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HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, overseas development assistance is often discussed in terms of percentages, ceilings and fiscal headroom. But on the ground, it looks very different: it looks like a…13 Jan 2026HANSARDVaccine Health Technology AssessmentMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Ritchie for arranging for us to have this debate today. It could not be at a more important time for us. Vaccines are one of the clearest…08 Jan 2026HANSARDSudanMy Lords, I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leeds for raising this urgent Question and for his long-standing moral leadership, as he prepares to retire…27 Nov 2025HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Barrow, welcome him to this House and thank him for the work that he has done and will continue to do for the people of Ukraine. I…31 Oct 2025HANSARDEl FasherMy Lords, we know that the elections have been postponed. Women leaders and women candidates are already preparing for office. Sudan has a 35% quota for women but, while all this…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, I thank all those who kindly wrote to me and sent emails, including members of the public, religious organisations, religious leaders and many people in the medical…12 Sept 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord McCabe on his excellent maiden speech today, and I welcome my noble friend Lord Hennessy here. I congratulate my noble friend Lord…18 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI very much thank the Minister and her officers for all the time they have given us over the last year in being able to get this clause on the statutes tonight. I also thank my…14 Jul 2025HANSARDConflict in the Middle EastMy Lords, while we are sitting here, the UN is scaling back its aid due to historic funding cuts. It is cutting back from $44 billion to $29 billion because of a drop in…16 Jun 2025HANSARDPreterm Birth Committee ReportMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, and the members of the committee for this really important report, and for the time at which it has come, because the situation in…06 Jun 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I support Amendments 98, 101 and 101A, and Amendment 101C, which is in my name. Also, I support my noble friends Lady O’Grady, Lady Kennedy and Lady Chakrabarti, and the…19 May 2025HANSARDMiddle East UpdateMy Lords, I accept the Minister’s Statement and thank him very much for all he has done, but at the same time we need to look at the local community. I have asked this before. We…07 May 2025HANSARDFood, Diet and Obesity Committee ReportMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Walmsley on the way she chaired the meeting and kept us together, including making us do a lot of extra homework. It was tremendous,…28 Mar 2025HANSARDModern Slavery Act 2015 Committee ReportMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow my friend the noble Lord, Lord Bates. We worked together in the coalition Government on the question of human trafficking and on…28 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I congratulate my colleagues on their maiden speeches: my noble friends Lady Berger and Lady Gray, the noble Baroness, Lady Cash, and the noble Lord, Lord Young. It was…27 Mar 2025HANSARDConflict in GazaMy Lords, when the Foreign Secretary saw groups recently, did he see women’s peace groups? In terms of aid, what is being done for maternal health, which is desperate in Gaza, and…24 Mar 2025HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human Rights: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for arranging to have this debate and for all his encouragement to me and many others in this House on human rights. I declare my…20 Mar 2025HANSARDSyriaMy Lords, further to the Minister saying that the Government are consulting community workers and organisations, are they insisting that women make up 50% of those groups? At the…13 Mar 2025HANSARDInternational Women’s DayMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, and congratulate her on being made Minister for Women and Equalities in addition to her other activities. I know that she will…06 Mar 2025HANSARDCreative Industries: Creating Jobs and Productivity GrowthMy Lords, I congratulate the three new Members of the House of Lords on their maiden speeches, which were exciting and interesting. I thank my noble friend Lady Thornton for…06 Feb 2025