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Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill - Second Reading (26 Mar 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Young, with her very long credibility and experience in environmental protection. I am interested in some of the points she made; if they do come to amendments, I think we could work together. I feel that, in some ways, I might be holding the ring in this debate. The whole transition to net zero is incredibly complicated and the...

Scottish Government: Devolved Competences - Question (13 Mar 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, Scotland has two Governments, both of which are dysfunctional and very unpopular north of the border. Will the Minister accept that what the people of Scotland would like is for each Government to accept their relative responsibilities, do them competently and not try to compete with each other to say how badly they are delivering for Scotland?

Low and Middle-income Countries: Debt Restructuring - Question (12 Mar 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, poorer countries have increasingly become dependent on growing amounts of private finance and, for some of them, time is getting critical. We need to address the issue and announce reform but have emergency considerations for countries that cannot wait until we resolve it. Does the Prime Minister—I mean the Secretary of State—agree that this needs to be done and that we cannot...

Foreign Affairs - Motion to Take Note ( 5 Mar 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, last week I met a Minister from Ukraine, who told us that North Korea had last month supplied Russia with a million shells while Ukraine had received just a few thousand from its allies. She was displaced from Crimea and wondered whether her young child would grow up in a free Ukraine. She was determined to restore Ukraine’s damaged infrastructure and build resilience, but she...

Foreign Affairs - Motion to Take Note ( 5 Mar 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, last week I met a Minister from Ukraine, who told us that North Korea had last month supplied Russia with a million shells while Ukraine had received just a few thousand from its allies. She was displaced from Crimea and wondered whether her young child would grow up in a free Ukraine. She was determined to restore Ukraine’s damaged infrastructure and build resilience, but she...

Life Sciences Businesses - Question (26 Feb 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, will the Minister attend the conference on life sciences in Aberdeen on 20 March, which is designed precisely to focus on this and is being promoted not just by the Aberdeen chamber of commerce but by the Times and the industry? Will the Government attend?

Devolved Authorities: Expenditure outwith Competences - Question ( 5 Feb 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, I return to the problems that the Scottish Government wish to be independent, pretend they are independent and then complain when they find that things they are trying to do do not conform to the devolution settlement, and that they are using UK Government premises overseas to promote their campaign for independence. Does this not have to be brought to a halt, and the division...

UN Sustainable Development Goals - Question (16 Jan 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, the Foreign Secretary has said he thinks that the merger of DfID and the Foreign Office, and the cuts in aid, were justified; that was not what he said at the time. How much does he regret that his successors have trashed his proud legacy and, more to the point, how assured can he be that the funding for Africa, which is still being cut even if an increase has been promised, will...

Poverty: International Development Aid - Question (15 Jan 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to promote the end of absolute poverty through international development aid.

Poverty: International Development Aid - Question (15 Jan 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, the Government’s change of focus and the cuts mean that, in spite of the Minister’s reply, the UK has lost its focus on poverty reduction. UK aid to Africa fell by £258 million in 2022, and its share of aid reduced from 52.3% to 44.1%. The situation in Asia was similar, and further cuts are planned. Africa has around 500 million people living below the poverty line. Does the...

Climate Change: Impact on Developing Nations - Motion to Take Note (11 Jan 2024)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, I thank my noble friend for initiating this debate and draw attention to my entry in the register as a consultant at DAI and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, as a non-financial chair of Water Unite and as president of the Caribbean Council. There is no doubt that the precipitate merger of DfID and the FCO and the accompanying slashing of budgets has had deeply damaging...

Guyana: Sovereign Territory - Question (12 Dec 2023)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: To ask His Majesty’s Government what support they are providing to Guyana in response to the threat of illegal annexation of parts of its sovereign territory by Venezuela.

Guyana: Sovereign Territory - Question (12 Dec 2023)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: I thank the Minister for his Answer and declare an interest as president of the Caribbean Council, which has sent three missions to Guyana in the last year, hosted President Ali as a guest of honour in this House, and organised seminars on trade and investment with Guyana. This provocative move by President Maduro—backed by President Putin, of course—reviving a dispute settled, as the...

International Development White Paper - Statement (23 Nov 2023)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, I welcome the Statement and the White Paper, which has the style and energy you would expect from Andrew Mitchell. During the 10 years I had the privilege to chair the International Development Committee, I worked closely and constructively with Andrew in opposition and in government. That said, reading the document, you would think that the UK had delivered a seamless and...

King’s Speech - Debate (2nd Day) ( 8 Nov 2023)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, I too was shocked to hear of the death of Lord Judge. Although I did not know him as well as many others in this House, I always knew how wise and well-informed he was, and that anything he said was worthy of close attention. I know we will certainly miss him. I congratulate the two maiden speakers. They were two quite different maiden speeches, but both coming, nevertheless, with...

Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill - Second Reading (and remaining stages) (14 Sep 2023)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: I am grateful, as we are all, for the Minister’s presentation of this budget. We all recognise the need for it and agree to process it rapidly, because services in Northern Ireland depend on it. It is fair to say, however, that every speaker has identified that, in reality, it represents a shortfall. As mentioned, there was a debate in the other House about how this almost looks like a...

Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill - Second Reading (and remaining stages) (14 Sep 2023)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: I accept that. It is a perfectly fair point. For a long time, Wales has argued that the Barnett formula has not worked well for it, and it has not worked for Northern Ireland. The issue has not been the Barnett formula but historic spending. I speak not as a nationalist but in terms of Scottish representation. Any suggestion that the formula should cut back in Scotland would be politically...

Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill - Commons Reason: Motion A (12 Sep 2023)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: My Lords, I concur with the noble Lord, Lord Murphy. I question the Minister on the wording of the Commons reason, which is very short: “Giving family members a role in whether immunity should be granted or not would critically undermine the effectiveness of delivering on the principal aim of this legislation”. Could the Minister explain what the principal aim of this legislation is? Many...


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