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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillMy Lords, I did not intend to contribute to this debate, but sitting here listening to some of the speeches, not least the wonderful remarks we have just heard, reminded me of…26 Jun 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI apologise for not taking part in the Second Reading debate on this Bill, but I have made amends by sitting through the entire debate this afternoon. I am sure that, when I…24 May 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI would like to follow what my noble friend just said, or at least the beginning of his remarks following the speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Boycott. If the Chinese Communist…07 Feb 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillI will add to the comments of the noble Baroness, and declare an interest as the chancellor of a moderately well-known university. A university does not need legal advice in this…07 Dec 2022HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I will speak in support of those observations. I speak at a university that is in receipt of an extraordinary stream of revenue from its academic press. I think it is…07 Dec 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI will not begin by following my noble friend with an autobiographical diversion, but I want to start with what he said at the beginning of his remarks. It is not outwith our…25 Oct 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI support the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and I will be even more brief. It may have been obvious that I have been able to contain my enthusiasm during much of the discussion of this…08 Mar 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI had not meant to intervene in this debate but, from listening to the remarks of the noble and gallant Lord, I felt obliged to, but briefly. I guess I attended many events in…10 Feb 2022HANSARDNationality and Borders BillI will be very brief in supporting that speech and this amendment, not because I do not feel passionately and strongly about it—I do—but, first, out of a late-evening act of…10 Feb 2022HANSARDHong Kong: Human RightsMy Lords, first of all, several noble Lords have referred to the significance of the date. It would be helpful if the Minister could arrange to put in the Library of the House of…04 Jun 2020HANSARDHong KongI think my interests are probably well known. To follow up what the noble Lord, Lord Alton, said about an international contact group, the Minister will know that, as the noble…02 Jun 2020HANSARDHong KongI think my interests are all registered, not least the fact that, like my friend the noble Lord, Lord Wilson, I had the privilege of being Governor of Hong Kong for five years,…24 Oct 2019HANSARDHong KongMy Lords, perhaps I may intervene briefly to make one point to my noble friend. Criticisms have been made of the policing in Hong Kong, but the real problem is that public order…24 Oct 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillPerhaps I may ask my noble friend one simple question. Why did he leave out of the list of those who run the country Mr Dominic Cummings?06 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillPerhaps I can encourage my noble friend to help the House on one point. Can he name anywhere in the world where different customs unions share a border, without the sort of hard…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillDoes my noble friend seriously think that the only reason for Franco-German reconciliation after the war, which is at the heart of European peace and building a new Europe out of…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy Lords, I had not meant to intervene in this debate—and that is true. Having sat through much of the night, benefiting from the wisdom of my noble friends Lord True and Lord…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillThe point I continually make is that absolutely everywhere, whether it is in Switzerland and France, Norway and Sweden or the United States and Canada, if one is in a different…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMy noble friend knows perfectly well that under WTO rules, and for other reasons as well, if the Republic of Ireland is in a separate customs union from Great Britain, there has…05 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) BillMay I be, as usual, of assistance to the Minister, help him to develop the strength of his argument and encourage him to be a very brave Minister? Would he like to tell us that…05 Sept 2019