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2:03:11 > 2:03:13Hello and welcome to Thursday in Parliament.
2:03:13 > 2:03:15Coming up...
2:03:15 > 2:03:18Peers speak out against any further cuts to the UK's defence budget.
2:03:18 > 2:03:21There's a call for a special deal for the North of England
2:03:21 > 2:03:22in the Brexit negotiations.
2:03:22 > 2:03:24And the chair of the Equalities Committee argues it's time
2:03:24 > 2:03:28for tougher action to get more women into Parliament.
2:03:28 > 2:03:38We need to turn those warm sentiments into bums on seats.
2:03:44 > 2:03:46But first, a former Nato Secretary General has warned
2:03:46 > 2:03:48against further defence cuts, saying the UK is sleepwalking
2:03:48 > 2:03:49into potential calamity.
2:03:49 > 2:03:52Opening a debate on the UK's current Armed Forces capability,
2:03:52 > 2:03:54the Labour former Defence Secretary, Lord Robertson, also questioned US