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HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillOh!31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI know that it is late; it is very kind of the Minister to give way. Just so we are crystal clear, that means that we have formally sought EU member states to seek a new mandate…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I am grateful for both the Minister’s full response and his offer to write when he has reviewed some of our questions. I still have questions over what “classes of…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Bill31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Suttie in her amendments. Notwithstanding the appeal from the noble Lord, Lord Cormack, these Benches do not need to be persuaded of his…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to Clauses 5 and 6 standing part. There is consistency in some of the arguments to some extent, so this will not necessarily need to be as long. As…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol Bill31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. I know that we will come on to the application of EU law in later groups, but since the Minister has helpfully referred to that, it…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillMy Lords, I want to rise very briefly in support of these amendments and also to say that my noble friend Lady Ludford made an extremely clear and very good case. I just want to…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillThe Government have admitted that these are breaches of the obligations under the protocol because they have invoked the defence of necessity for wrongful acts. You cannot invoke…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI thank the Minister for his response. We will get to SPS issues later, as well as some of the customs elements that the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, highlighted. I thank the Minister…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillLet us have an extra set of processes if we are now scrutinising alternative proposals. We are holding the Government to account here and trying to scrutinise the information.…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillI rise to move Amendment 7 and to perhaps add some mascara to this porcine proposal for the satisfaction of the noble Lord, Lord Kerr. I tried to give a preview of the excitement…31 Oct 2022HANSARDWomen, Peace and Security Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a privilege to speak in this debate, with so much evident expertise and experience on display. The noble Baroness, Lady Goudie, was right: it would have been…28 Oct 2022HANSARDWomen, Peace and Security Bill [HL]On the issue of funding, could the Minister address the point raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg? Does the former Foreign Secretary’s commitment to reverse all cuts to women…28 Oct 2022HANSARD50th Anniversary of the Expulsion of Asians from UgandaMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sherbourne, was absolutely right: this is an important debate, and it has been absolutely fascinating. It has been historical in nature, but I…27 Oct 2022HANSARDIran: DemonstrationsMy Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans for bringing this Topical Question to debate for us. As he introduced it so well, it is about a blend of our…27 Oct 2022HANSARDZimbabweMy Lords, I admire my noble friend’s consistency on this issue. I am afraid that this consistency is not reflected in the Ministers for Africa; we will now be on our sixth in just…27 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I am very grateful for that offer. I am very happy for it to be multilateral rather than bilateral if that assists the Committee. If the Minister wants to make officials available…26 Oct 2022HANSARDArmenia and AzerbaijanMy Lords, just before the pandemic, I participated in dialogue sessions with young people from Armenia and Azerbaijan in Georgia. Will the Minister ensure that any work of…26 Oct 2022