Results 1-20 of 2,454 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Lord Avebury
- Zimbabwe — Question (2 Nov 2009)
Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the Southern African Development Community concerning implementation of the global political agreement in Zimbabwe.
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)
Lord Avebury: Will the noble Lord confirm that the Government have changed their fundamental policy that was announced at the time of the 2003 review that price was not a factor to be used in affecting consumption? At least the Government have moved this far to saying that price is an important lever that can be used to affect consumption.
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)
Lord Avebury: I am particularly glad that my noble friend has raised the question of the price of alcohol and the effect this can have on overall consumption and on the various indices of alcohol harms such as health and crime. When the Government first introduced their own alcohol strategy in 2003, it was obviously the intention that measures would be adopted to reduce these harms, but they specifically...
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, I have one question for the Minister that arises out of something that he said a few minutes ago. He talked about irresponsible promotions that have been used to persuade people to drink more than was good for them. He mentioned one in particular: the offer of free drink for all women. Can he tell us something about the nine matters that he has in mind? Do they include the...
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)
Lord Avebury: According to the Local Government Association—which, as the noble Lord, Lord Skelmersdale, pointed out, has asked for this amendment—the process that has to be undertaken now if there is an objection is complicated and circuitous. When there is an objection from constituents to a particular event, the local authority will have to lobby the police. The noble Lord exaggerated when...
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)
Lord Avebury: Before the Minister leaves that point, if, as he says, the offence is very much a last resort, why is there not provision for an acceptable behaviour contract to have been imposed on the young person before there is any question of criminalising him?
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (4th Day) (13 Oct 2009)
Lord Avebury: As I understand it, the first time that any action is taken against the young person is on the third occasion when he is caught drinking in public, and then he becomes a criminal. I am saying: why not provide for the use of acceptable behaviour contracts as a precondition before the person gets into the criminal justice system?
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (20 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, I appreciate the care with which the Minister responded to the questions that I asked. In particular, I am grateful for the Government's assurance that people will not be held in short-term holding facilities for longer than six hours, except where the PACE codes permit. I am particularly concerned about the use of short-term holding facilities at Heathrow and Gatwick airports,...
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (20 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: I do not quite understand how this works, but our Amendment 9A is grouped with these amendments, despite the fact that the noble Lord has moved a Motion relating only to Amendments 1 to 8.
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (20 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: No, my Lords. I was intending to speak to Amendment 9A, which has been grouped with Amendments 1 to 8. I accept what the noble Baroness says.
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (20 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, I think that we are on the right track now, even though, as we believe, there are serious defects in Amendment 9. The Government proposed to scrap very late in the day the amended definition of "short-term holding facilities" that they had introduced in the Lords with the new clause now before us in Amendment 9. The Minister explained that he and the UK Border Agency had belatedly...
- Sudan — Question (20 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, is the Minister satisfied that, further to the Question put by the noble Baroness, UNMIS has enough troops in Abyei to protect civilians from harm in the event of any disturbances and that it will report immediately to the Security Council on who is guilty of any breaches of the ceasefire following the declaration of the arbitration court on Wednesday?
- Somalia — Question (16 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, I add from our Front Bench our view that the noble Lord will be an enormous loss to the House and to the Government. We shall miss him sorely. As to what is happening now in Somalia, has the noble Lord seen the statement by the Uganda army spokesman that 16,000 troops and a more robust mandate for AMISOM are necessary to quell the insurgency? What will happen when the recent IGAD...
- Samantha Orobator — Question (15 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords—
- Samantha Orobator — Question (15 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, it was reported in the Vientiane newspapers that Ms Orobator had indicated that she wished to appeal. Can the Minister confirm that she told the consul that she did not intend to appeal and that the 21 days allowed for that purpose have expired? On the fine, do we not have to look at a more general solution to the problem, apart from the case of Ms Orobator herself? While I...
- Refugees — Question (13 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, does the Minister agree that with sea levels rising twice as fast as was predicted by the IPCC only three years ago and with Britain already planning for a rise in sea levels of one metre in its coastal defence planning, we could be looking at as many as 650 million people displaced from coastal areas and small island states by the end of the century? What are we doing at Copenhagen...
- Peru: Indigenous People — Question (6 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the statement by the European Heads of Mission on the recent violence and loss of life in the Peruvian Amazon, the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the Rights and Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples will investigate the background to those events.
- Peru: Indigenous People — Question (6 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, since I tabled this Question, the UN rapporteur has, in fact, visited Peru and we understand that he has recommended an independent inquiry into these events, with participation by the indigenous people's representatives and the international community. Can the Minister say whether this is going ahead? What is the Government's policy on the issue underlying the disturbance, which is...
- Immigration: Heathrow Airport — Question (6 Jul 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, there has been no response from the Home Office, UKBA or G4S to the report on the appalling conditions in these facilities. Does not the noble Lord think that in the circumstances, an instruction should be given to UKBA that no one is to be detained overnight in places that have no accommodation for sleeping and scarcely any facilities for washing and cleaning oneself? Could not the...
- War Crimes — Question (30 Jun 2009)
Lord Avebury: My Lords, can the legislation that the Minister is contemplating be retrospective so that we can get rid of the Rwandan war criminals and any others who may be sheltering in our territory?