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HANSARDAttacks on JournalistsMy Lords, my particular concern is the protection, or lack of it, for interpreters and translators working alongside many journalists in conflict zones. I declare my interest as a…14 May 2019HANSARDSchools: Modern LanguagesMy Lords, is the Minister aware that an estimated 35% of our MFL teachers are non-UK EU nationals, and that even if every single one of our students now doing languages at…09 Apr 2019HANSARDYemen: Giving Peace a Chance (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, I too am a member of the International Relations Committee and am grateful that we have been given the opportunity to debate this report so soon after its publication,…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: The Erasmus and Horizon Programmes (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I welcome this report from the European Union Committee. My contribution will highlight the importance of the Erasmus+ programme in particular to the teaching, learning…01 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: Foreign Language Teaching and Public Service InterpretingTo ask Her Majesty’s Government how immigration policy post-Brexit will take account of the recruitment of European Union and other foreign nationals to jobs in teaching modern…23 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Foreign Language Teaching and Public Service InterpretingMy Lords, first, I declare my interests as co-chair of the All-Party Group on Modern Languages and vice-president of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. We have a small but…23 Jan 2019