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HANSARDPrisons: Chaplaincy ServiceTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the working of the prison chaplaincy service; and in particular, the extent to which representatives of all…10 Jan 2023HANSARDIran: Women’s RightsMy Lords, we all applaud the brave women and men fighting for the rights of women in Iran against an autocratic regime that sees women as lesser beings with, as a former Ayatollah…21 Dec 2022HANSARDIran: Execution of ProtestersMy Lords, the present revolution, or resistance, in Iran results from the cruel treatment of its brave women. The National Council of Resistance of Iran, led by a woman, has put…12 Dec 2022HANSARDUK Asylum and Refugee PolicyMy Lords, I am grateful to the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for this important debate. Much of what he told us has resonant echoes in Sikh teachings. I am…09 Dec 2022HANSARDNigeriaMy Lords, does the Minister agree that when violence and atrocities take place in the name of religion, the leaders of that religion should be the first and foremost to condemn…07 Dec 2022HANSARDX-Rays: Child RefugeesMy Lords, it is an understatement to say that the use of X-rays to assess the age of children is like using a sledgehammer to crack a very small nut: it not only exposes children…06 Dec 2022HANSARDAsylum Seekers: AccommodationMy Lords, does the Minister agree that asylum seekers are not alien invaders to these shores but innocent people who are the victims of horrendous conflict in different parts of…15 Nov 2022HANSARDGenocide Determination Bill [HL]My Lords, I too congratulate my friend and colleague, the noble Lord, Lord Alton, on his persistence in pursuing a politics-free determination of genocide. Genocide is the mass…28 Oct 2022HANSARDRussia: Tactical Nuclear Weapon DeploymentMy Lords, NATO was created to contain the threat of the former Soviet Union—an entity that no longer exists. It is individual countries, not NATO, that have been aiding and…11 Oct 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, on behalf of myself and the wider Sikh community, I too want to pass on our sense of loss and sorrow on the death of Her Majesty the Queen. Her passing marks a moment of…09 Sept 2022HANSARDJagtar Singh JohalMy Lords, Jagtar Singh Johal was a UK blogger who drew attention to India’s continuing abuse of the human rights of minorities. The Indian Home Minister has publicly described…08 Sept 2022HANSARDRepatriation of Cultural ObjectsMy Lords, as an interim measure until we have some consensus on this issue, does the Minister agree that we should have a little plaque at the bottom of each article emphasising…06 Sept 2022HANSARDTigrayMy Lords, does the Minister agree that our selling arms to neighbouring Eritrea—a country with a dismal human rights record and an active participant in the maiming and killing in…04 Jul 2022HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsMy Lords, would the Minister agree that, by definition, there can be no hierarchy of human rights and they should be exactly the same whether for those in Europe or Britain, or…23 Jun 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaMy Lords, last week we were given a clear assurance that refugees from Ukraine would not be sent to Rwanda. Does this two-tier system of human rights fit with any sort of concept…15 Jun 2022HANSARDSafeguarding of Young ChildrenMy Lords, the safeguarding of young children is yet another important social concern alongside violence against women, racism in the police and youth crime. They are simply…24 May 2022HANSARDIndia: Cereals Export BanMy Lords, the situation regarding the export of wheat from India reminds me of the Bengal famine of the 1940s, when grain was being exported to Britain, thereby causing the…19 May 2022HANSARDKashmir: Human RightsMy Lords, India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru, famously declared that the care of minorities was not simply a duty but a “sacred trust”. It is a trust that successive…17 May 2022HANSARDPalestine: RecognitionMy Lords, numerous illegal Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas—some of them the size of small or medium towns—make the existence of a Palestinian state unviable. In any…06 Apr 2022HANSARDSchools: Extremism and IntoleranceMy Lords, does the Minister agree that extremism arises from claims that the one God of us all has human prejudices and is more favourably disposed to our particular faith, as…28 Mar 2022