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HANSARDGenocide (Prevention and Response) Bill [HL]I apologise for interrupting, but I asked the noble Lord specifically about the joint assessments on conflict and stability which the Foreign Office undertakes. Why can they not…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]My Lords, in declaring non-financial interests as listed in the register, I express my gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for bringing in this Bill. I entirely endorse what…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHong Kong Security LegislationMy Lords, I declare a non-financial interest as a patron of Hong Kong Watch. In addition to the case of Jimmy Lai, at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong…21 Mar 2024HANSARDHong Kong Security LegislationMy Lords, as there is a moment before we leave this Question, I want to go back to something that I asked the Minister about just a week ago: the way in which we go about…21 Mar 2024HANSARDIndia: Democratic FreedomsMy Lords, in addition to the dangers to minorities identified so far, can the noble Lord assure us that he raises these questions about communal violence, sectarianism and the…14 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Lympne, has made a plea on behalf of Members in another place. Will they have available to them the Government’s response to the report of…12 Mar 2024HANSARDLow and Middle-income Countries: Debt RestructuringMy Lords, with more than $1 trillion owed in debt by 150 countries to China through belt and road, making it the biggest debt collector in the world, what assessment has the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDHaitiMy Lords, 4,000 inmates have been freed from the prisons in Haiti by the gangs, with police stations being burned to the ground. Generally, there is complete anarchy. I welcome…12 Mar 2024HANSARDZimbabwe: SanctionsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for what he said about the importance of targeted rather than indiscriminate sanctions, and support what the noble Lord, Lord Bellingham, said to…07 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will be brief. I follow my noble and learned friend Lord Hope of Craighead and the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, in supporting these amendments. I simply say to…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, before the Minister leaves that point about carrier pigeons, can he say when the response from the Government to the Joint Committee’s report on this Bill will be…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillI disagree with the noble Lord; the amendments are about interim measures. The Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, on which I serve, took evidence on this issue and I want to…06 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillBefore the noble Lord leaves that point, will he also underline, yet again, the importance, within our constitutional proprieties and parliamentary process, of the place of Select…06 Mar 2024HANSARDForeign AffairsMy Lords, few have done more over such a sustained period to promote peace and reconciliation in the Middle East than the noble Baroness, Lady Morris of Bolton, and it is a great…05 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy point on the question of costs was not so much the £0.5 billion, but that the chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee in another place said that this was a staggering amount…04 Mar 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillMy Lords, I will be brief, but I would like to associate myself with the remarks of the noble Lords, Lord Clarke of Nottingham and Lord Howard of Lympne, and the noble Viscount,…04 Mar 2024HANSARDMyanmar: Health SystemMy Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Crisp, both for securing this important Question for Short Debate and for his long and distinguished career in global healthcare…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurTo ask His Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of people killed or displaced throughout Sudan and Darfur during the current conflict, and what assessment…29 Feb 2024HANSARDSudan: DarfurMy Lords, is it not extraordinary that, with thousands dead and over 8 million people displaced, as the Minister has just told us—more than in any other conflict in the world—the…29 Feb 2024HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, in the context of the terrible death of Alexei Navalny, the Minister referred to Vladimir Kara-Murza. I also had the opportunity to meet with his wife, Evgenia, and I…29 Feb 2024