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HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Gender-based ViolenceWhat measures are being put in place to ensure that DfID will maintain, and indeed increase, the quality and quantity of its excellent work to protect women and girls, against the…28 Apr 2020HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Ranger on his maiden speech and to my noble friend Lady Sugg on becoming the UK’s first ever special envoy for girls’…10 Mar 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I am ever the optimist, so I believe that the UK can look forward to the new decade and a post-Brexit future. We must be ambitious but smart when we consider how to…07 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechThat an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty as follows: “Most Gracious Sovereign—We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in…22 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechThat an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty as follows: “Most Gracious Sovereign—We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in…21 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechThat an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty as follows: “Most Gracious Sovereign—We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in…17 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechThat an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty as follows: “Most Gracious Sovereign—We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in…16 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechThat an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty as follows: “Most Gracious Sovereign—We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in…15 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechNot by me—the sound was turned off and there were no subtitles. It was a most bizarre experience. Suffice to say, as a consequence of the court’s decision, all three of us from…14 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechIn the non-Prorogation, I was part of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s UK delegation to attend the Commonwealth parliamentarians conference in Uganda. I flew overnight…14 Oct 2019HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, it is my privilege, on behalf of all noble Lords, to thank Her Majesty for honouring our House with her presence to deliver the gracious Speech from the Throne. I am, as…14 Oct 2019HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Human RightsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made on human rights issues working together with the Human Rights Commission of Saudi Arabia.04 Sept 2019HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Human RightsMy Lords, I welcome the work that my noble friend is doing on human rights generally, and particularly with Saudi Arabia. I also welcome the fact that the Government were prepared…04 Sept 2019HANSARDNuclear Weapons (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, I add my congratulations to my noble friend Lord Howell on his excellent introduction to this debate. I thank the clerks and our researcher for this technical, detailed…16 Jul 2019HANSARDG20 SummitMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Howell for introducing this short debate with his customary careful analysis, and pay tribute to his three years as the first ever chairman…08 Jul 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) BillMy Lords, I spoke at Second Reading and like the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, I have read the full debates in another place. It is clear that this matter was fully debated…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) BillMy Lords, yet again, I find myself agreeing with the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler —a habit that I must try to break, but not just yet. It is important that the Bill—it was not…03 Jul 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) BillMy Lords, may I apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, who I have misnamed? It is obviously the shock of agreeing with a Liberal Democrat on the record twice in an…03 Jul 2019HANSARDEuropean Union–Western Balkans SummitMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl on securing this debate. I realise that he has had to wait some time to reschedule it, but it turns out to be just the right moment. After…02 Jul 2019HANSARDWorld Food ProgrammeMy Lords, I welcome the UK’s support for the World Food Programme, particularly in Yemen, where it is so dangerous for it to operate. Can my noble friend please give the UK’s…27 Jun 2019