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Lord Howell of Guildford: ...this excellent report. We need to do much more thinking and to be less confined in silos, and a much deeper effect needs to be achieved. Like others, I look forward to hearing what our Front-Bench sages have to say on that.
...around the world, Jewish people read the story of Korach, who was a cousin of Moses, from the same portion of the Torah that I read during my Bar Mitzvah, many years ago. Through this story, our sages teach us, in “The Ethics of the Fathers”, that every dispute, argument or discussion that is not for the sake of Heaven, will not endure. Which dispute is not for the sake of Heaven? That...
Charlotte Nichols: .... From generation to generation, the Jewish spirit endures. In Kveller, Rachel Stomel writes: “In the context of Jewish law, remembrance is not a reflexive, passive process directed inwards. Our sages teach us that the way we fulfil the Torah’s commandment to remember the Sabbath—'Zachor et Yom HaShabbat le’kodsho’ (remember the sabbath day to keep it holy)—is by active...
Patrick Grady: ...Minister's oral contribution when Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of 20 February 2018, Official Report, column 5, what progress has been made on establishing a comité des sages to reviving UK-France collaboration in the areas of (a) security, (b) defence, (c) space, (d) genomics and (e) infrastructure.
Jo Johnson: ...the French Government. The hon. Gentleman will recall that at the conclusion of the highly successful Anglo-French summit it was agreed that there would be a committee of wise people, a comité des sages, established to consider reviving the tradition of UK-French collaboration on a range of matters, including infrastructure projects.
Patrick Grady: ...and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to his oral contribution of 20 February 2018, Official Report, column 5, what the criteria is for the appointment of the membership of the comité des sages.
Boris Johnson: At the conclusion of the highly successful Anglo-French summit, it was indeed agreed that a committee of wise people, or “comité des sages”, should be established to look at reviving the great tradition of UK-France collaboration in such matters as security, defence, space, genomics, infrastructure, and indeed, infrastructure projects, such as the idea of a new connection between our two...
...real dangers for democracy, which I take very seriously indeed. Aristotle has already been invoked on a number of occasions in this debate. He has been put in his place, of course, by the earlier sages of the Indian subcontinent, but Aristotle warned that there was a recurring pattern of democracy disintegrating because the demos ceased to have any shared moral compass or shared narrative....
Rhianon Passmore: ...are shortages in particular fields in a number of areas, reflecting the pattern across the United Kingdom’s national health service. It was once said that true perfection is imperfect, and those sages from Manchester, the Gallagher brothers of Oasis fame, were right—the NHS epitomises this—it is perfect because it is imperfect. The NHS serves human beings who all share one common...
Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...executions. In 2010, in a debate in your Lordships’ House, I called for the creation of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry into human rights violations. It was established in 2013, and the Sages Group, of which I am a member, remains focused on the commission’s findings. The all-party group also secured agreement for BBC World Service broadcasts which, with smuggled USB sticks and...
Deidre Brock: ...be good: stop thinking it knows best and start learning to serve. The parallel complaint can be levelled against BBC Scotland: stop kowtowing to London as if Broadcasting House holds the great sages of the modern era. Get up and make decent programmes, including a properly resourced Scottish Six, and shout out loud if you are being underfunded.
Lord Newby: ...of the UK lies in the outcome of the EU referendum. Therefore, I intend to devote my remarks entirely to that today. In doing so, I regret the complete absence from the speakers list of the sages of the Government Privy Council Bench and, indeed, the UKIP Members of your Lordships’ House. The heart of the economic argument about EU membership or not lies in our long-term trading...
Lord Sacks: ...everyone should be able to say, “I made a contribution to the common good. I gave; I did not just receive. I earned my daily bread. I did not depend on the generosity of others”. Our ancient sages said, “Do even the most menial work rather than be dependent on others”. Maimonides, our most eminent medieval scholar, held that the highest form of charity was job creation because it...
...be part of our education system, inform our political debate and form the basis for our civic communities. One of the most important values for any society is that related to the story of Ruth. Our sages teach us that Ruth was written and included in the Bible only in order to teach us the supreme importance of loving kindness. It is on the willingness to help others and, in some cases,...
Greg Clark: I normally agree with my hon. Friend, who is one of the House’s sages, and I can say that I agree in every respect with the amendment that he tabled.
Nia Griffith: ...and updated the Government’s arrangements for emergency response. One conclusion of the report before us focuses on scientific advisory groups in emergencies. The Committee recommended that the SAGE guidelines should address independence, transparency, confidentiality and the conduct of those involved. In this day and age, it is vital to draw on all expertise worldwide, and we should not...
Hugh Robertson: ...sides and the importance of maintaining an appropriate balance between the industries. Under any other business there will be a presentation from the Commission on the report from the Comité des Sages on bringing Europe’s cultural heritage online. There will be an information point from the presidency on the Council Work Plan for Culture 2011-2014. The presidency will also raise an...
Lord Sacks: ...s most intellectually gifted atheist. Yet never once did he deprecate or even challenge my religious faith. For we were both equal participants in that collaborative pursuit of truth that Judaism's sages, long ago, called, "argument for the sake of heaven". It is this that I have rediscovered in your Lordships' House. What extraordinary things happen here. When somebody speaks, other...
Rabbi Mendel Jacobs (Newton Mearns, Glasgow): Man was given the power to conquer the whole world and to rule over it. Our sages teach that when God created Adam, his soul—his divine image—permeated his whole being, by virtue of which he became ruler over the entire creation. All the creatures gathered to serve him and to crown him as their creator, but Adam, pointing out their error,...
Lord Teverson: ...between meritocracy, parliamentary democracy and government accountability. I welcome the fact that we are not moving towards having something equivalent to the Monetary Policy Committee, where the sages and the wise people make their decision and that is it. There must be a strong element of parliamentary accountability, which I welcome. We on these Benches want to think more about the...