To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 69 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what steps his Department is taking to teach, train, exercise and reward leaders to create a leadership that is equipped to use AI and digital technologies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 69 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what steps his Department is taking to teach, train, exercise and reward leaders to create a leadership that is equipped to use AI and digital technologies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on developing a plan to prioritise and address the structural, behavioural, and leadership barriers to the creation of a more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of his Department's Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what progress his Department has made on developing a plan to prioritise and address the structural, behavioural, and leadership barriers to the creation of a more...

List of DUP leaders and officials since 1971.

List of DUP leaders and officials since 1971.

List of Liberal Party, SDP and Liberal Democrats leaders and officials since 1967.

List of Liberal Party, SDP and Liberal Democrats leaders and officials since 1967.

List of SNP leaders and officials since 1971.

List of SNP leaders and officials since 1971.

List of Conservative Party leaders and officials since 1975.

List of Conservative Party leaders and officials since 1975.

List of Labour Party leaders and officials since 1975.

List of Labour Party leaders and officials since 1975.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to develop top-level police leadership.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to develop top-level police leadership.

Labour Party leader and deputy leadership election are held by rules set out by the party’s Rule Book. This briefing describes them and outlines previous contests.

Labour Party leader and deputy leadership election are held by rules set out by the party’s Rule Book. This briefing describes them and outlines previous contests.

I. Local government reorganisation: support offer. Incl. annex. 11p. II. Supporting adult social care, public health and children's services leadership through local government reorganisation. 5p. III. Letters dated 16/07/2026 from Steve Read MP to Council Leaders regarding decisions on local government reorganisation [Letters sent to Leaders in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex & Brighton, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Worcestershire] (16 docs).

I. Local government reorganisation: support offer. Incl. annex. 11p. II. Supporting adult social care, public health and children's services leadership through local government reorganisation. 5p. III. Letters dated 16/07/2026 from Steve Read MP to Council Leaders regarding decisions on local government reorganisation [Letters sent to Leaders in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough,...

Lords statement on leadership in policing

Lords statement on leadership in policing

My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing this Statement to the House today, and I am grateful for the opportunity to ask questions on it. Failures of police leadership are all too evident. Police leadership failed when forces overlooked, ignored and actively downplayed the scale of the grooming gangs....

My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing this Statement to the House today, and I am grateful for the opportunity to ask questions on it. Failures of police leadership are all too evident. Police leadership failed when forces overlooked, ignored and actively downplayed the scale of the grooming gangs....

My Lords, I welcome the report from the noble Lords, Lord Blunkett and Lord Herbert, which rightly starts with an uncomfortable truth: leadership across policing is too inconsistent and, for decades, we have failed to invest in developing leaders for the world they now face.

We support clearer standards, stronger developments...

My Lords, I welcome the report from the noble Lords, Lord Blunkett and Lord Herbert, which rightly starts with an uncomfortable truth: leadership across policing is too inconsistent and, for decades, we have failed to invest in developing leaders for the world they now face.

We support clearer standards, stronger developments...

I place on record my thanks to my noble friend Lord Blunkett and the noble Lord, Lord Herbert of South Downs, for their work on this important report commissioned by the Home Office to look at the important issues of policing. My noble friend Lord Blunkett is a former Home...

I place on record my thanks to my noble friend Lord Blunkett and the noble Lord, Lord Herbert of South Downs, for their work on this important report commissioned by the Home Office to look at the important issues of policing. My noble friend Lord Blunkett is a former Home...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a former president of the Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales and as someone who submitted evidence to the police leadership commission chaired by the noble Lords, Lord Blunkett and Lord Herbert, who I see are in their places.

Having served for 35...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a former president of the Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales and as someone who submitted evidence to the police leadership commission chaired by the noble Lords, Lord Blunkett and Lord Herbert, who I see are in their places.

Having served for 35...

I support the provision dealing with senior constables, and I wish the implementation of the commission’s report every success.

I support the provision dealing with senior constables, and I wish the implementation of the commission’s report every success.

I am grateful to my noble friend for bringing his experience of policing at a leadership level to the debate and this discussion. He will know that leadership is critical in delivering high

performance and for the public. The recommendations intend to help generate that discussion and to focus on...

I am grateful to my noble friend for bringing his experience of policing at a leadership level to the debate and this discussion. He will know that leadership is critical in delivering high

performance and for the public. The recommendations intend to help generate that discussion and to focus on...

My Lords, I am grateful for the report and I see that the recommendations include the creation of a national academy of police leadership. I declare my interest, as the First Civil Service Commissioner, as a regulator for entry into the senior Civil Service. I argue that, at that level...

My Lords, I am grateful for the report and I see that the recommendations include the creation of a national academy of police leadership. I declare my interest, as the First Civil Service Commissioner, as a regulator for entry into the senior Civil Service. I argue that, at that level...

My noble friend brings great experience from her role in the Civil Service Commission to the matter of recruiting individuals at a senior level. It is quite clear—the report makes this point very strongly—that police officers at all levels must be able to develop skills earlier in their career to...

My noble friend brings great experience from her role in the Civil Service Commission to the matter of recruiting individuals at a senior level. It is quite clear—the report makes this point very strongly—that police officers at all levels must be able to develop skills earlier in their career to...