Lord Stirrup

Lord Stirrup

The Lord Stirrup KG GCB AFC

Crossbench
House of LordsActive

Member since 28 January 2011

Recent Debate Contributions

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Strategic Defence Review 2025

17/07/2025Lords

1 contribution
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...
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Syria: Druze Community

16/07/2025Lords

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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...
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Afghanistan

15/07/2025Lords

2 contributions
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

14/07/2025Lords

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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...
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Tax Increases

09/07/2025Lords

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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...
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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...
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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...
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UK Weapons Systems

30/06/2025Lords

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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...
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Israel and Iran

18/06/2025Lords

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My Lords, one of the many difficulties associated with this situation is the confusion that seems to have arisen over strategic objectives. Israel has...
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Ukraine: UK Security Guarantee

04/06/2025Lords

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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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