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HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I have not spoken previously on the Bill and apologise to the Committee that I could not be here at Second Reading, but I have listened to the debates through the last…07 May 2024HANSARDStudent Loan Interest RatesMy Lords, has the Minister considered the level of graduate earnings currently and the threshold she refers to? Leading on from the question from the noble Lord, Lord Johnson, in…27 Mar 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, the Minister speaks of working with our international partners—I absolutely endorse that—but, in response to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, he…29 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraineI will come back to the Minister, since we still have a few minutes. Perhaps he will recall that it was the United Kingdom that was a signatory to the Budapest memorandum that…29 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, we are right to mark this anniversary, sad though it is, but I must say I am dismayed by the Minister’s complacency in his lack of recognition of two other important…28 Feb 2024HANSARDUK EconomyMy Lords, the Minister referred to global headwinds. Would she accept that an economy such as the United States has experienced exactly the same headwinds? Instead of opening our…21 Feb 2024HANSARDDeath of Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, I have been in this House for 20 years and periodically we have these Statements. We recall this list of names: Sergei Magnitsky, Boris Nemtsov, and now Alexei Navalny.…19 Feb 2024HANSARDProtest MeasuresMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. As the Minister would expect, I looked at this quite carefully in the context of Article 11…13 Feb 2024HANSARDRussell Group Universities: Foreign Student AdmissionsMy Lords, I am speaking in a personal capacity, but I also serve as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which is responsible for compliance with the public sector…01 Feb 2024HANSARDRussell Group Universities: Foreign Student AdmissionsTo ask His Majesty’s Government, following reporting by The Sunday Times on 28 January, what assessment they have made of admission policies for foreign students at Russell Group…01 Feb 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIMy Lords, I will not ask the Minister to respond about the Secretary of State’s role, but the Minister will be aware that assurances have been reported in the papers that RedBird…31 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationMy Lords, I declare an interest as the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The Minister will know that, in the Istanbul convention, which is the foundation of much…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDefending the UK and AlliesMy Lords, this is a sombre moment, because we have seen an escalation provoked entirely by Iran and its proxies, but we must be on our guard not to fall into the trap of…15 Jan 2024HANSARDUniversal Declaration of Human RightsI am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness’s flow, but I want to make it very clear and put on the record that I never advocated leaving. I suggested that the UK Government might…11 Dec 2023HANSARDUniversal Declaration of Human RightsMy Lords, before the Minister sits down, I am afraid I must insist on clarifying the remarks she has attributed to me. I intentionally did not go anywhere near the European…11 Dec 2023HANSARDUniversal Declaration of Human RightsMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the UK’s national equality and human rights body. I will make some remarks in a personal…11 Dec 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, it is instructive that the philosopher John Gray’s new book is called The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism . The reference, of course, is to Thomas Hobbes…21 Sept 2023HANSARDPost Office CompensationMy Lords, I start by acknowledging that the House owes a tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, who has pursued this indefatigably over years. I am very sorry to see that he…19 Sept 2023HANSARDPost Office CompensationI do not wish to detain the House, but can the Minister give the House—perhaps in writing if he does not have the figures now—an assessment of how many other government contracts…19 Sept 2023HANSARDDefence Policy (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)My Lords, it is a pleasure to be able to speak in the gap on this incredibly important, comprehensive and wide-ranging report. I shall not detain the House very long but will just…30 Jun 2023