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HANSARDSouth SudanWe have a very strict regime about arms sales, which includes measures that prevent and rule against diversion. We also keep these things incredibly closely monitored. Noble Lords…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSouth SudanThankfully, we live in a free country and our citizens, sometimes in their wisdom, despite the best efforts of the Foreign Office and the advice given by it, decide to go anyway,…01 Dec 2025HANSARDAIDSIt is a tragedy, as the right reverend Prelate said. The former Foreign Secretary David Lammy felt incredibly strongly about this and had an initiative to support the care of…01 Dec 2025HANSARDAIDSWe would not be forgiven, but that is not what we are doing. We are now the third-biggest contributor to the Global Fund, which is the world’s leading mechanism for fighting AIDS,…01 Dec 2025HANSARDAIDSThat would be a fascinating question to put to my colleague the Health Minister, but the issue the noble Lord raises is really important, because it speaks to the point about…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSouth SudanWe continue to encourage all those with any influence over any of the warring parties in Sudan, or the Government or Opposition in South Sudan, to make sure that that influence,…01 Dec 2025HANSARDAIDSMy Lords, the global response to HIV and AIDS has seen outstanding achievements, with infections up to 40% lower globally than in 2010. But, despite this, our work is not done.…01 Dec 2025HANSARDAIDSWe really are, and what the noble Lord said is absolutely right. We should pay tribute to those who care and those who innovate, including the scientists who are finding new…01 Dec 2025HANSARDAIDSThat is such an important point. Noble Lords will have heard the announcement from my right honourable friend Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, this morning about opt-out…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSudanMy Lords, I too start by saying how grateful I am to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leeds for tabling this debate. I pay tribute to his long-standing commitment to Sudan…27 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, as the noble Lord opposite has indicated, it is slightly surprising that the four amendments on establishing a joint UK-Mauritius parliamentary commission or committee…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillI do not think that data is published anywhere, I am afraid. If it is, I shall provide it to the noble Lord. I very much enjoyed the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, as I…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThat is correct, but those payments would not have paid for a legally secure operation of the base alongside our United States allies. Whatever legal geniuses we have opposite us…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillOf course, I would be very happy to do that.25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThat is not too much to ask. We are talking to the Mauritian Government about this, because we want the same thing as the noble Lord. I had hoped that we would be able to say…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I was not sure whether anybody else wanted to follow that last speech. I do not think I have ever seen the Prime Minister drink prosecco—he would prefer a pint, I think.…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, Amendments 19 and 27 from the noble Lords, Lord Callanan and Lord Lilley, now in his place, seek to ensure that Mauritius will be responsible for any illegal migrants…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIn response to the desire of the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, that we are clearer in the Bill about what it does, I have read it a couple of times and honestly do not think that it…25 Nov 2025HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Democratic ResilienceWell, I think anyone who is a close ally of the former leader in Srpska probably would say something like that, and they would not be someone we would look to for guidance on this…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIt depends on what we mean by formal and what that looks like. We have an arrangement at the moment via the contact group and a commitment to strengthen and expand that, to make…25 Nov 2025