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HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy Lords, after that fine prayer, I have just one question. While it is clear that the Hamas butchers should be hunted down for their revolting crimes against humanity and made to…16 Oct 2023HANSARDNet Zero (Economic Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, I apologise for delaying the Front-Bench speakers a few minutes in their replies to what I regard as a really excellent report. In fact, I rate it the best one that has…16 Oct 2023HANSARDSustainable Development Goals SummitDoes my noble friend agree that, while these goals and targets are splendid, there is the small matter of what the UN can do to improve its effectiveness in seeing that they come…21 Sept 2023HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhLet us remember that one more intractable problem is the existence in Baku of thousands of displaced Azerbaijanis from the original struggle. They have lost their lands and are…21 Sept 2023HANSARDUK-EU Relationship (European Affairs Committee Report)My Lords, this report is an impressive survey of our current relations with our European neighbours and the noble Lord, Lord Kinnoull, and his committee deserve congratulations.…20 Sept 2023HANSARDAfrica: PartnershipsMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that one of the most recent, striking acts of African partnership has been the decision of the G20 to admit the entire African Union—all 55…14 Sept 2023HANSARDG20 SummitMy Lords, I welcome the Statement and I am grateful to my noble friend for repeating it. Obviously, I associate myself with the sympathies expressed over the horrific earthquake…12 Sept 2023HANSARDGlobal Famine: SolutionsMy Lords, Russia has attacked grain stores along the Danube. Will my noble friend make sure that we carefully record this crime against humanity when it comes to the reckoning?07 Sept 2023HANSARDCommonwealth GamesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, is quite right. Will the Government work very closely with Marlborough House and the secretariat to ensure that there is momentum behind…07 Sept 2023HANSARDNuclear EnergyThat this House takes note of the role of nuclear energy in securing the future energy supply.07 Sept 2023HANSARDNuclear EnergyMy Lords, I declare an indirect interest in that Mitsubishi Electric, which I advise, while not directly connected to nuclear power station building, is involved in the new…07 Sept 2023HANSARDNuclear EnergyMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his comprehensive wind-up. He answered many of our questions—almost all, I think, although perhaps not one or two. I thank all those who have…07 Sept 2023HANSARDZimbabwe: ElectionMy Lords, I am sure that the Government’s present concerns and those of the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, are quite correct, but will the Minister accept that Zimbabwe is a vast…05 Sept 2023HANSARDLord Chancellor and Law Officers (Constitution Committee Report)My Lords, I join other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Drake, on her skilled chairmanship of the sessions of the committee that gave birth to this report.…20 Jul 2023HANSARDDarfur: Risk of GenocideMy Lords, my noble friend mentioned the African Union and of course we are going to need the support of the African Union consistently in addressing this horror and, indeed,…18 Jul 2023HANSARDBank of England: Interest Rate PolicyHas it occurred to my noble friend’s Treasury colleagues that the stream of increases in Bank of England interest rates is both deflationary, obviously, and inflationary, in that…12 Jul 2023HANSARDWagner GroupDoes my noble friend agree that although all eyes are understandably on Ukraine and Moscow regarding the Wagner Group, the noble Lord, Lord West, is right to raise the activities…11 Jul 2023HANSARDHong Kong: Bounties for Exiled Pro-democracy ActivistsMy Lords, I think it probably is time for the remaining British judges to withdraw from Hong Kong—I think that is in the Minister’s mind as well. Although the British never…06 Jul 2023HANSARDUganda: LGBT PeopleMy Lords, I am glad to have heard the previous question; I am sure that it should have had precedence over mine. I intended to add how glad I am that this situation is affecting…05 Jul 2023HANSARDUganda: LGBT PeopleMy Lords, I am very glad—05 Jul 2023