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HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am grateful for that question and mindful that I did not properly answer the question on this point from the noble Lord, Lord Newby. When I was a Member of the other place, the…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI do not accept entirely the noble Baroness’s parameters. We are where we are, and in our manifesto we set out what the clear red lines were, recognising the public vote on…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am grateful to the noble Earl, who has been a good advocate for exchanges and touring artists. I can tell him that paragraph 15 of the common understanding says: “The European…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI will pass the noble Lord’s comments to the Prime Minister, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and others involved in the negotiations. We will proceed only when it is in the…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy Lords, we are confident about this agreement and confident in our relationship with the EU. All those who export to the EU and have produce going to the EU, as well as all…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am grateful for the noble Baroness’s comments, and she is right about the importance of these particular issues. I cannot give her an exact timeline, because the summit was only…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy Lords, there are another five minutes left.21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am grateful to the noble Lord, who has experience of this. He will know that I have said in this Chamber before that I think it is a great shame that, when the Brexit debate was…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy Lord, the noble Lord makes an experienced and wise point. There is more flesh to be put on the bones of these particular agreements as well. For me, one of the most important…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy Lords, I am grateful to both noble Lords for their contributions on the situation in Gaza. It is dire; it gets worse by the day. Some will have heard Tom Fletcher from the…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI am always happy to accept congratulations. The noble Lord makes a very important point about living in the real world. The issue of alignment came up a moment ago. If you look…21 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy Lords, I will repeat a Statement made by the Prime Minister yesterday. The Statement is as follows: “I will update the House on the three recent trade deals that we have struck…21 May 2025HANSARDGaza Humanitarian FoundationI hope that the noble Baroness heard one of my first comments, which was about the priority of getting the hostages out and released. Recently, Eli Sharabi was released; he was a…13 May 2025HANSARDGaza Humanitarian FoundationThe noble Baroness is absolutely right. Delivering aid and humanitarian aid is not something that you can do on a whim. These people are experienced, have knowledge and expertise…13 May 2025HANSARDGaza Humanitarian FoundationMy noble friend says that there is another scheme in place; I am not sure that there is. There are discussions about it, but I have seen no details. There cannot be any aid…13 May 2025HANSARDGaza Humanitarian FoundationMy Lords, yes, we resumed funding to UNRWA for the very purpose of having people with knowledge and expertise on the ground to get aid in as quickly as possible to save lives. I…13 May 2025HANSARDGaza Humanitarian FoundationMy Lords, it is clear that there is a desperate urgency to get humanitarian aid into Gaza. As the UN has said, it is hard to see how the proposal to distribute aid through private…13 May 2025HANSARDGaza Humanitarian FoundationMy Lords, the blocking of aid into Gaza by Israel has caused enormous suffering. We are aware of the allegations she refers to that Hamas uses humanitarian aid for its own gain,…13 May 2025HANSARDGaza Humanitarian FoundationI am not able to satisfy my noble friend on those points; I do not have that information. We have urged the Israeli Government to share that information, because it would be very…13 May 2025HANSARDGaza Humanitarian FoundationAt the moment, it is an idea. We have seen no evidence that it will go forward. However, the noble Lord is right that humanitarian principles of delivering aid must be consistent…13 May 2025