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HANSARDRefugee Movements: LebanonMy Lords—19 Mar 2026HANSARDTreaty Scrutiny in Westminster (International Agreements Committee Report)My Lords, your Lordships’ International Agreements Committee, on which I have the honour to serve, is a relatively newly established committee, with a mandate that in its…16 Mar 2026HANSARDChildren in Care: Illegal AccommodationThe Minister has rightly made much of the Government’s commitment of more funds for kinship care. When are they are likely to report back to this House and the other place about…12 Mar 2026HANSARDIran and the Middle EastMy Lords, will the Minister agree that, for there to be any stability in the Gulf region and in the Middle East, there will have to be some kind of negotiated outcome on Iran’s…09 Mar 2026HANSARDUK-India: Comprehensive Economic and Trade AgreementMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow and applaud the excellent introductory speech of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith, the former chair of the International Agreements…04 Mar 2026HANSARDForest-Risk CommoditiesMy Lords, I imagine that the Minister is aware that the Government have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Indonesia, which is a substantial producer of…02 Mar 2026HANSARDResetting the UK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, the report we are debating today, so ably introduced by my noble friend Lord Ricketts, is an important one, as it marks the first six months of the follow-up and…26 Feb 2026HANSARDUS TariffsMy Lords, would the Minister say whether the Government’s information leads them to suppose that the President’s choice of 15% and its differential impact on countries was…23 Feb 2026HANSARDUK-EU Customs UnionMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Newby, is surely to be congratulated on his timely choice of topic. The hard fact is that both this House and the other place will be debating how…29 Jan 2026HANSARDIranMy Lords, will the Minister give us some idea of the FCDO’s analysis and whether it demonstrates that this latest outburst of entirely legitimate demonstrations, met with extreme…15 Jan 2026HANSARDUnited States: Withdrawal from International OrganisationsMy Lords, will the Minister take advantage of the visit by the Secretary-General of the United Nations at the end of this week to work with him to sustain the work of these…13 Jan 2026HANSARDIran: ProtestsMy Lords, as someone who served in Her Majesty’s embassy in Tehran many years ago, I express my anguish at what we are seeing being meted out to citizens of Iran who are simply…12 Jan 2026HANSARDUkraine and Wider Operational UpdateMy Lords, will the Minister tell the House whether the Government have had any indication from any Russian source that Russia would accept either British and French peacekeeping…12 Jan 2026HANSARDSchools and Universities: Language LearningWe should be looking at modern languages, with both teaching and learning as a means of promoting our soft power and influence, not as something we could perfectly well do without.08 Jan 2026HANSARDSchools and Universities: Language LearningMy Lords, it is conventional in this House to congratulate the sponsor of a debate, and I will certainly not miss that out on the present occasion because it is high time that the…08 Jan 2026HANSARDBroadcasting: Recent DevelopmentsMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Fowler, has done this House a major favour by sponsoring today’s debate. I will concentrate my own remarks on the aspects of broadcasting which are…08 Jan 2026HANSARDVenezuelaMy Lords, will the Minister accept the commendation of a quotation from a previous Secretary General of the United Nations in a different context, where he observed that that…06 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I wish briefly to speak to Amendment 40 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Callanan. I am struck by the fact that, in all his interventions so far in these debates—at…05 Jan 2026HANSARDUS National Security StrategyMy Lords, does the Minister admit that there is a really rather sharp discrepancy between the lack of virtually any mention in the national security strategy of relations with…16 Dec 2025HANSARDBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillMy Lords, I begin by congratulating the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Whitehead, on his opening speech, his maiden speech, opening his scoring in this House. May his subsequent…02 Dec 2025