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HANSARDIncome Equality and SustainabilityMy Lords, I, too, congratulate the most reverend Primate on bringing this debate to us this afternoon. I shall make two points, the first looking at the impact of Covid-19 on the…06 May 2020HANSARDZimbabweMy Lords, the US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols, has stated that the Government must implement a market-based agricultural policy, fully liberalising the trade in grains…11 Mar 2020HANSARDEast Africa: LocustsMy Lords, the UN FAO states that Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are dealing with desert locust swarms of unprecedented size and destructive potential. They threaten to engulf the…04 Feb 2020HANSARDDefence, Diplomacy and Development PolicyMy Lords, I too add my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, on securing this debate and on the admirable way he opened it, given the little enough time we have to…30 Jan 2020HANSARDSudan and South SudanMy Lords, with 14 aid workers killed in Sudan last year, and more than 100 since 2013, Sudan remains one of the most dangerous and needy places in the world. Can the Minister tell…29 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, our current foreign policy strategy includes a capacity to project power and influence throughout the Middle and Far East, yet—as has been pointed out many times in this…07 Jan 2020HANSARDHong KongMy Lords, the Chinese position now—that the “one country, two systems” agreement is obsolete and no longer valid—is a clear breach of an international treaty, ratified in the UN,…24 Oct 2019HANSARDEbola in the Democratic Republic of CongoMy Lords, the Ebola outbreak in west Africa in 2016 resulted in the deaths of more than 11,000 people. The current trajectory of the growth of the disease in the DRC is massive…16 Jul 2019HANSARDRwanda: CHOGM 2020My Lords, experts are reporting that a terrifying Ebola epidemic is out of control in the DRC, even though it had vaccines and experimental drugs from the outset. The World Health…12 Jun 2019HANSARDSudanMy Lords, civilians are being killed close to military headquarters by soldiers in uniform. Journalists are being expelled on the orders of men in uniform. Supplies are being…06 Jun 2019HANSARDAttacks on JournalistsMy Lords, shortly after the London CHOGM, I was approached by the Commonwealth Journalists Association—the CJA. It briefed me on its work on Commonwealth principles on freedom of…14 May 2019HANSARDAttacks on JournalistsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the effectiveness of national and international measures to curb attacks on journalists and the media generally.14 May 2019HANSARDSyria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, the sanctions regime is aimed at encouraging the Government of Zimbabwe and anyone else involved in human rights abuses to respect, as the Minister said, democratic…09 May 2019HANSARDNigeria: FulaniMy Lords, in answering the Question that I put to the Minister last December, he said that the development of policies and plans with European partners to address the escalation…09 May 2019HANSARDBurma (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, I am delighted to thank the Minister for opening the debate and for giving me the opportunity to contribute and talk about Guinea-Bissau, which lies in an incredibly…01 May 2019HANSARDSudanMy Lords, western Governments have supported the forces of freedom and change, but Sudan’s key Gulf lenders back the military council, while African states have called for more…30 Apr 2019HANSARDAfrica: Population GrowthMy Lords, according to the new UN hunger report, the rise in global hunger for the third year in a row is due to the impact of climate shocks, conflicts and economic breakdown.…29 Apr 2019HANSARDBrexit: GibraltarMy Lords, given that Spain publicly states that Gibraltar is her very first foreign policy commitment and interest, where does Gibraltar lie in the interests of the United Kingdom…29 Apr 2019HANSARDCommonwealthMy Lords, first, I declare my interest on the register as the co-chair of the Commonwealth All-Party Parliamentary Group. I will pick up on a point made by the noble Lord, Lord…28 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI too welcome the Government’s immediate response to this crisis. Just over an hour ago, Save the Children reported that, due to the River Buzi in Mozambique bursting its banks,…19 Mar 2019