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HANSARDHuman Rights Priority CountriesMy Lords, the main elements of the free trade agreement with Australia were signed by the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of Australia at a meeting in Downing Street in…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHuman Rights Priority CountriesMy Lords, the UK has a strong history of promoting human rights and its values globally with countries of all sizes. By having strong economic relationships with countries, we are…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHuman Rights Priority CountriesMy Lords, as I said in my initial Answer, we will not pursue trade to the exclusion of human rights. We regard both as an important part of deep, mature and wide-ranging…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHuman Rights Priority CountriesMy Lords, we continue to make representations on this important issue. Most recently, UK officials in Juba raised human rights concerns with the deputy Foreign Minister on Friday…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHuman Rights Priority CountriesMy Lords, we continue to raise our concerns directly with the Belarusian authorities via their embassy in London and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk. We continue to speak…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHuman Rights Priority CountriesMy Lords, the Government are clear that more trade does not have to come at the expense of human rights. Our annual report makes that clear. We will continue to show global…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHuman Rights Priority CountriesMy Lords, we have put the protection of human rights around the world at the heart of what we do, including through the publication of the integrated review and our presidency of…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHuman Rights Priority CountriesThe Afghan national detention facility in Parwan was an Afghan-managed and operated facility on the US military base at Bagram and was captured by the Taliban on 15 August. The…13 Sept 2021HANSARDHuman Rights Priority CountriesMy Lords, sadly some EU member states also do not have an unblemished record when it comes to these important rights. LGBT rights are an important part of human rights, and they…13 Sept 2021HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]I am sure that my colleagues appreciate that, but I will certainly convey the feeling of your Lordships’ House today to them to underscore that. In addition, the Mandate…10 Sept 2021HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is an area where I know noble Lords will look at the same things and draw different conclusions, and the scenario that the noble Lord paints is one. Another…10 Sept 2021HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, we have safe and legal routes, such as the vulnerable persons relocation scheme that we set up in relation to Syria and the scheme in relation to Afghanistan, which…10 Sept 2021HANSARDRefugees (Family Reunion) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Ludford, for outlining her Bill on this very important and, as she and other noble Lords have noted, sadly timely issue, and all noble…10 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccinations and Global Public HealthI cannot confirm that number, but I outlined that we drew down some of the Pfizer vaccine for the practical reasons that I gave—the difficulty of distributing and using those…09 Sept 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccinations and Global Public HealthMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Boateng, for tabling this debate and all the noble Lords who have taken part. It has been urgent and passionate, but focused. As the noble…09 Sept 2021HANSARDConference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2021That the draft Order laid before the House on 8 July be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 6 September.08 Sept 2021HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa (Report from the International Relations and Defence Committee)If the Committee will permit me, I will take that back and provide a response once I have been able to discuss it with colleagues at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development…08 Sept 2021HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa (Report from the International Relations and Defence Committee)I am very sorry if the noble Lord missed it, but I did address the points that many noble Lords raised about visas. I noted that my honourable friend the Minister for Africa…08 Sept 2021HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa (Report from the International Relations and Defence Committee)I am indeed. I was not yet winding up, simply saying that I have been able to give but a glimpse of the soft power work that we are doing across Africa. We have one of the largest…08 Sept 2021HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa (Report from the International Relations and Defence Committee)My Lords, I was saying in response to the question raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, that the nine agreements we have signed with 16 countries in Africa represent…08 Sept 2021