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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, Amendment 146A in my name requires the voluntary assisted dying commissioner to have particular regard to the right to life under Article 2 of the European Convention on…27 Feb 2026HANSARDTransnational Repression in the UK (JCHR Report)My Lords, I too welcome the noble Lord, Lord Isaac, to your Lordships’ House and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Alton of Liverpool, on his comprehensive and informative opening…26 Feb 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, Amendment 26 standing in my name states that: “Sections 2 to 4 come into force only when the Secretary of State has assessed … the impact of the termination of all…05 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillIn the second instance, this difficulty was greatly compounded by the willingness of the Mauritian Cabinet of Ministers to accept £3 million in 1965 to become a party to the…05 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I wish to make some comments on Amendment 22 in my name, and I will seek not to transgress my time in relation to this one. In Committee, the noble Lords, Lord Lilley…05 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I wish to speak to the six amendments to which I have attached my name in this grouping—Amendments 23 to 25, 27, 52 and 53—and also in support of Amendment 32. I will…05 Jan 2026HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I wish to speak to Amendments 20G and 20H in my name. I have tabled them because I want to probe more deeply whether the consequences of non-ratification are such that…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 31 standing in my name. I want to place on record my appreciation for the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, stepping in last week during the difficult…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, Amendment 20J in my name proposes that Clauses 2 to 4 do not come into force until the Secretary of State has produced a report setting out the reasons for rejecting the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in this debate. I have noticed that no one has spoken against the amendment, other than the Minister who brought her explanation and…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, there has been lot of talk about the rules-based international order in recent years, largely in response to the concern that the reality to which it testifies looks…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey, and the noble Lord, Lord Callanan, for their contributions. Having listened to the Minister, I am wondering whether she will get…25 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, Amendment 81 in my name is in some key senses the most important of all the amendments that I have tabled in Committee. The purpose of Amendment 81 is to probe the…25 Nov 2025HANSARDRadio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025My Lords, I have been provoked to respond to what the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, has said. I had some difficulty in following her, but that might be more my fault than hers—I…20 Nov 2025HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, the people of Northern Ireland have a particular interest in the Chagos islands, because the United Kingdom took on responsibility for the islands and, crucially, a duty…04 Nov 2025HANSARDControl of Mercury (Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am pleased to support the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. There is no doubt that one of our greatest national institutions is the NHS. The people of the…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, on Wednesday we marked World Suicide Prevention Day. This year, the theme was “changing the narrative on suicide”, and we were reminded how simply being willing to open…12 Sept 2025HANSARDCasement Park: Spending ReviewMy Lords, I commend the Minister on her remarks at the beginning. As a former representative of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly, I…23 Jul 2025