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HANSARDForeign Interference: Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006My Lords, the resilience of Parliament is of fundamental importance to our democracy, but this is now the third named individual about whose subversion activities parliamentarians…19 Jan 2022HANSARDColombia: Human Rights AbusesMy Lords, political activism is one of the clearest examples of personal freedom. The BBC has reported that 145 activists were killed last year in Colombia. The Foreign Secretary…19 Jan 2022HANSARDMiddle East: Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsMy Lords, when we debated the proscription of Hamas, the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, agreed to meet me and the noble Lord, Lord Anderson of Ipswich. Her office has not been in…19 Jan 2022HANSARDMikheil SaakashviliMy Lords, I was in Tbilisi in 2017 shortly after the former president had his citizenship revoked while he was the governor of Odessa, in Ukraine. He subsequently also had his…13 Jan 2022HANSARDDiplomatic Influence Post BrexitIn the policy areas the Minister has outlined, we were able to do that while we were a member of the European Union. When I watched the German election night coverage live, there…12 Jan 2022HANSARDEswatiniMy Lords, the strength of the ITUC report is that it includes African members of the Commonwealth too. Shortly before the lockdown, I led a CPA UK delegation to Namibia. The…12 Jan 2022HANSARDKazakhstanMy Lords, the deaths in the anti-corruption protests are truly tragic but, as was said, the Chatham House report, The UK’s K leptocracy P roblem , highlights in very stark detail…11 Jan 2022HANSARDRussiaMy Lords, we also welcome the opportunity to ask the Government questions on its current position regarding Ukraine. Like many noble Lords, I have visited Ukraine on a number of…10 Jan 2022HANSARDRefugees: Mass DisplacementBefore the Minister moves on, as he rightly said, all those pernicious elements in Africa have been and continue to be present in Nigeria. The Government have cut their support…06 Jan 2022HANSARDRefugees: Mass DisplacementMy Lords, the noble and right reverend Lord, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, commended the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for securing this debate and said that it was prophetic. I agree…06 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19My Lords, I received my two vaccines in Scotland but my booster jab in England. I have been informed by NHS England and NHS Scotland that there is still no way of having that…06 Jan 2022HANSARDVaccine DistributionMy Lords, the Minister just told the House that at this time of great urgent need in developing countries around the world, less than one-third of what the UK committed has been…06 Jan 2022HANSARDUK-Ukraine Credit Support AgreementMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, with his great experience and knowledge from his role within society, but also in the context that he provided for. When the…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPhilippines: Typhoon OdetteThe initial horror of the impact of the typhoon has been compounded, with up to millions of people now affected by lack of sanitation and clean water. In his response to the noble…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPrisons StrategyThe Minister indicated that the PCSC Bill included non-custodial sentences. Can he highlight what they are, and would he say that there will be a net increase or decrease in the…16 Dec 2021HANSARDAjax Noise and Vibration ReviewMy Lords, I can associate these Benches with many of the questions from the noble Lord. He rightly highlights the fact that many government assertions over recent years have not…16 Dec 2021HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksMy Lords, in an earlier answer the Minister said that he had noticed no difficulties in securing trade with the European Union. But the cross-party European Affairs Committee…16 Dec 2021HANSARDInternational Development StrategyThe Minister said that the forward plan for north Africa will be in conflict prevention. The Government have cut all bilateral programme support for all of north Africa for the…16 Dec 2021HANSARDInternational Development StrategyMy Lords, we have been repeatedly told by this Government that global Britain policy is a result of a fully integrated policy-making process, but the integrated review came after…16 Dec 2021HANSARDUighurs in XinjiangMy Lords, the Government have accepted that the human rights abuses against these people is carried out on an industrial scale, but in response to a question I asked the Minister…16 Dec 2021