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HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, will the Minister draw to the attention of his noble friends in the Foreign Office the report this morning from the World Food Programme suggesting that 29% of all the…02 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctionsMy Lords, on the question of justice and war crimes, does the Minister recall the calls made in your Lordships’ House on Friday last for a referral to the International Criminal…01 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Visa Restrictions for RefugeesMy Lords, will the Minister remind the House of the figures that were given to your Lordships during consideration of the Nationality and Borders Bill about the number of people…28 Feb 2022HANSARDRefugees and Asylum SeekersMy Lords, the noble Baroness will have seen the reports over the weekend that maybe as many as 5 million people will become refugees from Ukraine. The UNHCR has estimated that…28 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI join with others in welcoming my noble friend Lord Sedwill and his remarkable, notable and distinguished maiden speech. Yesterday during a meeting, the Ukrainian ambassador…25 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, just three hours ago, at a meeting with the Ukrainian ambassador, he reported fighting in the government district of Kyiv. What more can we do to ensure the safety of…24 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine: OSCE Special Monitoring MissionMy Lords, evidence that the OSCE has seen shows that some 14,000 people have already died in eastern Ukraine, underlining the nature of the threat that Russia poses. Is not now…23 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, has the Leader had a chance to reflect on the request I made to her some weeks ago that there should be a full-scale parliamentary debate, in your Lordships’ House,…22 Feb 2022HANSARDLiving with Covid-19My Lords, will the noble Baroness return to a question put to her by the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Basildon, about the number of lateral flow tests that have come from the…22 Feb 2022HANSARDHong Kong: Political PrisonersIn thanking the noble Lord, I will put to him a question put to me by a courageous Hong Kong activist, Chung Ching Kwong, about young pro-democracy activists most at risk of…22 Feb 2022HANSARDHong Kong: Political PrisonersMy Lords, on behalf of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans, and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper. In so…22 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to support my noble and gallant friend. I feel as though I am part of the infantry. I have been supporting him on this issue for some years, and…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, Amendment 179 stands in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Patten of Barnes, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Falconer of Thoroton, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am grateful to the Minister, but it seems to be the wrong way around. Normally, there is pre-legislative scrutiny of complex and sensitive issues, and this is a classic example…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, the Minister is dealing with these issues with great sensitivity and I welcome the tone of his remarks. He has—I think deliberately—left a number of questions hanging,…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to address Amendments 156A and 156B in this group and to follow the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, and what she said about the…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillIn that case, why do we not wait for that legislation and do it comprehensively, rather than put into law things to which there is so much opposition? Does the Minister also…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Coaker, I refer to a non-financial interest: I am a trustee of the Arise Foundation, which works for victims of human trafficking and…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI know the Minister would expect us to be prepared to do whatever is necessary on Report. However, on the basis of the debate we have had, I thank him for the way he has responded…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI am not entirely taken by surprise, but I think that the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, certainly kept the best till last. I am delighted that he has put flesh on the bones of the…10 Feb 2022