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HANSARDCovid-19: Transparency and Accuracy of StatisticsMy Lords, can the Minister tell us what analysis the Government have made of the root cause and relationship to lockdowns of some 20,000 excess deaths unrelated to Covid-19 during…09 Nov 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Southwark. When we travel on the London Tube, there is a warning to “mind the gap”. In their…09 Nov 2020HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, the shocking treatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe throws into sharp relief the appalling human rights track record of Iran, does it not? Will the Minister therefore…04 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, is there not a grave danger that, in our increasingly secular society, too little account is taken of people’s religious sensibilities, when millions of people from a…03 Nov 2020HANSARDBlood Safety and Quality (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, in thanking the Minister for introducing these statutory instruments, I am conscious of two things. First, they are procedurally necessary because of the decision to…02 Nov 2020HANSARDNagorno-Karabakh: Genocide Emergency AlertMy Lords, the noble Baroness has reminded us that we are signatories to the 1948 convention on the crime of genocide that places a duty on all its signatories to prevent, protect…02 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to be able to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ribeiro, and to support the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, my noble friend Lady Finlay and other…28 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bethell, for the response he has given to the debate, but I have two questions I want to put to him. Like the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, and…28 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, in her prescient, topical and important speech, the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, asked a number of important questions of the Minister. I look forward, as I know other…26 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 12 and the other amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege. In doing so, I also express my support for the amendments in the name…26 Oct 2020HANSARDProject for the Registration of Children as British Citizens v Home OfficeTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the costs of their decision to appeal the decision of the High Court on 19 December 2019 in Project for the…19 Oct 2020HANSARDProject for the Registration of Children as British Citizens v Home OfficeMy Lords, is it not passing strange that the Home Office can calculate the difference between the £640 that it costs to administer the citizenship fee and the £1,012 that it…19 Oct 2020HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, returning to the point the Minister just made about ideology, given the probable return of the Taliban to positions of power in Afghanistan and its ideological…15 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, we come now to Amendments 68 and 76A, which are being taken together. Amendment 76A supersedes Amendment 68 and takes into account remarks made by the Minister, the…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, first, I thank the Minister for the way in which he has addressed the Committee, but also for the time he has given, not just yesterday but at previous meetings, and…13 Oct 2020HANSARDTrade Bill13 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to have been asked to make the concluding Cross-Bench speech at the end of our consideration of the immigration Bill. I thank not only the noble…12 Oct 2020HANSARDProtecting Civilians in Armed ConflictMy Lords, In Nagorno-Karabakh, despite a temporary ceasefire, this NATO country is involved in a deadly proxy war with civilians, including children, continuing to be targeted…12 Oct 2020HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, notwithstanding what the noble Baroness has just said about lessons from the past, has she considered, as I was asked to do while visiting Nagorno-Karabakh, how the…07 Oct 2020HANSARDImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillMy Lords, I am very happy to be a co-signatory to Amendment 27, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord McColl, along with the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, and the noble…06 Oct 2020