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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I would like to address Amendments 11 and 12 in my name, which both relate to the terms of the lease. Over the years, I have often heard leaseholders wish they had, or…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIf the noble Lord wants me to go back further, I think it is a shame that we did not follow the advice of Edmund Burke and reach an agreement with the American colonists to give…18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWith the leave of the Committee, I withdraw my amendment.18 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillOf course it was, but they allowed it to be changed from pressure from the Foreign Office. We can go into the archaeology of when this surfaced in the form of government policy…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe noble Lord is making a party-political point, as the Lib Dems always do. I am accepting that both parties are allowing themselves to be driven by the settled policy of the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillThe noble Lord said that we should pursue international law. Does he accept that we have, under the International Court of Justice, an opt-out for disputes between ourselves and…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillWhenever it started, the settled policy of the Foreign Office will probably continue for another 22 years. Anyone who has been a Minister knows that every department has a settled…04 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the powerful speech by my noble friend Lady Foster of Aghadrumsee. I am tempted just to say “ditto” and sit down, but that is not the…04 Nov 2025HANSARDSanitary and Phytosanitary MeasuresCan the Minister confirm that the value of goods exported by the EU to us that will be relieved of any liability to SPS checks is five times the value of the goods that we export…04 Sept 2025HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsDoes the Minister accept that the Government’s proposal, spelled out in its immigration White Paper, to legislate to tell the courts how to interpret the European Convention on…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale. I hope he will not mind me saying that, through the expertise he has brought to this debate, he has…25 Jun 2025HANSARDContracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025My Lords, it is an unusual pleasure for me to be able to support the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, but tonight my cup floweth over, since I am also able to agree…23 Jun 2025HANSARDOfficial Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025Will the Minister give way?09 Jun 2025HANSARDOfficial Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025The Minister has not replied to a single point I made. If the bug does not exist in Ireland, why are we inspecting goods coming from Ireland?09 Jun 2025HANSARDOfficial Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Frost on bringing this regret Motion against these regulations. It is extraordinary that this House is only now considering them…09 Jun 2025HANSARDOfficial Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025I am very grateful to the noble Lord for bringing this up. I am sure he will be able to remind me of the clause in the Northern Ireland protocol—to which the EU signed up—that…09 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillMy Lords, it is my great privilege to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, who is a person on those Benches I have the most respect for when he speaks about these subjects, which…02 Jun 2025HANSARDBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration BillThe noble Baroness is right. I shall sit down.02 Jun 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitMy Lords, I must declare an interest as a French farmer, in a small way, in my smallholding in France. In any case, I would welcome any agreement that I believed would remove or…21 May 2025HANSARDEx-offenders: ReintegrationMy Lords, I congratulate the right reverend Prelate on raising this issue, which is immensely important, much neglected and central to Christian teaching—an innovation from those…15 May 2025