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HANSARDEuropean Union: Border Control ChecksTo ask the Minister of State at the Cabinet Office (Lord Frost) what plans Her Majesty’s Government have, if any, to extend easements to border control checks on goods from the…16 Dec 2021HANSARDBosnia-HerzegovinaMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, for bringing this debate to us. He introduced it so well and so clearly, and he gave us an opportunity to…16 Dec 2021HANSARDFCDO StaffingMy Lords, I think that everyone knows that morale in the FCDO is low, that the merger of the two departments was handled poorly and that the report of the whistleblower mentioned…16 Dec 2021HANSARDUN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian RefugeesI met the Commissioner-General of UNRWA on his recent visit to London and have visited two UNRWA facilities. Young people from the Shatila camp in Lebanon came to meet me because…09 Dec 2021HANSARDNorthern Ireland: Supply of MedicinesMy Lords, the Minister forgot to answer the second question from the noble Lord, Lord Dodds: why were medicines there in the first place?09 Dec 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, I also very warmly commend my noble friend Lord Roberts for securing this very important debate. I commend his essential humanity in what he brings to this Chamber and…02 Dec 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, I think the mood of the House is to want to hear answers from the Minister to the questions which the noble Lord, Lord Collins, so clearly asked in introducing this…02 Dec 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccination in Developing CountriesMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to his position; it is the first time I have been able to do so. But does he not understand that at the very time our Government are asking our…02 Dec 2021HANSARDStorm ArwenMy Lords, I associate myself and these Benches with the points made so eloquently by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, both now and at Questions earlier. Her frustration…02 Dec 2021HANSARDTerrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2021My Lords, I admire the Minister’s stamina over this last day and a half. I declare an interest in that I support peacebuilding charities active in the region, and I will touch on…25 Nov 2021HANSARDSmall Boats Incident in the ChannelI declare an interest, in that I am supporting an anti-human trafficking project that is supported by the Government. I will be travelling before Christmas into an affected area.…25 Nov 2021HANSARDInternational Development StrategyBut, my Lords, whole swathes of bilateral programmes have been cut in their entirety because of the development assistance cuts, and each of the coming three years will see a 40%…25 Nov 2021HANSARDChina: GenocideMy Lords, the noble Earl always enriches our debates, as he did those on the then Trade Bill. His work on the International Agreements Committee is valuable for this House, and I…25 Nov 2021HANSARDMoney Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (No. 3) (High-Risk Countries) Regulations 2021My Lords, we support this measure and, as the Minister outlined, while this is an uncontroversial measure with regard to Mali, Turkey, Botswana and Mauritius, it is one element of…25 Nov 2021HANSARDZimbabwe: Makomborero HaruzivisheIn response to the last element of what the Minister indicated, Zimbabwean press promoted the fact that President Mnangagwa met our Prime Minister and the Secretary-General of the…23 Nov 2021HANSARDEthiopia: Tigray RegionMy Lords, as was referred to, the more encouraging news from neighbouring Sudan over the weekend was tempered by the even more disturbing news from Ethiopia. Are the Government…22 Nov 2021HANSARDIreland/Northern Ireland: Solid FuelsMy Lords, I thank the Minister for his measured responses to earlier questions on this subject, because it is very sensitive. I have in front of me the answer in the Dáil, and…18 Nov 2021HANSARDProtocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: Impact on UK Internal MarketMy Lords, it is the Government’s policy, not the EU’s, to enforce the system whereby any goods entering Northern Ireland will have to be marked as conformity assessed, separate…18 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeMy Lords, I have met Richard Ratcliffe and I associate myself and colleagues who have met him with the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes. In May, the Foreign Secretary…15 Nov 2021HANSARDRussia: Gas SuppliesMy Lords, last week there were reports that Gazprom was putting pressure on Moldova to sign an agreement if it distanced itself from the European Union. The Ukrainian energy…10 Nov 2021