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Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon

Former Liberal Democrat Peer (24 Jul 2001 – 22 Dec 2018)


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

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: ...is domestic tax cuts rather than the poor people of the world. The Motion calls for a particular regard to the UK’s development impact on climate change in developing nations. In 2011, Paddy Ashdown, the late and much-missed Member of this House, published a review of the UK’s response to humanitarian emergencies, commissioned by Andrew Mitchell. One of its key findings was that those...

Afghanistan: UK Government Policy — [Dr Rupa Huq in the Chair] (10 Jan 2024)

Tobias Ellwood: ...systems around the mighty Helmand river, which to this day continue to help to grow the crops that feed the nation. That is how to win hearts and minds. However, for 20 years there was no Paddy Ashdown character to co-ordinate efforts. If we step into the shoes of the Afghan people today, we find that they are war-weary. They have endured four decades of conflict and instability. We have...

Western Balkans: Dayton Peace Agreement - Question for Short Debate (17 Oct 2023)

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: ...the greatest challenge to Mr Dodik’s ambitions. I share the sentiments expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice, as he reflected on the important role of the late, much respected Lord Ashdown. I remember many a discussion on this issue with the noble Lord. The leadership that the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice, mentioned is needed now to be able to engage in a direct manner to ensure that...

Scottish Parliament: Parliamentary Bureau Motions (20 Sep 2023)

Miles Briggs: ...of any UK city. We have warned Scottish National Party and Green ministers that new renters across Scotland will see rents increase at that alarming rate. The managing director of Citylets, Thomas Ashdown, has said: “We are living through unique times for the Scottish Private Rented Sector. Never before have we recorded such steep and sustained annual price appreciation across a single...

Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment (20 Jul 2023)

Bob Stewart: ...in Bosnia. Our reputation is high as a result of the actions of our diplomats, soldiers and politicians over the years. In that respect, I should mention my very good friend, the late Lord Paddy Ashdown, who was the High Representative. He was outstanding, and his reputation for dealing with very tricky situations remains untouched by anyone else since. When I visit Bosnia, people always...

Ukraine: Special Tribunal — [Geraint Davies in the Chair] ( 9 May 2023)

Richard Foord: ...as possible. A special tribunal would signal the disregard in which aggressor states are held. Support for the special tribunal could give aggressors pause for thought in the future. The late Paddy Ashdown visited Slobodan Milošević several weeks before NATO military action against Belgrade in 1999. Ashdown commented that Milošević “seemed more frightened by the threat of indictment...

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill - Committee (2nd Day): Amendment 10 (28 Feb 2023)

Lord Krebs: ...reassurance that environmental protections will not be lost down the back of the sofa. I will give a couple of examples. One— I thank Greener UK for it—concerns a current application for the Ashdown Business Park in Maresfield, at postcode TN22 2HN. It is on the edge of the Ashdown Forest special protection area and special area of conservation, so is an ecologically important area....

Scottish Parliament: Chinese State Surveillance (23 Feb 2023)

Alex Cole-Hamilton: ...Kingdom shares a proud history with the people of Hong Kong, and I led the first debate in this Parliament on the plight of the people of Hong Kong. It is why the former leader of my party, Paddy Ashdown, was the first politician to seek and secure British passports for the Hong Kong Chinese. International solidarity with people who we may never meet is the core liberal principle, and we...

International Development Committee (19 Jan 2023)

Richard Foord: ...The all-party group on Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted a former president of Bosnia last year. The former president praised the work of the UK 20 years ago, and in particular that of the late Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon as UN high representative. But now we see the separatist president of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, refer to “our Serbia” and “our Russia” in the same...

Official Development Assistance - Motion to Take Note (15 Dec 2022)

Lord Bruce of Bennachie: ...when he came into the coalition Government as Secretary of State. He instituted three critical reviews of multilateral, bilateral and humanitarian aid. The latter was chaired by the late Lord Ashdown—Paddy. International agencies were uncomfortable with the questions DfID was asking them, but they respected the UK’s leadership and they engaged. That is important: not every donor could...

