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HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as the vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Uyghurs. The noble Lord, Lord Grimstone, was very generous to me in his opening remarks,…23 Mar 2021HANSARDChina: Treatment of Uighurs and Taiwanese Airspace IncursionsMy Lords, will we be laying before the United Nations Security Council the 25,000-page report on the Uighurs published last week? It said that the Chinese Communist Party had…18 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsMy Lords, I declare my interests as vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong and as a patron of Hong Kong Watch. Given that BNO is not an accountability…11 Mar 2021HANSARDMyanmar: ProtestersMy Lords, I declare an interest as vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Burma. Can I return the Minister for a moment to the question from my noble…10 Mar 2021HANSARDTigray Conflict: AxumMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, I declare my interest as a vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on…09 Mar 2021HANSARDTigray Conflict: AxumTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports of a massacre at Axum in Tigray, which Amnesty International said may amount to crimes against humanity.09 Mar 2021HANSARDTigray Conflict: AxumMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. With vast numbers of Tigrayans having been displaced and 4 million now facing a manmade famine, reports from Amnesty and Human…09 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Democracy MovementMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. The 47 which he has just referred to brings to more than 100 the arrests now made under the Chinese Communist Party’s draconian…08 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Democracy MovementMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, I declare my interests as vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong…08 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Democracy MovementTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Hong Kong regarding the mass arrests of leaders of the Hong Kong democracy movement.08 Mar 2021HANSARDAnti-slavery Projects: CommonwealthMy Lords, could the Minister say whether there is support in the Government for the calls from the Arise Foundation, a charity of which I am a trustee, for mandatory human rights…04 Mar 2021HANSARDTrade BillLeave out from “disagreed,” to end and insert “do disagree with the Commons in their Amendments 3C and 3D in lieu, and do propose Amendment 3E in lieu—23 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, in declaring my non-financial interests as listed in the register, and turning to Motion B1 and Amendment 3E in lieu, I give notice of my intention to seek the opinion…23 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, the Companion is clear that I should be brief, no longer than three minutes, and I promise to stay within the rules. These have been remarkable speeches and I am…23 Feb 2021HANSARDBeijing Winter Olympic Games 2022My Lords, with 1 million Uighurs incarcerated in Xinjiang, does this not conjure up the spectre of Munich? Does the Minister agree that we should now be giving advice to senior…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, in returning to an issue that I raised at Second Reading, it is a particular pleasure to support Amendment 177A in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Benjamin. I…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Helic. She has said that she normally talks about international affairs, but in speaking to her Amendment 160…08 Feb 2021HANSARDEconomy: RemittancesMy Lords, with the total value of remittances to low and middle-income African countries three times higher than official development aid—which is now being cut—and with a…04 Feb 2021HANSARDEconomy: RemittancesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of remittances (1) on the United Kingdom economy, and (2) from the United Kingdom to the economies of…04 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillAt end insert “and do propose Amendment 3B in lieu—02 Feb 2021