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HANSARDEthiopia: Peace ProcessMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper.05 Dec 2022HANSARDEthiopia: Peace ProcessMy Lords, on Friday, the Associated Press reported that Eritrean forces are continuing their killings of civilians in the Tigray region, and according to the Washington Post…05 Dec 2022HANSARDProtection for Whistleblowing Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, and I commend her comprehensive and detailed speech. She gave a lot of examples and good reasons for…02 Dec 2022HANSARDMetropolitan Police: Crime and MisconductMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Gold, and I thank him for sharing his experience with us. Like others, I want to take the opportunity to thank the noble…01 Dec 2022HANSARDUkraine: Tactical Nuclear WeaponsMy Lords, I too thank and commend the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries, for instituting this important debate and for introducing it so profoundly. Regrettably, we are…01 Dec 2022HANSARDCovid-19: PPE ProcurementMy Lords, experience tells us that the best deterrence against fraud and corruption are the twins of transparency and accountability; in the absence of such transparency and…30 Nov 2022HANSARDUkraine: Russian Drone AttacksMy Lords, the Government are to be commended for imposing sanctions on three individuals and one commercial entity here in the UK who have been responsible in part for the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDUkraine: Post-conflict ReconstructionMy Lords, both Iraq and Afghanistan have taught us that for the rebuilding of a country we need strategic patience, and the international community does not have enough of that.…24 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, it is a privilege—and a coincidence, which I will explain—that I should rise to speak after the noble Lord, Lord McInnes of Kilwinning. I am very pleased that his…23 Nov 2022HANSARDFleet Solid Support ShipsMy Lords, before leaving the European Union and since, we have been told repeatedly that one of the advantages of coming out is that British ships will be built in British yards.…22 Nov 2022HANSARDChild Hunger in SchoolsMy Lords—22 Nov 2022HANSARDTigray Province: Ceasefire AgreementMy Lords, yesterday I met Rita Kashay, a 25 year-old UK citizen of Irob heritage who has been working for the past three months in Tigrayan refugee camps in Sudan, taking and…15 Nov 2022HANSARDTigray Province: Ceasefire AgreementTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) the 2 November ceasefire agreement between the government of Ethiopia and Tigrayan forces, (2) how ceasefire…15 Nov 2022HANSARDScammersMy Lords, today the National Audit Office published a report on fraud, which says in terms that the Government do not have the data they need to understand the full scale of the…15 Nov 2022HANSARDClimate Change: Behaviour ChangeI thank the Minister for that Answer. He will remember that on 20 October, in the debate on net zero and behaviour change, he said more than once that the heat and buildings…03 Nov 2022HANSARDClimate Change: Behaviour ChangeTo ask His Majesty’s Government, further to the advice that they have received from the Climate Change Committee that 62 per cent of emissions reductions involve some form of…03 Nov 2022HANSARDPolice: Vetting, Misconduct and MisogynyMy Lords, in his first Prime Minister’s Questions last week, Rishi Sunak chose to close the session by bragging and baiting the leader of the Opposition—to braying from the Tory…02 Nov 2022HANSARDRoyal Navy: Conduct towards WomenMy Lords, the noble Baroness will recollect that, in the interim report into the behaviour of the Met police, the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, revealed that hundreds of police were…02 Nov 2022HANSARDNational SecurityMy Lords, the daily and repeated Russian missile attacks on Ukraine’s critical national infrastructure are evidence of the importance of this to our national security. Is the…02 Nov 2022HANSARDGenocide Determination Bill [HL]My Lords, I too support this Bill and, like the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, was reminded in the Library briefing that the noble Lord, Lord Alton, has in this place spoken and…28 Oct 2022