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HANSARDIntegrated Review: Development AidMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for securing this debate and for the way he introduced it. Since the enactment of the International Development (Official…28 Apr 2021HANSARDRussia: Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Walney, and the noble Baroness, Lady Northover. I want to ask a question that is a variant of the one that I asked on Monday about Hong…22 Apr 2021HANSARDConduct CommitteeAs an amendment to the Motion in the name of Baroness Donaghy, to leave out all the words after “that” and insert “this House thanks the Select Committee for its Report…20 Apr 2021HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Donaghy, for introducing this debate. She brings to our proceedings a decade of experience in your Lordships’ House, but…20 Apr 2021HANSARDConduct CommitteeMy Lords, as I did at the outset, I once again thank the noble Baroness for her introduction to this debate and, indeed, for her wind-up just now. It was a model of moderate…20 Apr 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Pro-Democracy CampaignersMy Lords, while I appreciate that shouting from the sidelines will not have any effect at all on the Government of China, will the Minister accept that these latest convictions…19 Apr 2021HANSARDChina: Convictions of Democracy Campaigners in Hong KongMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Jordan, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, whose work in this field is hugely appreciated and acknowledged. Will the Government not…13 Apr 2021HANSARDHong Kong Courts: British JudgesMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that the rule of law and the permanent and non-permanent judges in Hong Kong deserve all the support we can give them, and that the British…22 Mar 2021HANSARDMozambique: Militant ViolenceMy Lords, the Minister is precisely right that this is as much an economic problem as an aid problem, but the two are linked. Will he accept that an absolute and a relative…17 Mar 2021HANSARDPrisons: Self-harm Among Women PrisonersMy Lords, I refer to my trusteeship of the Prison Reform Trust, set out in the register. The recent PRT report What About Me? , on the impact on children when mothers are involved…15 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Electoral ReformsMy Lords, the Government’s response to the Urgent Question says: “There is still time for the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to step back from further action to restrict the…11 Mar 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I co-signed and spoke in favour of this amendment when it was moved in Committee by the noble Lord, Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames, and supported by the overwhelming…10 Mar 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Democracy MovementMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Alton. The Government have, in the past month, announced asset freezes and travel bans on 19 senior military and government figures in…08 Mar 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friends and other noble Lords who signed Amendments 81, 82 and 83, which, with Amendment 84, take our debate in a slightly different direction…03 Mar 2021HANSARDOperation MidlandMy Lords, Lord Brittan demonstrated that it is possible to maintain one’s dignity in adversity. In the last months of his life, he was cruelly assailed by baseless allegations…11 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I apologise for not taking part on Second Reading, although I have read the Official Report . I also apologise for keeping my noble friend the Minister, new to his job,…03 Feb 2021HANSARDDunlop ReviewMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that if we do not make an effort, Scotland will become a republic separated from the United Kingdom, not because the majority—the moderate…01 Feb 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, this is a lengthy Bill, and although in some respects it is politically uncontroversial, there are many points of technical detail that the House will want to scrutinise…28 Jan 2021HANSARDSerious Criminal Cases BacklogI warmly welcome my noble friend from the next-door chambers to mine in the Middle Temple, both to this House and to his place in government. Will he accept that the £250 million…26 Jan 2021HANSARDOverseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillMy Lords, the speech just given by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, was characteristically clear and compelling. I hope that in Committee we can expand on what he has…20 Jan 2021