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Lord Robertson of Port Ellen gave a Lord Speaker’s Lecture entitled ‘A Gathering Storm—is Britain really safe?’ on Wednesday 15 July 2026.
Lord Robertson is chair of the International Relations and Defence Committee. He was Secretary General of NATO from 1999–2003 and was the MP for Hamilton from 1978–1997 then Hamilton South from 1997–1999.
The Lord Speaker’s Lecture series invites speakers from inside and outside the House of Lords to address members on a range of topics to support and inform their work..
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Lords members will question the government on what assessment they have made of the prisoner early release scheme, and whether any changes to the scheme will be implemented before the first tranche of prisoner releases in September.
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Members will quiz the government in an urgent question on changes to tariff-free quotas for category 4 galvanised steel imports and the impact of the changes on domestic steel production, employment, investment and supply chains.
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The Lords Constitution Committee is launching a new inquiry into the UK’s constitutional safeguards, investigating whether the UK’s constitutional democracy is under threat.
Find out more https://committees.parliament.uk/work/9861/the-uks-constitutional-safeguards/news/217098/the-uks-constitutional-safeguards-inquiry-launched-by-lords-constitution-committee/
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What impact would a visitor levy have on the cost of domestic travel and holidays within the UK? Lord Sharpe of Epsom asks the government in this highlight from Lords questions. Watch in full on Parliament TV https://orlo.uk/ybyDs
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Members will quiz the government in an urgent question on the abolition of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the merging of its functions with other departments today. Members will press government on the implications of this on the future operation of the AI Safety Institute, the Sovereign AI Fund, the Government Digital Service and UK Research and Innovation.
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What new initiatives has the government introduced in the past year to reduce the level of unemployment of autistic people? We spoke to Lord Touhig about his recent question to government.
➡️ Watch the full question to hear from other Lords members on the topic, and see how the government responded https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/d4c11405-1f92-4b3e-8628-f00555868e57?in=11:19:08
➡️ Look out for more episodes of Inside Lords Questions where we’ll speak to different members about the questions they raise to government https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLilBYVf0P9abs7iH2ILMKNy1zWa5xHFB5
➡️ Check out the Lords Questions playlist for more highlights from the chamber https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLilBYVf0P9aZoiEwSE6UPEONWXhEkqmdc
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Members will quiz the government in an urgent question on its steps to assist in opening the Strait of Hormuz to merchant traffic; and the advice being given by the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre to UK merchant shipping.
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Historian and author Sir Antony Beevor gave a lecture to members of the House of Lords entitled ‘History and Our Repetition of Mistakes’ on 30 June 2026.
Sir Antony is the author of the best-selling books Stalingrad, Berlin: The Downfall, D-Day and The Second World War, and is co-author with Artemis Cooper of Paris After the Liberation. This year he published Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs.
The Lord Speaker’s Lecture series invites speakers from inside and outside the House of Lords to address members on a range of topics to support and inform their work..
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SATs results delays were in the spotlight today, Thursday 16 July, as Lord Hunt of Kings Heath questioned the government on the failure of Pearson to deliver on time.
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