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HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, at earlier stages of this Bill, with my noble friend Lady Finlay, the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, and the noble Lord, Lord Ribeiro, it was a great pleasure to be…05 Apr 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I made my substantive points when we debated this on Report, so I will not be tedious in repeating all those arguments about the nature of abortion, why I feel there…05 Apr 2022HANSARDEthiopiaMy Lords, is there not a grave danger that, under the cover of darkness provided by the situation in Ukraine, the world could forget what is happening in Tigray? For 17 months…04 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dubs. I entirely agree with what he has just said, and I associate myself with the other amendments in this group…04 Apr 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lord, as a trustee of the Arise Foundation, a charity that works with people who are victims of human trafficking or modern-day slavery, I have certainly seen at first hand…04 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine: War Crimes AllegationsMy Lords, is the Minister able to enlarge on the statement made by the Prime Minister overnight that we will be sending military and police support to the Hague to help with the…04 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine: Rape as a Weapon of WarMy Lords, the concern about the widespread use of sexual violence in war has arisen specifically from a case raised by the Ukrainian MP, Maria Mezentseva, in which a woman was…01 Apr 2022HANSARDHomes for Ukraine SchemeMy Lords, can the Minister say who is the official employed full-time to oversee the process? Will he arrange for him to attend the regular briefings organised by the Foreign…31 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, last week when visiting Lithuania, I was struck when meeting refugees, as the Minister was, that as civilians dropped off their loved ones they returned to Ukraine in…30 Mar 2022HANSARDUkrainian Nationals: Visitor VisasMy Lords, underlining the point about the dire situation that the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, described, will the Minister respond to reports that, according to the United Nations,…22 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, the House will want to move on quickly, so I will not make the speech that I intended to make on this issue, but I would very much like to endorse what the noble…16 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine Sponsorship SchemeMy Lords, I join others in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Harrington, to his post. He comes with a very high reputation for the way in which he dealt with the Syrian refugee…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Eaton, and I rather agree with the points that she has just made. But the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, also knows that…16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillI am glad to hear that, because I was sent a document earlier on saying that there would be a Whip and that people should vote “Content” for this amendment.16 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillIf that is so, I am glad to hear it. Noble Lords will know that, for me, this issue led to my leaving the Liberal Democrats when it became a party policy, so I would love to hear…16 Mar 2022HANSARDUkrainian RefugeesMy Lords, will the noble Lord take the opportunity to pay tribute to the brave Ukrainian train drivers and crew who have evacuated 2 million people since the war began on 24…15 Mar 2022HANSARDSaudi Arabia: Mass ExecutionMy Lords, do not these executions—there were 67 in 2021, 27 in 2020 and now these 81—demonstrate a horrific and rather brutal pattern? Sometimes these executions are carried out…14 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I place on record my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Williams of Trafford. She has heard a lot of complaints about the things that Members of your Lordships’ House…14 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, I can be fairly brief. I support the amendments put forward to your Lordships’ House by the noble Lord, Lord Rosser. In particular, I refer to Amendment 9 in the name of…14 Mar 2022HANSARDBelarusMy Lords, will the Minister take the opportunity to criticise and condemn the reprehensible actions of the Lukashenko regime in Belarus for the way in which it uses refugees as…10 Mar 2022