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HANSARDUkraine: NATO MembershipTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking, if any, (1) to encourage Ukraine to apply for membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and (2) to…24 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022My Lords, a few days ago, I was in the House of Commons at a meeting of the All-Party Parliament Group on Russia at which the ambassador said quite clearly that Russia had no…24 Feb 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, this is a very interesting Bill. It gets us into an even bigger mess than we were in before we started. I believe in the principle of no representation without taxation.…23 Feb 2022HANSARDEurope: Foreign Policy and Defence Co-operationMy Lords, does the Minister accept that getting behind France and Germany, particularly on the issue of NATO expansion, would be a positive contribution towards building a…21 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I welcome the amendment put forward by the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and will make what have been described as technical points. While I think this is a very good…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAutocrats, Kleptocrats and PopulistsMy Lords, I hope that we are not going to deteriorate into a sort of two-party or three-party squabble, because the Question that the noble Lord has put on the agenda is a…03 Feb 2022HANSARDSchool Trips: Passport and Visa RequirementsMy Lords, in an answer last June, the Minister suggested that collective passports under the 1961 Council of Europe treaty could be used. It turns out that these can be used only…02 Feb 2022HANSARDStatus of Workers Bill [HL]My Lords, I have made this speech on a number of occasions. There are roughly 6 million trade unionists in Britain, and a third of them—2 million—vote for the party on these…28 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraine: Minsk II ProtocolMy Lords, does the Minister not accept that the Minsk II agreement has not been implemented on either side, and that what we need is to get negotiations going on an open basis…26 Jan 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, to follow up on the question from the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, two months after Stalin’s death, Churchill said in another place: “I do not believe that the…26 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghanistan (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)My Lords, I join everyone in welcoming the report and thanking our chairman for producing it. I also echo the problem that we have with it being more than a year old. This is not…24 Jan 2022HANSARDSocial Media: Deaths of ChildrenMy Lords, I was looking for something original to say in this debate, so I went back to my previous existence as a Member of the European Parliament. One of the things that is…20 Jan 2022HANSARDDiplomatic Influence Post BrexitI thank the Minister for his reply, in which he did not actually deal with the Question: whether we have lost diplomatic influence since we ceased to be a participant in the…12 Jan 2022HANSARDDiplomatic Influence Post BrexitTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the change in the United Kingdom’s diplomatic influence since it ceased to be a participant in the political…12 Jan 2022HANSARDRussiaMy Lords, perhaps I might start by pointing out that it is often a good idea to understand what your opponent actually wants. Last week, it was stated in the other place that…10 Jan 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Desai. I have been listening to him since 1967 and have never failed to be amused, entertained and even educated…05 Jan 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyMy Lords, I shall begin with two points that I do not think anyone will disagree with. First, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, on obtaining this debate and,…16 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraine and Russia: Military DevelopmentsMy Lords, there have been a lot of difficulties in Ukraine, partly with the non-implementation of the agreement made in Minsk, the need for talks about the future of eastern…08 Dec 2021HANSARDHouse of Lords: GovernanceMy Lords, I have also been promoted somewhat up the batting order, as they say, but I will try to survive the first ball. The first thing that struck me about this debate is how…08 Dec 2021HANSARDUkraine and Russia: Military DevelopmentsMy Lords—08 Dec 2021