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HANSARDGenocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]My Lords, I would like the opportunity, with the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, to speak briefly to the purpose of this Bill and the stage we have now reached. Noble Lords will remember…17 May 2024HANSARDGenocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]That the order of commitment be discharged.29 Apr 2024HANSARDGenocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or indeed to speak in…29 Apr 2024HANSARDRussia: War Crimes in UkraineMy Lords—17 Apr 2024HANSARDRussia: War Crimes in UkraineMy Lords, I do not think that the Labour Benches have yet had a chance, so if I may. As we are talking about war criminals and crimes committed by the Russians, there is a matter…17 Apr 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords, I listened carefully to the Minister’s reference to the terrible event of 1 April when the humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen were targeted by drones…17 Apr 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]I am perfectly happy to say that some innocent dupes are used by some of the organisations funded in this way. This organisation claims that its tireless work helped the United…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]It is quite clear that the purpose of the Bill is to seek to roll back advances that have been made in relation to abortion, and to try to reduce the time limits we currently…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]Why do noble Lords who are proposing and supporting this Bill assume that the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is not capable of researching in the way that the…22 Mar 2024HANSARDGenocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.22 Mar 2024HANSARDGenocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to propose, for your Lordships’ consideration, a statutory mandate for the prevention of and response to genocide and atrocity crimes.…22 Mar 2024HANSARDGenocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the Minister for such a comprehensive response to the Bill and for being generally supportive to it. I know that, when it comes to Private Members’ Bills, there…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]My Lords, when I saw this Bill on our prospectus I was immediately suspicious. It follows close on the heels of an effort during the Public Order Bill to enable protests on the…22 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I was not on the visit to Rwanda with the committee, but I looked at all the notes that were taken, and I want to make it clear that, while the constitution of Rwanda…06 Mar 2024HANSARDForeign AffairsMy Lords, as others have mentioned, it is two years since Russia invaded Ukraine. Soon after the war started, I was appointed to a legal task force to advise on war crimes. My…05 Mar 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, as has been said, this Bill is flawed, poorly drafted and damaging. It is likely to have a detrimental impact on the UK’s ability to protect and promote human rights…20 Feb 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI just want to read the noble Lord a quotation from the Israeli National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir. He says that to encourage the exodus of Gaza’s inhabitants and the…20 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I support the two amendments just mentioned by my noble friend Lord Cashman. I remind the Committee, in relation to the LGBT community, that when the law was changed in…19 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI have not taken part in this debate—I came in only earlier this afternoon—but on this I have some information. It is that the mental health situation in Rwanda is very poor. The…14 Feb 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, all of us lawyers can tell war stories about cases that we have been involved in or that we remember, but the first test of the declaration of incompatibility happened…14 Feb 2024