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332 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, this is a particularly difficult issue for me. I strongly support the deletion of Clause 11; it is no more than an attempt to abolish an electoral system that has stood…23 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, this is an important amendment. To me, it is the most important in the Bill. It concerns preservation of life in conditions of general pandemics. If you leave worldwide…16 Mar 2022HANSARDElectoral System (Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 Committee Report)My Lords, I was a member of the electoral registration ad hoc Select Committee, so ably chaired by the late Lord Shutt. The tributes will be many and, if I might say so, well…11 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, with thousands dead, millions displaced and little talk of settlement, why not push the case I have repeatedly suggested since 22 February, before the invasion: no NATO…10 Mar 2022HANSARDLocal Government (Disqualification) BillThe noble Lord, Lord Hayward, referred to two excluded categories. Why were they excluded, as this is probably an off-the-shelf Bill?04 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, the unthinkable is happening as this tragedy unfolds. It was the danger of such conflict at the heart of Europe that motivated my three, criticised interventions in our…25 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy Lords, instead of threatening alienation, conflict and isolation, can we not seek, even now, to negotiate the agreed-timeframe non-NATO Ukraine that I have been calling for in…22 Feb 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I want to speak narrowly to subsection (5) of Amendment 292, where it refers to the waiving of intellectual property rights and the protection of undisclosed…09 Feb 2022HANSARDParthenon MarblesMy Lords, how does the Minister respond to Boris Johnson’s earlier elegant words of wisdom, when he wrote, in more romantic times: “The Elgin marbles should leave this northern…08 Feb 2022HANSARDRussia: SanctionsMy Lords, during last Wednesday’s Statement to the House, I suggested that, prior to supporting a proxy war military intervention, and now sanctions, all concerned should read…01 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, instead of dwelling on Russian aggression, why do Ministers not read the recently released declassified material in the National Security Archive at George Washington…26 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccine Patents WaiverMy Lords, if no one is safe until everyone is safe, why cannot the 100-plus vaccine producers referred to by my noble friend Lady Chakrabarti worldwide—in Africa, Asia and Latin…24 Jan 2022HANSARDKazakhstanMy Lords, is not one of the drivers behind Kazakhstan’s unacceptable aggression America’s unrelenting desire to foment trouble in former Soviet satellite states? If our policy is…11 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccine DistributionMy Lords, how do we justify a vaccination programme that leaves the third world innocently unable to stop disease spread to the unvaccinated in the developed world? If the answer…06 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccine DistributionTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had in the last month with vaccine manufacturers on vaccine distribution.06 Jan 2022HANSARDEU–UK Partnership CouncilMy Lords, could we seek to place on the council agenda the whole issue of French threats to blockade channel ports, transport arrangements and compromised channel fishing rights?…16 Dec 2021HANSARDDowning Street Christmas PartiesMy Lords, would the Minister confirm that deliberately misleading Parliament and the House of Commons is contempt under the rules of Parliament? If it is shown that the Prime…09 Dec 2021HANSARDNewport Wafer FabIs not the real issue whether Newport Wafer Fab, now employing around 450, would have survived without positive Chinese intervention offering long-term viability? If there is real…06 Dec 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, what a beautiful, beautiful, moving contribution that was from the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Chelmsford. It is perhaps the finest I have heard in my 20 years…02 Dec 2021HANSARDRivers and Coastal Waters: SewageMy Lords, I have a very simple question. I cannot understand how the Government can trumpet the privatisation of water as a success when companies such as United Utilities not…29 Nov 2021