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HANSARDSudanMy Lords, I add my message of gratitude and appreciation for this debate, because the situation in Sudan needs to be taken note of and needs a response. I have visited Sudan many…13 Sept 2024HANSARDPakistan: UK AidI am grateful to my noble friend Lord Alton for initiating this debate on a subject of such current concern, which is not widely reported, and where the suffering of people…25 Apr 2024HANSARDChristians: PersecutionMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for initiating this debate on such an important subject and introducing it so powerfully. I will focus on a detailed account of such persecution…25 Mar 2024HANSARDForeign AffairsMy Lords, I try to use the privilege of speaking in your Lordships’ House to be a voice for people whose voices are not often heard. It is with a very heavy heart today that I…05 Mar 2024HANSARDNorth KoreaMy Lords, like other noble Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Swire, for enabling us to have this debate and to discuss the current threats to peace, security and…14 Dec 2023HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, I was in Armenia and at the border of Nagorno-Karabakh last week. I would like briefly to raise three concerns from personal experience. First, Azerbaijan has trapped…21 Sept 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesMy Lords—10 May 2023HANSARDNHS: NursesMy Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Royal College of Nursing. Recently, I spent five days in hospital. In those five days, I was cared for by one British…10 May 2023HANSARDPersonal StatementMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I wish to make a personal statement. It is with very many regrets that I must apologise to the House. The Commissioner for Standards has…25 Apr 2023HANSARDAzerbaijan: Khojaly MassacreMy Lords, I was present in Nagorno-Karabakh many times during the war in the 1990s and can testify to the reality of events at Khojaly, a town used by the Azeris to fire so many…17 Apr 2023HANSARDMyanmar: Health WorkersMy Lords—07 Mar 2023HANSARDBritish-Iranian RelationsMy Lords, I also congratulate my noble friend Lord Alton on achieving this very important debate. I will use the short time available to give a personal message from Christian…23 Feb 2023HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, my small charity, the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, supports a rehabilitation centre in Karabakh. I recently spoke to the director, who said that the situation is dire:…17 Jan 2023HANSARDNigeriaTo ask His Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Nigeria regarding the violent targeting of Christians, non-Islamist Muslims, and other…07 Dec 2022HANSARDNigeriaMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his very principled reply. Is he aware that, according to Intersociety, 4,020 Christians have been killed by militant Islamists; that more than…07 Dec 2022HANSARDBBC World ServiceMy Lords, I also warmly welcome this debate on the importance of the BBC World Service and congratulate my noble friend Lord Alton on his characteristically superb introduction. I…01 Dec 2022HANSARDArmenia and AzerbaijanTo ask His Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Azerbaijan regarding (1) recent military offensives inside Armenia, and (2) that…26 Oct 2022HANSARDArmenia and AzerbaijanMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his encouraging reply, but I point out that I have visited Armenia twice this year and witnessed the pain inflicted on Armenians by Azerbaijan…26 Oct 2022HANSARDNigeriaTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian and security situation in Nigeria.05 Jul 2022HANSARDNigeriaMy Lords, is the Minister aware that I have visited Nigeria twice this year, once on a parliamentary visit and once with my NGO, HART, and obtained direct evidence of the horrific…05 Jul 2022