Public Bill Committee: Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill: Clause 1 - Sunset of EU-derived subordinate legislation and retained direct EU legislation (22 Nov 2022)

Alex Sobel: ...damage could include more pollution reaching water habitats and the shrinking of terrestrial habitats. Nationally and internationally important nature sites on land and at sea in England, including Ashdown Forest, Braunton Burrows and Dogger Bank, will become more vulnerable. Amendments 74 and 77 list the following laws that are part of the legal framework protecting our waterways from...

House of Lords (Peerage Nominations) Bill [HL] - Second Reading (18 Nov 2022)

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: ...in effect, to restoring public trust in our parliamentary democracy. Several people have spoken about how they were appointed to this House, so I had better come clean too. I was phoned up by Paddy Ashdown shortly after Mark Bonham Carter, then my party’s foreign policy spokesman, had suddenly died. I was told that the party needed an active specialist on foreign policy in the House. It...

Government: Ministerial Changes ( 7 Sep 2022)

Lord True: ...days in the House as a Government Whip, as has been alluded to, when she came leaping forward from being a junior Whip, she acted without fear or favour. I remember an occasion when the late Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon was not abiding by the speaking limit in debate. Despite his concerted attempts to continue, the noble Baroness finally quelled him. Anybody who knew the great Paddy...

The Politics of Polling (Liaison Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note (19 May 2022)

Lord Rennard: ...polls at the end of the first leaders’ televised debates in the 2010 general election. Some 20 minutes before the conclusion of the first debate, I sent the late and much-missed noble Lord, Lord Ashdown, into the media room to claim a knockout victory for Nick Clegg. My view of what the public perception would be was quickly confirmed at the conclusion of the debate by the publication of...

Queen’s Speech - Debate (5th Day) (17 May 2022)

Lord Roberts of Llandudno: ...“God gave the land to the people!” Now we have to restore this trust. We must restore the value of ordinary people and their worth and influence in what is a democratic society. Finally, Paddy Ashdown said: “The one thing that unfailingly gives me satisfaction in politics is to watch those who have been taught they are the subject of others’ power, rise to meet the challenge of...

Backbench Business: Planning Permission and Housing Need: Wealden ( 1 Mar 2022)

Nusrat Ghani: ...to confuse the Minister—my married name is also Wheeldon, but I go by Ghani in this place. Many assumptions are made, but my constituency covers Forest Row, Wadhurst, Crowborough, the glorious Ashdown Forest, Mayfield, Uckfield, Fletching, Horeham, Hailsham and all the villages in between. They are watching, Minister, so I had to point out all of them. When and where new homes are built...

Elections Bill - Second Reading (23 Feb 2022)

Lord Balfe: ...idea whose time has most certainly come. It deserves close looking at, and I do not mean look at it as Tony Blair did, when you think you might need it to get into government and then say to Paddy Ashdown, “I’ll give it to you for Europe, but I can’t go any further”. We need to look at how we run society, and I put it to the House that when we do so, we might find that a PR form of...

Russia - Statement (10 Jan 2022)

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: ...Peach, which she referred to, underlines our commitment to ensuring that we are at the forefront of ensuring the territorial sovereignty and integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Our noble friend Lord Ashdown, who was respected greatly and whom we miss greatly, made some notable efforts, but I repeat what he said when we discussed Bosnia previously: that this was just the bottom line, not the...

Refugees: Mass Displacement - Motion to Take Note ( 6 Jan 2022)

Lord Purvis of Tweed: ...on Typhoon Odette was testament to this. Can the Minister clarify an answer that he gave yesterday to the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, who referred to a review carried out by my late noble friend Lord Ashdown on behalf of Andrew Mitchell, as Secretary of State, on disaster resilience? The noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, asked: “Can the Minister therefore tell us exactly the effects of the cuts...

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Politics and Government ( 6 Jan 2022)

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park: ...for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which brought an end to the 1990s conflicts, cannot be overstated. However, it was worded to enable local actors to make changes in the future. As Lord Ashdown said, "Dayton is the floor, not the ceiling". The United Kingdom remains committed to BiH's security, democracy and prosperity. The international community will offer support, but it is...


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