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HANSARDReligious PersecutionMy Lords, I add my thanks to everybody who has spoken, both those whom I pressed to join and those who volunteered. I am glad to see them all and to hear and learn so much. I am…11 Jul 2019HANSARDReligious PersecutionYes. Do not forget that the Commonwealth comprises 2.4 billion people, which is one-third of the world’s population. Somewhere I will try to get an opportunity to say the rest of…11 Jul 2019HANSARDReligious PersecutionI am absolutely with the noble Lord; he has just got there quicker than me—another sign of impatience in the audience. It is more complicated than that because a lot of…11 Jul 2019HANSARDReligious PersecutionThat this House takes note of the extent of persecution of people of faith in this century.11 Jul 2019HANSARDBrexit: Cross-party DiscussionsThe noble Lord, Lord Tomlinson, makes a statement from within Parliament which we all understand and we see the complexities of what is going on. However, it is important to…16 May 2019HANSARDAnimal Health, Plant Health, Seeds and Seed Potatoes (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019My Lords, my noble friend was emphatic about the stringency of the controls over the import of ash wood to this country. I take it that that means that no leaf and no centimetre…13 May 2019HANSARDElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsMy Lords, will there be a sufficient supply of electricity for all these plugs?07 May 2019HANSARDRelationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019My Lords, my noble friend may be coming to this again later, but I think that we need to have a progress report to the House in a year or two, or three, on how this is all…24 Apr 2019HANSARDRelationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019The noble Baroness is quite right. This is an extraordinarily difficult area for teachers to teach in and, sometimes, for parents to talk about. I endorse anyone who says we…24 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, for two minutes, I should like to offer the Opposition Front Bench the advice I have given to various Leaders of the Opposition when they were in my party: never take a…04 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, to support my noble friend Lord Robathan, the point he has not made clearly is that members of the Opposition wish to be sitting on this side of the House, and one day…04 Apr 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI am sorry. I thought my question was self-evident from the start. What is being done to ensure that this aid is distributed throughout the three countries and not pinned down to…19 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiMy Lords, my interest was first sparked by the fact that the cyclone struck three countries: Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. There was no mention of Zimbabwe, either in the…19 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what response the UK is making to help address the impact of Cyclone Idai in parts of southern Africa.19 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiMy Lords, I beg leave to ask a Question of which I have given private notice. In so doing, I declare my interest as a member of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Zimbabwe, with…19 Mar 2019HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) (Abolition of By-Elections) Bill [HL]My Lords, I wish to intervene very briefly to declare an interest as another hereditary Peer and to say that I have a close interest in what is happening here. I want the House to…15 Mar 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, surely that is not an answer. We want to stop the whole thing.04 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, I interpose briefly on the mechanisms of the Church of England. I hope that when Anglicans read this debate, they will remember that they have a duty to be in contact…01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillThis really is very wide of the Bill.01 Mar 2019HANSARDCivil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) BillMy Lords, we have been speaking at length about the constitution and we have gone a good deal wider than the terms of the Bill. I want to heighten just one point about devolution.…01 Mar 2019