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HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI will be brief, given the hour. What advice would the Minister give to Welsh local authorities if they refuse to procure or encourage any local companies to do business with…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, in responding to the debate I invite everybody who heard what I said, and those who did not hear what I said, to read it in Hansard tomorrow. Did anybody hear me…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness. I did not advocate a boycott; that was not my purpose. I was talking about the destruction of the environment in Gaza and the West Bank, and…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI have already done that. On what he calls my favourite hobby of attacking Israel, as it happens, as I said in the foreign affairs debate, the whole strategy for resolving this…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI agree that they are not that similar, and I have never suggested that they are. The reason I brought in the South Africa comparison, and majored on it, is that legal opinion…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, I apologise to the Committee for speaking so soon after my previous contribution, but I will speak to my Amendment 20A. I associate myself with the amendments of the…17 Apr 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI am happy to be interrupted on that point. My point to the noble Lord, and to the whole House, is that this Bill is technically flawed. I refer to the explanatory statement that…17 Apr 2024HANSARDFarmers: Flooding CompensationTo ask His Majesty’s Government what rules apply to compensation payments made to farmers affected by flooding from the Farming Recovery Fund and similar schemes.16 Apr 2024HANSARDFarmers: Flooding CompensationMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer, but why on earth are Ministers not fully compensating all farmers whose entire cropping land is submerged under water? They are at…16 Apr 2024HANSARDForeign AffairsMy Lords, after the Hamas terror of 7 October and the Netanyahu Gaza horror since, I will speak frankly as a former UK Middle East Minister and Secretary of State for Northern…05 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Prime Minister of Israel ruling out a two-state solution with the Palestinians.29 Feb 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineMy Lords, although many of us join the Government in long backing a two-state solution, how realistic is this now, when Prime Minister Netanyahu has firmly ruled it out, Gaza has…29 Feb 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, this is another pernicious piece of legislation attacking the freedom to protest against injustice and oppression except when the Government approve. It is therefore a…20 Feb 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI am sorry to detain the House. Not only do I endorse everything that my noble friend Boateng said, but the American Government under President Reagan also opposed boycott action.…20 Feb 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024My Lords, before I get to the specifics of these two statutory instruments, I ask, in relation to legacy inquests under way in Northern Ireland, is the Minister not extremely…13 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Appointments: Ministerial ResponsibilityMy Lords, is this not a systemic failure of the whole state? The answer to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot, is that the Permanent Secretary is the accounting…07 Feb 2024HANSARDPost Office Appointments: Ministerial ResponsibilityI am sorry, but the Minister has not answered the question from the noble Lord, Lord Arbuthnot.07 Feb 2024HANSARDDevolved Authorities: Expenditure outwith CompetencesMy Lords, does the Minister understand that in Wales the problem is the reverse? The Government sought to indulge in a power grab, particularly following Brexit, of competences…05 Feb 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, especially on climate change and environmental issues. In October, the Institute for Fiscal Studies summed up the…13 Nov 2023