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HANSARDElections BillI slightly object to that, because the Minister is extending a response to one point to a general point. He was able to read the Second Reading speeches of all noble Lords,…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: BBC World ServiceMy Lords, I have never heard such a dissatisfactory Answer. We are in a global crisis. Ukraine has been invaded by a hostile force which is committing war crimes. One of the most…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI am sorry to interrupt but I think this is an important dialogue to have. We bandy around the words, “strategy” and “long-term strategy” but what we have not had from the…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, I wish to say that one of the issues that I raised, and why these probing amendments are there, is to ask not only how quickly and regularly the…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, this has been an extremely useful exercise. Rather than answers, we have more questions, which I think we will pursue in later debates in terms of not only clause stand…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillJust on that last point—I keep interrupting, but this is Committee and I think it is important that we get clear answers—if a strategy paper said it is okay to take money from…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections Bill10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI was intimately involved in Tower Hamlets. I was general secretary and suspended the mayor from membership of the party at the time. Can the Minister answer the specific…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillMay I interrupt again? The Minister jumps from the specific to the general and keeps saying that this statement is going to be innocuous. The noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, says it…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillOnce again, my Lords, the debate has generated more areas of concern than it has put at ease. Undoubtedly, we will need to think about coming back to some of these issues,…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillJust for the record, I am not Lord Kennedy.10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI thank the noble Lord for his response to this debate. Consultation will be an important part of how we proceed on this and an issue which we will keep emphasising and…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI want to preface my remarks about these amendments, because they relate to a fundamental ingredient of our democratic life and our democratic society. I have often spoken in my…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillLet us be clear about this. We have had the Leader of this House challenge this House when it has simply sent something back, let alone rejected it. Then we have a Prime Minister…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillIt is me again. Here, we are trying to better understand what the Minister means when he repeats reassuring paragraphs, not least, “This is not the Government imposing on the…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillI hope that the Minister can answer the direct point from the noble Lord, Lord Hayward. Although the noble Lord criticised the operation of the Electoral Commission and spoke…10 Mar 2022HANSARDElections BillThe question has been asked better than I was trying to put it. The noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, acknowledged that in this House we are extremely reluctant to use the nuclear…10 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Disasters Emergency Committee AppealMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Howard, mentioned President Zelensky’s moving address to Parliament yesterday. He described the horrific conditions—the killing of children, the…09 Mar 2022HANSARDZimbabweMy Lords, the noble Earl will understand the importance I place on the words of the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad. Last week in Geneva, during the conclusions of the 40th universal…08 Mar 2022