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HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI think it is. Other noble Lords may think not. I am looking forward to the Minister’s response to make sure that this is clear. I wish to move the Committee on to a specific…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillMy Lords, part of the concern about the Bill is not its narrow scope but that it is extremely broad in its scope. Indeed, it would have a chill effect on decisions made across the…07 May 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy Lords, does the Minister agree that the Israeli Defense Forces advising 100,000 civilians, the majority of whom will be women and children, to move to a so-called humanitarian…07 May 2024HANSARDUK Trade PerformanceMy Lords, as this month we are likely to see the UK economy moving from recession to stagnation, I can imagine that there were briefings in the department a few weeks ago to show…07 May 2024HANSARDEconomic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI am grateful to the Minister for giving way. With respect, she has not answered my question. The Government do not recognise the Government of Israel to represent the Occupied…07 May 2024HANSARDPakistan: UK AidMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow this small convocation. I join all speakers in congratulating our friend the noble Lord, Lord Alton, on securing this debate and his…25 Apr 2024HANSARDSanctions: Russian IndividualsMy Lords, further to the Question of the noble Lord, Lord Hain, Russian oil and gas exports are up 57% over the last year, primarily to African nations and India via an enormous…25 Apr 2024HANSARDFamily Reunion Visas: GazaIs the Minister aware that the immigration tribunal judges found the Home Office’s decision on this to be “irrational”? The concern is even deeper: the Home Office found itself…24 Apr 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillPerhaps the Leader might reflect on the point that my noble friend Lord German made. The Minister, this evening and previously, has said that the Government currently are not in a…22 Apr 2024HANSARDPaying Polluters: UN ReportIs the Minister aware that one of the concerns around ISDS is that it is a secret process, as opposed to a multilateral judicial process that is more transparent? Given the fact…22 Apr 2024HANSARDInternational Mother Earth DayMy Lords, given the decision last week in Scotland, where I live, for Green Party Ministers to ditch their target on climate change, and the concerns raised by the head of the…22 Apr 2024HANSARDSudanMy Lords, I declare an interest, in that I worked intensively with civilians, many in exile in Addis and Nairobi, on the Taqaddam programme. A year and two weeks ago, I met with…18 Apr 2024HANSARDRussia: War Crimes in UkraineMy Lords, in addition to the totality of the consequences of the aggression on Ukraine, as the noble Lord, Lord Alton, said, there are hundreds of thousands of individual victims…17 Apr 2024HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords, the Minister is aware that starvation in conflict is expressly prohibited under customary international humanitarian law. Given the evidence that Samantha Power, the…17 Apr 2024HANSARDAfghan RefugeesMy Lords, the Minister knows that I respect him greatly, but he must understand that it is completely jarring to say that we are working with the UNHCR and the IOM to ensure that…17 Apr 2024HANSARDCouncil of Europe: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, one of the significant committees in the Council of Europe is the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Foreign…16 Apr 2024HANSARDIndia: Freedom of Religion or BeliefMy Lords, the democratic elections in India are a positive for the whole world and are to be commended to the Indian authorities. But all too often there has been harassment and…16 Apr 2024HANSARDChristians: PersecutionMy Lords, I also commend the noble Baroness, Lady Foster, for bringing this debate, with particularly good timing, as she noted, given the religious holiday that is coming up. For…25 Mar 2024HANSARDIsrael and GazaMy Lords, the Minister is aware that I asked the Foreign Secretary last week about concerns over potential breaches of international humanitarian law. The Department for Business…21 Mar 2024HANSARDHong Kong Security LegislationMy Lords, in spite of what the Minister says about the UK saying that there is an ongoing breach, the first time a Minister of His Majesty’s Government visited Hong Kong, it was…21 Mar 2024