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HANSARDBosnia and Herzegovina: Democratic ResilienceMy Lords, will the Minister say whether the Government have given or are giving any consideration to the possibility of strengthening the peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and…25 Nov 2025HANSARDPresident Trump: Nuclear Weapons StatementMy Lords, does the Minister not agree that this is the latest instance of the potential use of nuclear weapons being referred to loosely by leaders of the recognised weapon…20 Nov 2025HANSARDUkraine: UK-USA DiscussionsMy Lords, will the Minister accept my thanks for the emphasis she put on the United Nations? Does she recognise that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a fundamental breach of the…19 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, I wonder if he could correct some remarks he has been making about people he has given a Chinese name to. I am not quite sure why he thinks that…18 Nov 2025HANSARDPalestinian RefugeesMy Lords—13 Nov 2025HANSARDCovid-19 Pandemic: CommemorationMy Lords, will the Minister say what the Government’s plans are for the World Health Organization’s pandemic convention, which is moving ahead all too slowly in the United Nations…13 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I have been advised that it is not obligatory for me to declare an interest in this matter but, on the basis that it is better to be safe than sorry, I will do so.…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillForgive me for interrupting, but the noble Baroness said a few minutes ago that the sovereign base area in Cyprus was not the subject of a treaty. It was the subject of three…04 Nov 2025HANSARDCorruption: Low and Middle-income CountriesMy Lords, have His Majesty’s Government made any representations to the United States Administration about their decision not to pursue people who are involved in these corrupt…29 Oct 2025HANSARDFishing and Coastal Growth FundMy Lords, does the Minister agree that this exchange of questions demonstrates a certain absence of knowledge about how much damage was done by the terms in which Brexit was…27 Oct 2025HANSARDWest Papua: DeforestationMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that someone such as me, who has visited West Papua frequently in recent years, can have no doubt whatever about the scale of the…14 Oct 2025HANSARDSanitary and Phytosanitary MeasuresMy Lords, since we are a member of the CPTPP, can the Minister tell us whether any of the other members of that organisation have raised this problem with us and said there will…04 Sept 2025HANSARDSanitary and Phytosanitary MeasuresMy Lords—04 Sept 2025HANSARDStrategic Defence Review 2025My Lords, if we were holding this debate in normal times, I suspect that it would be something of a lap of honour for its three authors, led so ably by that veteran of defence…18 Jul 2025HANSARDSyria: Druze CommunityMy Lords, does the Minister recognise that the history of many centuries shows that Syria is crucial to the stability of not only its own country but the whole region, and that…17 Jul 2025HANSARDDeep Sea Mining in International WatersMy Lords, does the Minister agree that, since we joined the Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1994, this has never been a party-political issue in this country? It has been…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos ArchipelagoMy Lords, today’s debate is odd for two reasons, and that is the one point on which I think I agree with the introductory remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Callanan. First, had the…30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos ArchipelagoMy Lords—30 Jun 2025HANSARDUK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos ArchipelagoI just wanted to ask the noble Lord to address the testimony given to the committee by Sir Christopher Greenwood, rather than having a lot of fun at the expense of Mr Philippe…30 Jun 2025HANSARDGibraltarMy Lords, I welcome the Government’s Statement very warmly, and I declare an interest: I was involved, as a senior official in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in getting the…17 Jun 2025