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HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]17 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]I thank all noble Lords who have spoken to these amendments. I was slightly surprised that my noble friend Lady Meacher was so hostile to my amendment, as it would not require the…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a very simple amendment designed to give those divorcing or separating some basic information. It would require a court to “send, to the applicant and to the…03 Mar 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, leaving aside the fundamental principle behind this amendment, there seems to me to be a real weakness in the wording of the proposed new subsection (2)(a), which says…03 Mar 2020HANSARDTree Pests and DiseasesMy Lords, I too thank the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, for introducing this very important subject at such a crucial time. I will…13 Feb 2020HANSARDInternational Development: Aid DistributionI thank the Minister for her Answer. As she will know, our policy sets out four objectives of aid. The first has to do with security and good governance, the last with supporting…06 Feb 2020HANSARDInternational Development: Aid DistributionTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that aid is directed by the Department for International Development to the most vulnerable.06 Feb 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [HL]My Lords, the Church of England has sometimes been too slow in recognising needed changes in the law. Occasionally, however, it has pioneered the way. The idea of irretrievable…05 Feb 2020HANSARDGene EditingMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, for introducing this debate with her usual clarity and for the extraordinarily powerful speeches that we have heard from noble…30 Jan 2020HANSARDHammersmith BridgeMy Lords, I am afraid I also have to declare an interest. Does the Minister think that there are lessons to be learned from this for the long term? It has been predicted for years…07 Jan 2020HANSARDSyria: Withdrawal of US TroopsWhat is the United Kingdom Government’s long-term policy towards the Kurdish people? As we know, they were the one nation left after the First World War with no territory of their…08 Oct 2019HANSARDHuman Rights: Future TradeMy Lords, I begin by welcoming the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, to the Dispatch Box. She is a stalwart defender of human rights, particularly the right to religious freedom, and…03 Oct 2019HANSARDHuman Rights: Future TradeI thank all those who have spoken in this debate. There have been, quite properly, different perspectives on different parts of the world and different aspects of human rights.…03 Oct 2019HANSARDHuman Rights: Future TradeThat this House takes note of the case for ensuring that human rights are respected in any future trade deals with other countries.03 Oct 2019HANSARDDevelopment Aid: PakistanI thank the Minister for his reply, particularly for saying that DfID focuses on the most vulnerable, but in Pakistan this is simply not happening. There are communities there…02 Oct 2019HANSARDDevelopment Aid: PakistanTo ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take steps to ensure that the United Kingdom’s development aid supports the most vulnerable minorities, particularly in Pakistan.02 Oct 2019HANSARDNuclear Weapons (International Relations Committee Report)I thank the committee for its truly excellent report, which rightly draws attention to the serious dangers faced by the world today with its rising nuclear risk but does so in a…16 Jul 2019HANSARDPakistan: Aid Programmes and Human RightsMy Lords, I was talking recently to a distinguished Pakistan citizen, with businesses around the world. I asked him what life was like in Pakistan at the moment. “Just like here”,…02 Jul 2019HANSARDAsh DiebackI thank the Minister for his reply, particularly for the encouraging news about ongoing research. Does he agree that neither the Government nor the country as a whole have woken…25 Jun 2019