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Threat to the uk seriously, the integrated view of the defence white command paper published in march set out the mods assessment of threats we face and how we will meet them. my lords, unidentified does not mean suspicious. - and does my noble friend the minister recognise . that the us report referred to says there is no clear i indication that there is any nonterrestrial explanationl for the 144 sightings that it specifies? - and the idea that in an era of mobile phone cameras, | drones and f...

Agencies, has published a report saying the data ufos is inconclusive. the report offers several possible explanations and does not rule out these could be military aircraft with very advanced capabilities or even extraterrestrial phenomena. either way, can my noble friend the minister reassure members of the public that the ministry of defence takes reports of unidentified objects in our airspace very seriously and will she consider publishing a detailed assessment of the data we hold? what i w...

Debate over whether .7 is right or .5, it is doable and what is tackable, but the government are committed to getting back to .7%. james duddridge. now, is there anybody out there? the us government has said it has no explanation for dozens of unidentified flying objects seen by military pilots. a pentagon report released last week said of 144 reports made about the phenomena since 2004, all but one remain unexplained. questions were asked inevitably in the house of lords. my lords, for decades,...

Business is conducted through the correct formal channels. my lords, contracts are negotiated by officials, not by ministers. submissions from officials are handled through departmental digital boxes, and that is right. 0fficial decisions are communicated through secure government infrastructure. my lords, i have read the ministerial code, ive signed the ministerial code and i will seek to uphold it in everything that i do. the guidelines are clear. it is not wrong for ministers to have a person...

In the lords about care home residents, lord bethell, wasnt there to reply. of lady penn, whos a whip that is, one of the conservative business managers was at the despatch box instead. a labour peer wondered why. the noble lady, the minister is doing a very excellentjob answering the questions and it does raise the question as to why the minister responsible, lord bethell, is in hiding. is it because unlike the noble lady, he is one of the guilty people responsible for the care home scandal? or...

The national audit office and public accountance committees in measures of competence in public expenditure. on economy, does the government regard the 22 billion budget and track and trace. good value for money. on efficiency, it is the response rate of 14% on 700 million kits an efficient use of resource? and on effectiveness, dont european calls for the quarantining of uk tourists suggest a total lack of confidence in our tracing systems here in the united kingdom? well, my lords, the noble l...

The latest variant is pretty mild. the deaths have gone right down but we are spending billions of pounds on this while there are huge waiting lists building up in the nhs. is it not about time that this programme was wound down and the money was spent on the millions of delayed operations and procedures? my lords, we are looking at the evidence in relation to the variant and in relation to the effectiveness of the vaccine against the variant all the time. but can i reassure my noble friend that...

Prime of his career. has a three year deal. signed a $22 million deal. he is on the team. and for him to come out and do this is incredibly brave, it is going to save lives. the trevor project that he donated money to is doing the lords lords work but representation matters, and you can bet your bottom dollar yesterday carl nassib saved lives. >> no doubt. youre going to make me burst out into tears, rex chapman. rex, thank you for waking up so early to join us this morning. always good to see y...

Whod given evidence. and, for her bravery to give evidence to the inquiry, she had herfamily paraded on tv by the chinese authorities. the right thing for the minister to do would be to support public of the tribunal. otherwise, we end up as the united nations — a broken flush when it comes to holding china to account. nusrat ghani. to the lords now, where peers have pressed the government to ensure pregnant women and new mothers get better information about the safety of the coronavirus vacci...

When he joined the financial firm greensill capital while still working part time for the civil service. the collapse of greensill, on whose behalf david cameron had lobbied for government business, prompted close scrutiny of its affairs. bill crothers told mps on the public administration and constitutional affairs committee that some of the reporting about the arrangement "was not quite right". in the press, the phrase "double—hatting" has been used and ijust feel thats, you know, not — no...