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HANSARDBBC: FundingMy Lords—17 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC: FundingMy Lords, there has never been a greater need for the BBC World Service. It is soft power at its best, and it feels very vulnerable in many areas, such as Iran, where it…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSir Edward Heath: Operation ConiferIt a privilege to take part in this debate and I begin by adding my thanks to those of others to my noble friend Lord Lexden. He has been persistent and tenacious, and time and…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSir Edward Heath: Operation ConiferWill my noble friend, at the very least, do as the noble Lord, Lord Lexden, requested and give the Home Secretary a copy of this debate, and underline how unanimous the general…17 Jan 2024HANSARDPost Office (Horizon System) Compensation BillI am glad to follow the noble Baroness, not least because I agree so passionately with what she and others have said about my noble friend Lord Arbuthnot. He has been exemplary in…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold ReformMy Lords, is the delay due in any way to the fact that we have had a significant number of ministerial changes at Secretary of State level?11 Jan 2024HANSARDParliamentary Democracy and Standards in Public LifeMy Lords, I will not follow the noble Lord, although he made some interesting and powerful points. It struck me while my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham, who always brings…11 Jan 2024HANSARDHMRC: Tax ReturnsMy Lords, when my noble friend telephoned, as she said in answer to my noble friend Lord Forsyth, how long did she have to wait before she had a proper answer?10 Jan 2024HANSARDBuilding Repairs: VATMy Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the National Churches Trust and of the Lincolnshire Churches Trust, and one who has been a churchwarden for 36 years. It…14 Dec 2023HANSARDEuropean Political Community SummitTo follow up the question just asked by the noble Earl, will the Prime Minister be conducting a series of bilateral conversations and, if he is doing that, will he include at the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDRwanda TreatyMy Lords, we all completely condemn these terrible criminals, but how many have been apprehended?08 Dec 2023HANSARDLove Matters (Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households Report)My Lords, it is a very great pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate’s splendid speech. Housing is fundamental to decent family life and she is right to make those points. I…08 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipMy Lords, the seventh paragraph of the Statement that was delivered in another place yesterday says that the Government will introduce legislation next week “to give effect to the…07 Dec 2023HANSARDHouse of Lords Appointments CommissionMy Lords—06 Dec 2023HANSARDHouse of Lords Appointments CommissionMy Lords, if the Government truly believe that this is a self-regulating House, which we all take great pride in, why do they not allow a free vote on the subject of a statutory…06 Dec 2023HANSARDUkraine: Humanitarian and Economic SupportMy Lords, I join the welcome to my noble friend and wish him every possible success. Does he share my concern at the slowing up of the counteroffensive in Ukraine? Will he make it…05 Dec 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Deportation from FranceMy Lords, would it not make much more sense if we talked to the French a little more about processing applicants in France, rather than all this rubbish talk about Rwanda?04 Dec 2023HANSARDResidential Leasehold for FlatsMy Lords, will my noble friend convey to Mr Gove the most generous offer made by the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, on behalf of the House, which was apparent from the…30 Nov 2023HANSARDIranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsMy Lords, not a single Member of this House, I would think, believes that there is any answer to this question other than “yes”. Can my noble friend please go back to his…29 Nov 2023HANSARDGeneral Elections: Party-political SpendingMy Lords, in view of the influence that the press very often has on elections, will my noble friend the Minister read the admirable article by my noble friend Lord Hague in…29 Nov 2023