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HANSARDUK Foreign Policy in a Shifting World Order (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, there has been a stream of superb speeches—I thought of nipping out for a sandwich but decided I would prefer to hear every speech, including the kind and very…21 May 2019HANSARDUK Foreign Policy in a Shifting World Order (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, in particular the fact that I am an adviser to two major Japanese companies. The scope of the report before your…21 May 2019HANSARDHS2My Lords, I declare an interest as an adviser to Japanese high-speed rail. Is the Minister aware that the Japanese have long argued that these figures are interesting for the…20 May 2019HANSARDVeterans: InvestigationsMy Lords, I declare an interest as having been a Minister for Northern Ireland 45 years ago at some of the bloodiest times and during some of the most terrible atrocities. I…16 May 2019HANSARDIran and Gulf SecurityMy Lords, my noble friend will be aware that your Lordships’ International Relations Committee has taken detailed evidence on this agreement and the American attitude to it. While…13 May 2019HANSARDSocial Housing: Older PeopleIs my noble friend aware that 7,000 high-quality new homes are being built per day in the Republic of India—which, admittedly, is larger than us and probably quite soon will be…09 May 2019HANSARDSri Lanka: UNHCR RefugeesMy Lords, we are dealing here with not one but two members of the Commonwealth family. Can we be assured that, in our position as chair of the Commonwealth, working with the…09 May 2019HANSARDIran Nuclear DealMy Lords, pursuing the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Campbell, is it not the case that the United States has sent a carrier fleet and a new bomber task force to the Gulf? The…08 May 2019HANSARDClimate EmergencyMy Lords, in support of the point made by the Labour Member just now, and in light of the fact that 99.3% of all carbon emission increases arise not, alas, in this country but in…07 May 2019HANSARDReducing Greenhouse Gas EmissionsMy Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the Windsor Energy Group and a consultant to Mitsubishi Electric. We always say that these debates are timely, but this debate…02 May 2019HANSARDReducing Greenhouse Gas EmissionsI hope that my noble friend will forgive me for interrupting, but he is obviously coming to the end of his speech. Our green targets, and indeed those of the wider world, depend…02 May 2019HANSARDSudanMy Lords, while we should do everything possible on the humanitarian side arising from these events, as the noble Baroness, Lady Cox, urges—not just in Sudan but throughout the…30 Apr 2019HANSARDBrunei: Anti-LGBT LawsMy Lords, will my noble friend listen very carefully to what the noble Lords, Lord Cashman and Lord Lexden, have said? Most Islamic scholars now recognise that of course the…11 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilMy Lords, this is welcome breathing space. We know that the withdrawal agreement is fixed and cannot be opened, but the cross-party talks have shown differences about the…11 Apr 2019HANSARDFuel PovertyMy Lords, as renewable energy prices become more and more competitive with new technology, would one fairly simple way to ease fuel poverty not be to reduce the subsidy charge on…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, with his crystal clear legal mind. I shall study his amendment with great interest when it is tabled.…04 Apr 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillThe noble Lord is both wrong and right. He is right that the referendum was a simple choice. What did it show? It was not a decisive view either way; it showed that the country…04 Apr 2019HANSARDYemen: Giving Peace a Chance (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, in this debate we are dealing with a short report—or rather, it might be said, a list of observations and questions—on the deeply troubling issue of the continuing…01 Apr 2019HANSARDYemen: Giving Peace a Chance (International Relations Committee Report)My Lords, it only remains for me to express my warm gratitude to all noble Lords who have taken part in this short debate, and I express gratitude to the Minister for his summing…01 Apr 2019HANSARDYemen: Giving Peace a Chance (International Relations Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the International Relations Committee Yemen: giving peace a chance (6th Report, HL Paper 290).01 Apr 2019