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HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]16 Jan 2024HANSARDClimate Change: Impact on Developing NationsMy Lords, it is a great privilege to be able to respond to the maiden speech of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Winchester and, on behalf of the whole House, to welcome…11 Jan 2024HANSARDTrial of Jimmy LaiMy Lords, I draw attention to my non-financial interests as listed in the register. I know Jimmy Lai and his family personally, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws,…19 Dec 2023HANSARDPakistan: Afghans Eligible for Resettlement in UKMy Lords, has the Minister read today’s Daily Telegraph , in which the Pakistan Prime Minister cites the British-Rwandan scheme as an example of why they feel it is justified to…18 Dec 2023HANSARDLevelling Up: North-east EnglandMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Beith, and the noble Baroness, Lady Quin, both made a point about the centrality of regenerating transport links in the north of England in order to…14 Dec 2023HANSARDNorth KoreaMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Swire, in a powerful introductory speech, has set the scene brilliantly in providing us with an analytical and sharp analysis of the situation in…14 Dec 2023HANSARDUniversal Declaration of Human RightsMy Lords, few people in your Lordships’ House have had such personal experience of the consequences of when human rights are violated as the noble Baroness, Lady Helic. It is…11 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I am grateful to the Minister for referring explicitly to the supply chain issue. It should form the basis of further discussion, perhaps outside the Committee and before we get…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]My Lords, unlike my noble friend Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, I am afraid that I was not present for the Second Reading debate—I was with the noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, who spoke…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Purvis. Given what the Minister said a few moments ago about Malaysia, I draw his attention to a report in today’s Daily Telegraph about…07 Dec 2023HANSARDTrade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [HL]Can the noble Lord clarify that he would always want that done under the affirmative procedure so that there could be a debate in the House on secondary legislation? I agree with…07 Dec 2023HANSARDChild Labour and Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the DRCMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. Will he initiate an urgent investigation into reports of children standing knee-deep with their bare skin in toxic pools mining for…30 Nov 2023HANSARDChild Labour and Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the DRCTo ask His Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to support international efforts to end the use of child labour from artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic…30 Nov 2023HANSARDUkrainian HolodomorMy Lords, the whole House is deeply indebted to the noble Lord, Lord Risby, for initiating today’s debate, for the way he introduced it and for the work that he has done for the…23 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate today’s maiden speakers and thank the redoubtable noble Baroness, Lady Goldie, for her extraordinary service to your Lordships’ House. I also join the…15 Nov 2023HANSARDLong-Term Strategic Challenges Posed by ChinaMy Lords, I begin by thanking the Leader of the House, the noble Lord, Lord True, for delivering on the promise he gave the House that this debate on the Intelligence and Security…19 Oct 2023HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, two recurring themes in this hugely important debate have been accountability and the changing landscape of international institutions and their response to these…21 Sept 2023HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, notwithstanding the noble Earl’s answers, is he aware of reports only this morning, from Stepanakert, the capital Nagorno-Karabakh, that street fighting is still going…21 Sept 2023HANSARDLibya FloodsMy Lords, the Minister referenced the role of the United Nations. He will have seen reports that UNICEF says that some 300,000 children have been affected and that the number is…19 Sept 2023HANSARDSemiconductors ManufacturingMy Lords, is the Minister aware that some 90% of all advanced semiconductors are produced in Taiwan and that 60% of all semiconductors are produced in Taiwan, mostly by one…18 Sept 2023