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HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friends, the new Ministers responsible for foreign affairs and defence, and wish them well. In a broadcast interview this week, the Foreign…25 Jul 2024HANSARDConflict-induced Food InsecurityMy Lords, does the Foreign Secretary agree that the other countries that initially blocked funding for UNRWA have now restored it, with the exception of the United States? Why…21 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I strongly support what my noble friend Lady Drake has put forward in her amendment and very much hope that the Government will respond positively to it and accept it. I…14 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness paints a very rosy picture of the West Bank. From all my experience of being there, it is totally unlike what she is describing. There may be some…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but I am perplexed by her view that foreign policy is simply a matter for central Governments. Foreign policy affects the…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I am puzzled by the speech that the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, has just made. First of all, I do not know why she feels that she can speak up on behalf of the…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I would like to add my support to that already given to the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Willetts. I should declare a past interest, if not a present one. I worked…07 May 2024HANSARDInternational Mother Earth DayMy Lords, given the importance of deforestation as far as climate is concerned, can the Minister celebrate Earth Day by publishing this week the Schedule 17 forest risk due…22 Apr 2024HANSARDUK-African Investment SummitThe Minister mentioned earlier the high proportion of the population of African countries under the age of 25, and that is particularly true of poorer countries. In many of those…18 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillIf I may intervene, this definition debate is like walking through a giant sticky pudding. Most Members of the Committee are utterly confused about exactly what public bodies and…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, could the Minister comment on the actual functions of some of these so-called public bodies? I assume that secondary schools will be regarded as public bodies. They have…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, can I ask the Minister whether it is the intention of this Bill to stop disinvestment in oil and gas companies associated with a particular country or territory?17 Apr 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy Lords, I return to the funding of UNRWA. I found the Minister’s response to my noble friend Lord Collins a little disappointing, given the concern that he and the Foreign…21 Mar 2024HANSARDHigher EducationMy Lords, as my noble friend Lord Blunkett said in his excellent speech, higher education has been one of the UK’s most successful sectors and we must do all we can to sustain…07 Mar 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThis is not just a matter of waiting for Committee; this is a matter of clearing up something very fundamental following questions that have been raised at Second Reading.20 Feb 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, from time to time, bad Bills are introduced, and they have become more frequent over the past 10 years, but in my many years in this House I have not witnessed any worse…20 Feb 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillThe Minister says it is her understanding that this applies. I think her understanding is inadequate on this issue because there is nothing in this Bill that makes a clear…20 Feb 2024HANSARDSituation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesMy Lords, while welcoming much of what the Minister has said, will he tell the House what steps the Government are taking to ensure that the Israeli Government actually respond to…30 Jan 2024HANSARDSmokingMy Lords, I refer to my interests as set out in the register. Would the Minister agree that smoking in pregnancy has enormously damaging effects, leading to much poorer birth…25 Jan 2024HANSARDClimate Change: Impact on Developing NationsMy Lords, we see all too often the terrible impact of climate change on developing countries, from devastating floods in Pakistan to appalling droughts in a number of African…11 Jan 2024