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20 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, like all of us in this House, I have been inundated by a flood of mail, by post and online, on this Bill: more than I have ever experienced in my almost 30 years in your…19 Sept 2025HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I much welcome in the gracious Speech the explicit pledge to advance a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, although it seems to be slightly out of…25 Jul 2024HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayMy Lords, it is always such a sobering privilege to make a speech in the Holocaust Memorial Day debate and to think of the millions of people we are trying to honour in…02 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael/GazaMy Lords, I should like to make a few cardinal points emerging from what has been and continues to be a period of such horror and emotion. Unfortunately, I have to start with the…24 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMy Lords, like others I thank the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, for procuring this debate and for the way he phrased the topic. Does the Minister agree that the…07 Mar 2023HANSARDNational Security BillMy Lords, this is a long and detailed Bill which is clearly the product of much consultation and effort over a considerable amount of time by all those currently engaged in the…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, the facts about the arrest of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in April 2016 and her subsequent imprisonment are well known to this House and have been expertly and movingly…02 Dec 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, since before I left government service in 1991, I have been involved one way or another in Afghanistan, with all its complexities with outside forces. Because of time…18 Aug 2021HANSARDAnti-Semitic AttacksMy Lords, does the Minister understand that while all decent people in the United Kingdom disapprove of anti-Semitism and find it abhorrent, there is particular resonance for the…18 May 2021HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the war in the Caucasus over Nagorno-Karabakh is definitely worsening, with an increasing number of casualties, as areas determine to regain…07 Oct 2020HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, does the Minister agree that this long-expected war in the Caucasus is a danger for a wider conflagration that is complicated by Russia and Turkey supporting different…30 Sept 2020HANSARDBahrainMy Lords, by any objective legal judgment, Mohamed Ramadan and Hussain Moosa have not had due process. Why can the FCO not put its mouth where British money is going and very…08 Jul 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackMy Lords, this is another tragic loss of life apparently by the hand of a person recently in prison. Is the Minister confident that the Prison Service has the resources to…23 Jun 2020HANSARDIsrael: West BankMy Lords, does the Minister agree that everyone who wishes the best of futures for both Israel and the Palestinian people should be giving all the support they can to the people…06 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Personal Protective EquipmentMy Lords, I have been puzzled—not for the first time—on the PPE distribution question. The UK has always had a system and structure of deciding on priorities of threats to the…23 Apr 2020HANSARDOlder Persons: Provision of Public ServicesMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Foulkes for giving us the opportunity to discuss this important issue, which, thanks to the BBC, has become very topical in the…13 Jun 2019HANSARDDevolved Administrations: 20th AnniversaryMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, with whose views on constitutional matters I usually find myself very much in agreement. We are indeed at point…22 May 2019HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, one does not often hear these words from the Opposition Benches, but I congratulate the Government, particularly the Home Secretary, on doing the right thing about…28 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationMy Lords, if the noble Baroness really is finished, I will get to my feet. Of all the many things that could be said about the situation we are in, certainly no one can say that…09 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationI am pushed for time. My second-best option is to go back to the people for a people’s vote. I see no option other than those two that does not threaten the well-being of all our…09 Jan 2019