To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a list of NATO countries with a UK defence attaché and if they are permanently stationed in country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a list of NATO countries with a UK defence attaché and if they are permanently stationed in country.

My Rt hon.Friend the Minister of State for Defence (The Lord Coaker) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

In the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) published in June 2025, the Government committed to bring forward a Defence Diplomacy Strategy. Today, we fulfil that commitment.

The full Strategy is necessarily classified,...

My Rt hon.Friend the Minister of State for Defence (The Lord Coaker) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

In the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) published in June 2025, the Government committed to bring forward a Defence Diplomacy Strategy. Today, we fulfil that commitment.

The full Strategy is necessarily classified,...

Defence Diplomacy Strategy. Keeping Britain Safe: secure at home and strong abroad. Public summary. 34p.

Defence Diplomacy Strategy. Keeping Britain Safe: secure at home and strong abroad. Public summary. 34p.

In the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) published in June 2025, the Government committed to bring forward a Defence Diplomacy Strategy. Today, we fulfil that commitment.

The full Strategy is necessarily classified, due to its assessments of the UK’s interests. The public summary published and placed in the Library of the...

In the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) published in June 2025, the Government committed to bring forward a Defence Diplomacy Strategy. Today, we fulfil that commitment.

The full Strategy is necessarily classified, due to its assessments of the UK’s interests. The public summary published and placed in the Library of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she (a) has taken and (b) intends to take to persuade (i) India and (ii) China to cease providing armaments to the Burmese military regime; and for what reason that regime's military attache has been permitted...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she (a) has taken and (b) intends to take to persuade (i) India and (ii) China to cease providing armaments to the Burmese military regime; and for what reason that regime's military attache has been permitted...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to expand the Defence Attaché network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to expand the Defence Attaché network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Defence Attaché network for engaging with overseas partners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Defence Attaché network for engaging with overseas partners.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many defence attachés are currently operating in host countries; and whether the numbers of UK defence attachés (1) increased, or (2) decreased, in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (c) 2024 to date.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many defence attachés are currently operating in host countries; and whether the numbers of UK defence attachés (1) increased, or (2) decreased, in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (c) 2024 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the UK defence attaché for Sudan is based.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where the UK defence attaché for Sudan is based.

Lords statement regarding measures that His Majesty's Government will take in response to the reckless and dangerous activities of the Russian Government across Europe and now suspected here in the UK.

Lords statement regarding measures that His Majesty's Government will take in response to the reckless and dangerous activities of the Russian Government across Europe and now suspected here in the UK.

My Lords, as I have said on behalf of His Majesty’s Opposition on a number of occasions, we will always work with the Government on matters of national security. All of us want to protect our country, our people and our democracy, and we will stand with our friends and...

My Lords, as I have said on behalf of His Majesty’s Opposition on a number of occasions, we will always work with the Government on matters of national security. All of us want to protect our country, our people and our democracy, and we will stand with our friends and...

My Lords, I associate myself with many of the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker. I agree with what he said. These Benches also welcome the Statement repeat and support the Government’s actions. I too pay tribute to the security and intelligence services, which remain vigilant in keeping us...

My Lords, I associate myself with many of the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Coaker. I agree with what he said. These Benches also welcome the Statement repeat and support the Government’s actions. I too pay tribute to the security and intelligence services, which remain vigilant in keeping us...

I thank both noble Lords for their remarks. I will briefly outline a few highlights, as it were, from the Statement given by the Home Secretary last week, because it has been a few days and we need to tease out and probe a few important points. My right honourable...

I thank both noble Lords for their remarks. I will briefly outline a few highlights, as it were, from the Statement given by the Home Secretary last week, because it has been a few days and we need to tease out and probe a few important points. My right honourable...

Will my noble friend the Minister clarify whether the UK is able to act unilaterally on sequestered Russian assets and does not have to operate within the G7 framework, or whether we have to act collectively? Secondly, with that in mind and given the involvement of the UK, can the...

Will my noble friend the Minister clarify whether the UK is able to act unilaterally on sequestered Russian assets and does not have to operate within the G7 framework, or whether we have to act collectively? Secondly, with that in mind and given the involvement of the UK, can the...

On the first part of my noble friend’s question, I do not know the precise answer to whether or not we can act unilaterally. I imagine that that is the case, but I would question whether it would have much utility. By definition, the threat is a global one and...

On the first part of my noble friend’s question, I do not know the precise answer to whether or not we can act unilaterally. I imagine that that is the case, but I would question whether it would have much utility. By definition, the threat is a global one and...

Could the Minister update us on what the Government are doing to secure the release of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a British citizen incarcerated by Putin on trumped-up charges?

Could the Minister update us on what the Government are doing to secure the release of Vladimir Kara-Murza, a British citizen incarcerated by Putin on trumped-up charges?

I am afraid that I do not have information on that. I shall write to the noble Lord.

I am afraid that I do not have information on that. I shall write to the noble Lord.

My Lords, on using Russian assets, there still remains the appalling war crime of 19,600 children who have been abducted by the Putin regime from their families in Ukraine, who have had no contact with them—and so far only 388 have been returned. Could we not offer help to those...

My Lords, on using Russian assets, there still remains the appalling war crime of 19,600 children who have been abducted by the Putin regime from their families in Ukraine, who have had no contact with them—and so far only 388 have been returned. Could we not offer help to those...

My noble friend raises a poignant and pertinent issue. Of course, our sympathies go to the parents of those children. Is there much else that I can say? I am afraid that I do not think that there is, as regards financial help. I hear what my noble friend says,...

My noble friend raises a poignant and pertinent issue. Of course, our sympathies go to the parents of those children. Is there much else that I can say? I am afraid that I do not think that there is, as regards financial help. I hear what my noble friend says,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2023 to Question 1027 on Military Attachés, if he will publish an updated list of countries without a resident UK Defence Attache.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2023 to Question 1027 on Military Attachés, if he will publish an updated list of countries without a resident UK Defence Attache.