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HANSARDUighur Forced Labour: XinjiangIn March this year, the Government published their own modern slavery statement, which assesses the risk of modern slavery across the £50 billion or thereabouts of their annual…17 Dec 2020HANSARDOnline Harms ConsultationMy Lords, the noble Lord needs to unmute himself. I am afraid that we still cannot hear him, so perhaps we should move on to my noble friend Lord Vaizey and see whether we can…16 Dec 2020HANSARDJurisdiction, Judgments and Applicable Law (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020I wonder if the noble Lord, with his Whiggish view, could come back to the regulations in hand.08 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, we must finish at 8.45 pm but the next group has only five speakers, so if noble Lords are willing to keep their comments brisk and brief then we may just be able to…03 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords for their assistance.01 Dec 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillMy Lords, we need to halt our proceedings before too long so that we can move on to the coronavirus regulations, but the next group of amendments is very small with only a small…01 Dec 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015I am very happy to give that reassurance to my noble friend. Since 2015, the UK has supported more than 15.5 million children in gaining a decent education; over 8 million of them…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015My Lords, I cannot speculate ahead of the Chancellor’s Statement, which I believe he is currently giving in another place. The Government remain firmly committed to helping the…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015My Lords, the Government rely heavily on the capacity, expertise, resilience and flexibility of a number of organisations, such as the ones that the noble Baroness cites. We…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015My Lords, I hope my noble friend understands that I cannot comment on speculation in newspapers. Tomorrow, we will have an opportunity for an informed discussion after noble Lords…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015My Lords, the right reverend Prelate mentioned a large number of things said in Parliament in recent months. As I speak, my right honourable friend is saying something further; we…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015The noble Lord will understand that I cannot speculate on what my right honourable friends may be saying to one another. My right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary led a…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015I share the noble Baroness’s pride. I was an adviser in the coalition Government and worked with my noble friend Lady Sugg; in that capacity, I shared the words that she said in…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015The noble Lord raises important issues about the interconnectedness of these things, which is part of the integrated review that the Government are considering. He will have seen…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015My Lords, my brief does not contain a copy of my right honourable friend’s speech. As is normal with fiscal events, that will be made available to Members in another place and…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015I hope that I can answer my noble friend’s question. The Government are certainly committed to ensuring the robust scrutiny of our aid. In August, my right honourable friend the…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015The noble Lord has an advantage over me in knowing what the Chancellor has said; he had not risen to his feet when I came into the Chamber. His Statement, like all Statements on…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015The noble Lord is right to point to the current circumstances of the pandemic as a forcible reminder of the importance of assisting people around the world: these are global…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015The noble Baroness is right to pay tribute to her noble friend Lord Purvis of Tweed, who took this Bill through your Lordships’ House. She is right to say that it is a proud…25 Nov 2020HANSARDCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) BillI think we might have lost connection with the noble Lord, Lord Rosser. If he can hear us and forgives us, I think we should move on to hear from the Minister.24 Nov 2020