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HANSARDMaldives: TariffsMy Lords, could the Minister, who has mentioned a list of countries that have a higher priority than the Maldives for a free trade agreement, tell us which African countries are…14 Dec 2021HANSARDUN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian RefugeesMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his Answer, perhaps more for its tone than its substance. Could he confirm that the figure he gave for 2020-21 contrasts with the figure of £70…09 Dec 2021HANSARDUN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian RefugeesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what the United Kingdom’s contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is in the current year and next…09 Dec 2021HANSARDBeyond Brexit: Institutional Framework (EUC Report)The Minister unfortunately did exactly as I predicted, which is to describe in great detail why nothing was done for the performing artists in the negotiations pre Brexit. He…06 Dec 2021HANSARDBeyond Brexit: Institutional Framework (EUC Report)My Lords, this triple debate surely falls into the “better late than never” category, being nearly a year after the reports were published and with none of the committees and…06 Dec 2021HANSARDBBC: Government SupportMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bragg, for this extremely welcome and timely debate, and incidentally for providing an occasion for the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of…02 Dec 2021HANSARDInternational Development StrategyMy Lords, will the Minister brief the House on any new commitments that were made under the aid programme during the two weeks of the COP 26 conference that he attended? Will they…25 Nov 2021HANSARDChina: GenocideMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Alton has most admirably and in great detail set out the facts that confront us. I will not repeat what he said, because he has been an example to…25 Nov 2021HANSARDFishing: FranceMy Lords, does the Minister appreciate that the House would be in a better position to understand the facts of this extremely complex matter if only the Government had reported to…01 Nov 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Effect of Renegotiation on Other Trade NegotiationsMy Lords, will the Minister tell us what the case is for the UK being the only country in the world which has two separate Ministers and two separate departments, each dealing…21 Oct 2021HANSARDIranMy Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Purvis, I served on the International Relations and Defence Committee of your Lordships’ House. As the noble Lord has said, we came to the very…19 Oct 2021HANSARDHorizon EuropeMy Lords, in his speech in Lisbon last week, the noble Lord, Lord Frost, simply stated flatly that the UK’s request for participation in the Horizon programme had been blocked.…18 Oct 2021HANSARDFree Trade Agreement: Iceland, Liechtenstein and NorwayMy Lords, speaking as a member of your Lordships’ European Affairs Committee, whose report we are debating, I welcome these three agreements. That may surprise the Minister, who…14 Oct 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (EUC Report)The noble Lord mentioned Article 16. Can he answer two questions? First, does he agree with the view expressed in the debate—which I do not agree with—that the European Union…13 Sept 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (EUC Report)My Lords, the report from your Lordships’ European Affairs Committee and its Northern Ireland sub-committee and the introduction to both by our two chairs do not stand alone. They…13 Sept 2021HANSARDArtists and Musicians: Working in EuropeMy Lords, does the Minister share the frustration that many in this House feel at not getting from the Government any estimate of the damage being done by the failure to negotiate…09 Sept 2021HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa (Report from the International Relations and Defence Committee)I recognise the time too and wish to ask a question, because the Minister has not answered at all the two points most frequently raised in this debate: visas and our trade policy,…08 Sept 2021HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa (Report from the International Relations and Defence Committee)My Lords, I, too, served on this committee. I do so no longer but I begin by paying tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Anelay, who did a remarkable job after all of us, I think,…08 Sept 2021HANSARDUK Foreign Aid ProgrammeMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Fowler is providing a necessary opportunity to review the issues at stake when the Government decided to override, unilaterally and without…01 Jul 2021HANSARDRepublic of Cameroon: Economic Partnership AgreementMy Lords, the two trade agreements we are debating today are with two very different countries: Ghana, a flourishing democracy with a robust and growing economy, and Cameroon—[…29 Jun 2021