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HANSARDArmenia and AzerbaijanMy Lords, I strongly endorse what my noble friend said about the noble Baroness, Lady Cox. Will he arrange for her to see and to brief our new Foreign Secretary? The noble…26 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I speak with a sense of something approaching elation from yesterday. We have a new Prime Minister, who appears to be a man of absolute honour—I take up the points made…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillYes, you did.25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI must confess that I am very troubled and puzzled. If the Government have decided that this is what they are going to do, that is incompatible with having proper negotiations.…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I would like to make a suggestion. It seems to me that we are not going to achieve a great deal by going through amendments that are not going to be voted on. I…25 Oct 2022HANSARDDeparture of the Previous Home SecretaryMy Lords, can my noble friend assure me that there will be a full Statement in your Lordships’ House on Monday? I feel very sorry for him. He is not in a position to give details…20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Bassam, made some very important points. Many people have been suggesting that galleries and libraries could be places of refuge where people could…20 Oct 2022HANSARDOlder Persons Commissioner for EnglandMy Lords, could I make a gentle suggestion and say to my noble friend that I am very glad she is thinking of this again? There would be nobody more suited for this job—because he…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy Lords, will my noble friend accept that what is crucial at the moment is that in the country as a whole there should be real confidence in the credibility and the competence of…19 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that we now have a wholly credible Chancellor who fully deserves our support, and that it is important that we have a wholly credible…18 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic SituationMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on twice playing a very straight bat on a very sticky wicket this morning. Will he convey to the Chancellor that it is really important…13 Oct 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, very sadly, it is highly likely that the barbaric—as my noble friend rightly said—treatment that has been meted out in Ukraine this week could lead to more refugees and…12 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillYes, it is entirely proper and consistent with this House’s role to pause, which is all that we are doing, and my noble friend knows that. We had a long conversation the other…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, we have had a very long debate. I have heard every single word of it because I have not been out of the Chamber. I will be very brief. All I say to my noble friends on…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy noble friend is entirely entitled to his opinion, but I remind him that, until very recently—by which I mean the last two weeks—no substantive negotiations took place between…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I have never moved an amendment expressing regret before and I thought long and carefully before putting this one down on the Order Paper. I hope I speak for the whole…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillAt end insert “but that this House regrets the early introduction of this Bill, and calls on His Majesty’s Government to delay further consideration of the Bill for six months, so…11 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillAt end insert “and that the Committee should meet not until 18 April 2023, or until His Majesty’s Government has reached a negotiated settlement with the European Union, whichever…11 Oct 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, it is always a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews. When she was talking of her role as a receiver of distinguished foreign visitors, I immediately…10 Sept 2022HANSARDHorizon EuropeMy Lords, we have a new Prime Minister and her words, when she was Foreign Secretary, have been quoted and my noble friend the Minister has endorsed them. We want to have a new…08 Sept 2022