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HANSARDInternational Development Strategy: VolunteeringMy Lords, I have to be honest that I do not know a huge amount about this scheme; it has been raised in previous debates on this issue, but only at a very high level, so I cannot…12 Jul 2022HANSARDInternational Development Strategy: VolunteeringThe right reverend Prelate makes an extremely good point. It is hard to know which Ministers will be responding to the invitation when it comes to the Foreign Office, but I assure…12 Jul 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Single-Use Plastics) Regulations 2022I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. Although the instrument that we are discussing is fairly narrow, the topics covered have been very broad, and rightly…12 Jul 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and ExperiencesThe noble Lord is right, and it is a real shame because the RSPB thought that it had succeeded, until it caught a single mouse on a camera trap, but obviously that means there are…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and ExperiencesI did recently visit Chester Zoo, and it was a hugely eye-opening experience and, in many respects, inspiring. I would say that it is probably the leading organisation in the…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and ExperiencesThis is a question that goes way beyond my own pay grade. All I can tell the noble Lord is that I am working very hard to bring the full range of animal welfare measures that we…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and ExperiencesIt is an important point and in fact, to give it credit, the Association of British Travel Agents—ABTA—has updated and published guidelines on a whole range of activities which it…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and ExperiencesAs the noble Baroness will know, in the kept animals Bill that we were just talking about, there will be measures to prohibit the keeping of primates as pets. That will, I think,…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and ExperiencesMy Lords, the kept animals Bill is making its way through the process. It is still in the other place; it will be coming here shortly—I am afraid that I do not know the date, but…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and ExperiencesMy Lords, the Government very much appreciate the work that that organisation has done and share the view that numerous attractions, many of them advertised here in the UK,…20 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and ExperiencesMy Lords, as the Government set out in Our A ction P lan for A nimal W elfare , we are committed to promoting high animal welfare standards, both at home and abroad. We want to…20 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraineThe noble Baroness is absolutely right to highlight this. I mentioned earlier, as did the noble Lord, Lord Collins, that the scale of food production for which Ukraine is…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraineIn reverse order, I am going to have to refer the noble Viscount to a previous answer—that it is not for the UK Government to be prescriptive. There are principles that we can…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraineI strongly agree with the right reverend Prelate’s remarks. I am certain that my colleagues and fellow Ministers at the Foreign Office, for whom I am standing in, would be very…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraineI apologise for the length of my previous answer—I have not fully mastered the protocols of this format, and I thought that I was meant to be giving a more substantial answer. I…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraineI thank the noble Lord for his comments. There is always a risk that people adjust to appalling things, and things which are entirely abnormal become normal. Before coming to the…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraineThe noble Lord is forgiven. I welcome the words from the noble Lord, Lord Collins, and the emphasis he placed on the genuine cross-party nature of the support that this country…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraineMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made earlier to the other place by my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary: “I would like to update…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine and Neighbouring Countries: ODAIt is a very valuable suggestion, but I cannot unilaterally make decisions of the sort that would be needed at the Dispatch Box. I will certainly raise the issue as he has put it…16 Jun 2022HANSARDUkraine and Neighbouring Countries: ODAThe financial humanitarian support that is being provided comes from our ODA budget, but I do not believe that we are facing the choice the noble Lord has presented to the House.…16 Jun 2022