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HANSARDEbola Outbreak: Democratic Republic of the CongoMy Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Patel, said, we have the technical ability to tackle Ebola. We know that. This outbreak in the DRC faces an incredibly complex challenge of…20 May 2019HANSARDBrexit: Plant and Animal BiosecurityMy Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Earl. I think that the Minister will be pleased that I have only two questions to add to the impressive list that has already been put…15 May 2019HANSARDIran and Gulf SecurityMy Lords, the principal objective has to be to stop Iran getting a nuclear capability, and we were in that place with the deal, as the noble Lord rightly says. So the only way of…13 May 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilMy Lords, the noble Baroness has now told us more than once in the context of the Statement that the Government’s priority has been the delivery of a deal. Is it not the case that…25 Mar 2019HANSARDInterserveMy Lords, the annual revenues of Interserve were £2.9 billion, two-thirds of which it got from the public sector. The debt holders got this business for approximately £600…20 Mar 2019HANSARDBrexit: Article 50 Period Extension ProcedureMy Lords, I assume that the Government were aware that the other place had a convention dating back to 1604 that you could not bring a proposition substantially the same as one…18 Mar 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Devolved GovernmentMy Lords, has the Prime Minister met with the leaders of any other parties in Northern Ireland to discuss Brexit in the same timescale as she has met with the DUP? All important…18 Mar 2019HANSARDEurotunnelMy Lords, no one believes that this £33 million was paid to Eurotunnel to secure medicines post Brexit. Anyone who knows anything about the legal process knows that, at the door…04 Mar 2019HANSARDIntermediate-range Nuclear Forces TreatyMy Lords, Europe has been the greatest beneficiary of this treaty since 1987. With the suspension of compliance by both the United States and Russia, Europe is now much less…05 Feb 2019HANSARDBrexit: Proposed UK–EU Security Treaty (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord Kirkhope, specifically said—and as the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, adopted and applied—the security of our citizens is the paramount…16 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Proposed UK–EU Security Treaty (European Union Committee Report)My Lords, I am reluctant to intervene on the Minister—I think we are all conscious of the time—but I have been listening carefully to what she has said, and she seems to have…16 Jan 2019HANSARDWestern BalkansMy Lords, I draw your Lordships’ attention to my entry in the Register of Lords’ Interests , particularly my chairmanship of the European Leadership Network. I thank the noble…10 Jan 2019HANSARDBrexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political DeclarationMy Lords, I speak in support of the Motion of my noble friend Lady Smith of Basildon, and I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, for a number of…09 Jan 2019