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HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, it is clear that this situation needs to be resolved urgently, not least to try to ensure a long-term settlement between Azerbaijan and Armenia. What steps are the…17 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 234 in my name. We are at the end of this Committee stage, but this could in a way have been taken at the beginning. We have had an interesting…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that response. As I said, I accept that the Government have been doing quite a lot, but I still believe they can do an awful lot more.…16 Jan 2023HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]The noble Baroness took the next sentence out of my mouth because the advice I was given for my house was to electrify it, but I cannot be guaranteed green, renewable electricity…16 Jan 2023HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceThat this House takes note of His Majesty’s Government’s approach to Official Development Assistance spending.15 Dec 2022HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, as noble Lords may know, this debate was tabled by my noble friend Lady Northover. Unfortunately, she has suffered a close family bereavement and is unable to be here.…15 Dec 2022HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Northover for allowing this debate to happen, and to have had the privilege of introducing it. It has been an extremely good…15 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish IndependenceMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that while this document is strong on nationalist rhetoric, it is almost entirely deficient in detail? Does he say that the SNP does not have…07 Dec 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillI thank the Minister for that response. I understand it, and I genuinely wish him well: that is a very tight timescale and I hope he can be successful. I repeat that I will be…05 Dec 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillMy Lords, I rise to move the amendment in my name. My noble friend Lady Suttie would have been here, but she is recovering from Covid, so the Committee is stuck with me for the…05 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy SecurityMy Lords, the Minister was a little sneering about the alternatives to nuclear power, but has he not considered that the record of nuclear power is one of going massively over…05 Dec 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillMy Lords, first, I join others in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Weir, his maiden speech and his participation in the House. I am absolutely certain that we will hear a great deal…05 Dec 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) BillFrankly, Ministers have to do that all the time; we see them having to explain themselves in the House. The point that the noble Baroness is making is perfectly valid in the sense…05 Dec 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Bill05 Dec 2022HANSARDWorld AIDS DayMy Lords, will the Minister remind the current Chancellor of the Exchequer that, as a newly elected MP and member of the International Development Committee, he led a campaign to…01 Dec 2022HANSARDSri Lanka: Truth CommissionMy Lords, bad governance, conflict and human rights abuses have pushed Sri Lanka to the brink. It is reported that its debt to China is $7.4 billion, or nearly 20% of its public…01 Dec 2022HANSARDSri Lanka: Truth CommissionMy Lords—01 Dec 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court JudgementMy Lords, the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment was predictable end inevitable. It has been a distraction and a complete waste of time and Scottish taxpayers’ money, and I…24 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Sentamu, with that interesting comparison because everybody has said that the one thing the Bill does…23 Nov 2022