Results 1-20 of 214 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Baroness Cox

Burma — Question (9 Nov 2009)

Baroness Cox: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to recent developments in Burma.

Burma — Question (9 Nov 2009)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, in thanking the noble Baroness for that sympathetic reply, I ask whether she is aware that, on a recent visit to the Shan, Karen and Kareni peoples of eastern Burma, we found that they still continue to suffer from sustained military offences by government troops? Their shoot-to-kill policy has driven tens of thousands more civilians into hiding in the jungle where they have to live...

Sudan — Question (20 Jul 2009)

Baroness Cox: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to developments in Sudan with regard to the comprehensive peace agreement and the provision of humanitarian assistance.

Sudan — Question (20 Jul 2009)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that encouraging reply. Is he aware of the growing concern that the National Congress Party may resume conflict if it does not agree with a ruling by the Abyei Court of Arbitration to be announced this coming Wednesday, 22 July? That concern is being exacerbated by reports of large numbers of militias dressed in police uniforms, believed to be supported by...

North Korea — Question (4 Jun 2009)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, is the Minister aware that, while we are meeting here this morning, two journalists are on trial in Pyongyang, having been arrested on the border with China after reporting on the flow of refugees into China and the terrible fate awaiting those who are forcibly returned, who are regularly imprisoned and tortured? Can he inform the House whether our excellent ambassador in Pyongyang...

Justice: Sharia Law — Question (4 Jun 2009)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, is the Minister aware that Sharia family courts and councils were introduced into Canada at the request of local Muslim community leaders, but were subsequently withdrawn and proscribed when women were allowed proper consultation? Many of those women argued that they had gone to Canada precisely to flee Sharia provisions. Will there be opportunity for similar adequate and...

Burma — Question (19 May 2009)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, does the Minister agree that, whatever pressures are brought to bear on Burma by western nations, other ASEAN nations are complicit in many respects? The leader of the Shan people said to me that Burma opened its treasure chest of jade and jewels and ASEAN nations bought into it. Therefore, will Her Majesty's Government make representations to the other ASEAN nations not to allow...

Nigeria — Question (5 May 2009)

Baroness Cox: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to recent episodes of violence in northern Nigeria.

Nigeria — Question (5 May 2009)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that encouraging Answer. On a visit to northern Nigeria over Easter, I and my colleagues found incontrovertible evidence that the recent violence in Bauchi, Plateau and Niger states was religiously motivated, with attacks by well armed Muslim militants, assisted by foreign mercenaries, who have targeted Christian communities, killed hundreds of Christians...

Polygamy — Question (28 Apr 2009)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, is the noble Lord aware of reports of marriages with Islamic religious ceremonies taking place in this country that are not subsequently registered with the state? What may the Government do to protect the women and children of such non-legally registered marriages, especially in the event of a divorce that may be inflicted on the wife, who then has no recourse to the recognition of...

Human Rights: Religious Belief — Question for Short Debate (24 Feb 2009)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, 60 years after the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, millions of people around the world still suffer because of their beliefs and the expression of those beliefs. Article 18 is often half-heartedly supported by national Governments, and, at the United Nations, it is one of the least-developed freedoms in terms of international human rights mechanisms, and is...

Sudan: Comprehensive Peace Agreement — Question (11 Feb 2009)

Baroness Cox: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to recent developments in Sudan, with particular reference to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

Sudan: Comprehensive Peace Agreement — Question (11 Feb 2009)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. When in January I travelled widely throughout southern Sudan and the Nuba mountains, I found widespread concern over renewed hostilities by the notorious Lord's Resistance Army, which was killing, abducting and torturing civilians, and even greater concern over the fact that it was widely believed that Khartoum is widely supporting the LRA. Will...

India — Debate (18 Dec 2008)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, when I won the ballot, I felt some apprehension at the challenge of addressing the complexity, and indeed the rich diversity, of the land that is the subject of today's debate. However, when I saw the list of speakers, my anxieties were immediately allayed, because I knew that they would bring such wide-ranging expertise and personal experience that it would create a debate that was...

India — Debate (18 Dec 2008)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, I thank every noble Lord who will be speaking in this debate, as the topic is a daunting challenge, given the vastness and complexity of the great nation of India. I am therefore grateful that noble Lords with longer and wider experience of India will make their distinctive contributions to remedy the limitations and omissions of my own. I must naturally begin by expressing the...

Nigeria — Question (17 Dec 2008)

Baroness Cox: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the recent violence in Jos, Nigeria.

Nigeria — Question (17 Dec 2008)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that encouraging reply. Is he aware that there is widespread concern over the media coverage of the riots, which implied parity of killings between the Muslims and the Christians, whereas it was actually well armed Muslim extremists, including foreigners from Chad and Niger, who instigated the violence against unarmed Christians? Equally disturbing is that...

India: Orissa (17 Nov 2008)

Baroness Cox: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will make representations to the Government of India to provide adequate protection for religious minorities, with particular reference to the violence against Christians in Orissa.

India: Orissa (17 Nov 2008)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, I thank the Minister for that supportive and encouraging reply. Is he aware that, since the violence, 50,000 people have had to flee to camps? I visited those camps recently and witnessed appalling conditions of overcrowding with a lack of medical care, food and adequate sanitation. The people there told us that they dare not go back to their homes because those who perpetrated the...

Immigration (EAC Report) (14 Nov 2008)

Baroness Cox: My Lords, I begin by declaring two interests. I have been a member of the Migration Watch Advisory Council for several years, and I am also a member of the cross-party parliamentary group on balanced migration. As a member of the advisory council of Migration Watch, I deeply regret the characterisation by the noble Lord, Lord Peston, that it is a xenophobic body. I resent it deeply. I hope...