister noticed any reticence or reluctance on the part of President Putin to killing Ukrainian civilians while so-called peace tal...
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