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HANSARDDarfur: AtrocitiesMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. The Foreign Secretary has said: “El Obeid is on the precipice of an atrocity”, in a country with an estimated 150,000 fatalities and…24 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Security (State Threats) BillI am grateful for the opportunity to chew at the noble Minister’s ankles again. I want to ask him specifically whether he will continue the discussions that the Security…23 Jun 2026HANSARDNational Security (State Threats) BillMy Lords, no one should be under any illusion about the dangers facing the United Kingdom, principally from Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. Whether it is assassins hunting…23 Jun 2026HANSARDG7 SummitMy Lords, the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe is in Sudan. Can the noble Baroness say what more was said at the G7 summit about the atrocities in Sudan, given that it is a…23 Jun 2026HANSARDHong Kong Economic and Trade OfficeI welcome what the Minister just said about the updating of some of the guidelines but will he return to the report that the Joint Committee on Human Rights published exactly 10…22 Jun 2026HANSARDTransnational Marriage AbandonmentMy Lords, just two nights ago in Parliament, there was a two and a half-hour session organised by one of the all-party parliamentary groups at which a number of women and girls…18 Jun 2026HANSARDIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: ProscriptionMy Lords, I strongly welcome the role that the Minister has played in ensuring that this legislation is brought forward. I remind him of the debate that we had in in your…11 Jun 2026HANSARDBosnia and HerzegovinaMy Lords, on this day last week, the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, spoke powerfully in the debate on genocide and atrocity crimes, pledging support for my Genocide Determination…11 Jun 2026HANSARDConcealed Surveillance Equipment in Government Offices and VehiclesMy Lords, the Minister is always helpful in the replies that he gives to the House, but I press him further on the second limb of the question I put to him about the discovery of…10 Jun 2026HANSARDConcealed Surveillance Equipment in Government Offices and VehiclesTo ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the reported discoveries of concealed surveillance equipment in Government offices and vehicles, what assessment they have made of the…10 Jun 2026HANSARDConcealed Surveillance Equipment in Government Offices and VehiclesI am grateful to the noble Baroness, and to the Minister for that reply. That disclosure was made yesterday to a Select Committee in another place—that a Chinese cellular module…10 Jun 2026HANSARDCuba: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords, in that one-party state which systematically suppresses dissent, freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, which routinely uses sham trials and which imposes…09 Jun 2026HANSARDCombating Atrocity Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and GenocideMy Lords, I am greatly encouraged to have heard our House speak so powerfully, so eloquently, and with such a united voice about our determination to tackle atrocity crimes in…04 Jun 2026HANSARDCombating Atrocity Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and GenocideThat this House takes note of the role of government policy in combating atrocity crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.04 Jun 2026HANSARDCombating Atrocity Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and GenocideMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords participating in today’s debate, along with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, Protection Approaches, and the Coalition…04 Jun 2026HANSARDDemocratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: Ebola OutbreakMy Lords, given what the Minister has rightly said about the systemic challenges facing aid workers and others in the east of the DRC, will she look carefully during her visit to…21 May 2026HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford. As the gracious Address rightly notes, antisemitism, political fragmentation and alienation…21 May 2026HANSARDSupreme Court Dillon JudgmentMy Lords, in thanking the Minister for the way she introduced her response to the Statement this afternoon, I link that with thanks to the Secretary of State, Hilary Benn MP, for…19 May 2026HANSARDSudanMy Lords, in this fourth year of Sudan’s war, will the Minister take the opportunity to underline the link between the 14 million people whom the United Nations High Commissioner…21 Apr 2026HANSARDData Centres: Energy DemandMy Lords, when the Minister last answered on this question, he was good enough to talk about the problem of using Uyghur slave labour in the manufacture of solar panels. He…16 Apr 2026