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HANSARDUK Energy Sources and Cost of EnergyMy Lords, in the light of the Times report earlier this week on energy links between the United Kingdom and Xinjiang, has the Minister read the Joint Committee on Human Rights…19 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, brevity is the order of the day but, like some of my noble friends, I would like to add my support to the amendments that have been laid before your Lordships’ House by…18 Mar 2026HANSARDBBC World Service: SustainabilityMy Lords, has the Minister had the chance to read the debate in your Lordships’ House on 26 February about the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on transnational…17 Mar 2026HANSARDTransnational Repression in the UK (JCHR Report)My Lords, it is an honour to open today’s debate on the Joint Committee on Human Rights report Transnational Repression in the United Kingdom . As chair of the JCHR, I pay tribute…26 Feb 2026HANSARDTransnational Repression in the UK (JCHR Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights Transnational repression in the UK (7th Report, HL Paper 160).26 Feb 2026HANSARDTransnational Repression in the UK (JCHR Report)My Lords, I start by saying how grateful I am to noble Lord, Lord Hanson of Flint, for the way in which he has engaged with the JCHR on this issue, and indeed to his colleague,…26 Feb 2026HANSARDJimmy Lai: Prison SentenceMy Lords, Sebastien Lai, Jimmy Lai’s son, whom many in the House know, said this morning that he had not spoken to his father for five years and that he regarded this sentence—20…09 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, in moving all-party Amendments 472 and 473, I thank the co-sponsors and other supporters, who include the noble Baronesses, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws and Lady Hodgson of…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI ask the noble Lord to continue the discussions with those of us proposing this amendment today, but our amendment is not as ambitious as he suggests. I wish it were, but…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I thank everybody who has participated in this important debate. I was particularly grateful, of course, to the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws, with her…05 Feb 2026HANSARDIranMy Lords, will the Minister commit that we will be unrelenting in working with like-minded nations in holding to account those who have been responsible for these atrocities,…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am very glad that my noble friend has raised that point, because it is very relevant. If, for instance, the Foreign Office were to say to the Attorney-General, “We are bringing…05 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill05 Feb 2026HANSARDChina and JapanMy Lords, following the issue of sanctions, in my case it is one down and three to go. I welcome the intervention that the Prime Minister made on behalf of those parliamentarians…04 Feb 2026HANSARDChina: Human Rights and UK National SecurityTo ask His Majesty’s Government what recent discussions concerning human rights and threats to UK national security they have had with the government of China.02 Feb 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I support the mitigating amendments from a number of noble Lords, but I particularly support the proposition from the noble Baroness, Lady Monckton, that Clause 191…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina: Human Rights and UK National SecurityI am grateful to the Minister for that reply. However, given that no discussions with the sanctioned parliamentarians have taken place, either before the visit or since, can she…02 Feb 2026HANSARDChina: Jimmy LaiMy Lords, in affirming what the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, said, has the Minister seen what Sebastien Lai said last week in advance of the Prime Minister’s visit to Beijing? He…02 Feb 2026HANSARDAsylum and Immigration: ChildrenMy Lords, the Minister will know that the Joint Committee on Human Rights has been in correspondence with the Home Secretary about children who disappeared from asylum…27 Jan 2026HANSARDChinese EmbassyMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement. She made a great deal in her remarks of the quasi-judicial process that has been used. No reference, though,…26 Jan 2026