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Cybersecurity and UK Democracy - Statement (26 Mar 2024)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...subservient and often into vassal states that do the bidding of the Chinese Communist Party, particularly in the United Nations. I think the noble Baroness was right to raise the issue of Sri Lanka particularly; it requires greater scrutiny. The biggest issue that the Intelligence and Security Committee pointed to in its much-delayed report, when it was finally published, was the potential...

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sri Lanka: Travel Information (26 Mar 2024)

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to update the travel advice to Sri Lanka to reflect the security situation in that country.

Cyber-security and UK Democracy (25 Mar 2024)

Stephen Kinnock: In January 2023, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton—prior to his appointment as Foreign Secretary, of course—went to Sri Lanka to drum up investment for Port City Colombo, which is a belt and road project launched by President Xi, which many believe will become a military base for the Chinese navy. Following Lord Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary, many freedom of information...

Cyber-security and UK Democracy (25 Mar 2024)

Stephen Kinnock: In January 2023, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton—prior to his appointment as Foreign Secretary, of course—went to Sri Lanka to drum up investment for Port City Colombo, which is a belt and road project launched by President Xi, which many believe will become a military base for the Chinese navy. Following Lord Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary, many freedom of information...

Sri Lanka: Human Rights — [Dame Maria Miller in the Chair] (20 Mar 2024)

Elliot Colburn: ...to the UK, and commit ourselves to doing all we can for them to secure peace, justice and accountability. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered human rights in Sri Lanka. Sitting suspended.

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sri Lanka: Power Stations (19 Mar 2024)

Theresa Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to his Sri Lankan counterpart on water pollution around the Channakan power plant in the north of Sri Lanka.

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: South Asia: Development Aid (14 Mar 2024)

Lord Benyon: ...of HMG. Please see below data based on 2022, the last available calendar year. 2022 2022 Total Row Labels Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Administrative costs (non-sector allocable) £273,832 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £150,105 £0 £423,938 Advanced technical and managerial training £0 £0 £0 -£54,390 £0...

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

Lord Naseby: My Lords, should we not look at the recent example of Sri Lanka, which decided that it had to seek the help of the IMF? The IMF responded speedily, but the problem was the private creditors and the time that took. Is there not a case for perhaps the IMF to produce some dimension whereby there is a structure that all private creditors can use, or be advised to use, so that a speedy decision is...

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

Lord Naseby: ...? I will move on to a country I know probably better than any other. I served there in 1963 for the Reckitt & Colman Group, and I started the all-party parliamentary group. Of course, I refer to Sri Lanka, a country that has faced incredible problems. On the climate side, the tsunami hit Sri Lanka and the Maldives really hard. I remember my wife and I watching it on Boxing Day and, a few...

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

Lord Naseby: ...? I will move on to a country I know probably better than any other. I served there in 1963 for the Reckitt & Colman Group, and I started the all-party parliamentary group. Of course, I refer to Sri Lanka, a country that has faced incredible problems. On the climate side, the tsunami hit Sri Lanka and the Maldives really hard. I remember my wife and I watching it on Boxing Day and, a few...

Situation in the Red Sea - Statement (29 Feb 2024)

Baroness Smith of Newnham: ...not only the United Kingdom or our conventional western allies; these attacks are affecting global trade. There have been attacks on Chinese-registered companies’ ships and on crews from India, Sri Lanka and Syria. Although we clearly need to be talking with our conventional partners and allies, what discussions are we also having with China, India and other countries about more global...

Situation in the Red Sea (26 Feb 2024)

Grant Shapps: ...are also in the Houthi crosshairs. The Royal Navy, the US Navy and most recently the French Navy have also been targets. Vessels owned by Chinese and Bulgarian companies and crews from India, Sri Lanka and Syria have been targeted indiscriminately, making a mockery of Houthi claims that this is all about Israel. From the outset we have been clear that this cannot carry on. Freedom of...

Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prisoners: Repatriation (21 Feb 2024)

Edward Argar: ...to via Prisoner Transfer Agreements since 2010: Albania Denmark Latvia Slovakia Austria Ecuador Lithuania Slovenia Belgium Estonia Macedonia Spain Bermuda France Malta Sri Lanka Bolivia Germany Montenegro St Helena Brazil Ghana Netherlands Sweden Bulgaria Gibraltar Nigeria Switzerland Canada Greece Norway Turkey Cayman Hungary Pakistan...

Developing World: Debt Reduction - Question (13 Feb 2024)

Lord Alton of Liverpool: ...to the tune of more than $1 trillion? Does he share the view of Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee that it would be naive not to see how such punitive debt in countries such as Sri Lanka—which is $47 billion dollars in debt, half to China—can be used by China to buy support in the UN, to expand its military presence and for leverage in domestic and international...

Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Sri Lanka: Civil Liberties ( 5 Feb 2024)

Bob Blackman: To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Sri Lankan Online Safety Act on freedom of expression and religion in that country.

Holocaust Memorial Day - Motion to Take Note ( 2 Feb 2024)

Lord Parekh: ...in the case of Hindus. There is another element that I have been able to detect. Hindus have suffered in many ways, in the same way as the Jews have, in being expelled from three countries—Sri Lanka, east Africa and Burma. They were expelled, and the description that was given to them was more or less the same as that given to Jews in certain parts of the world. Happily, they were not...

Human Rights in Hong Kong — [Derek Twigg in the Chair] (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Scully: ...a borough open to communities fleeing either democracy-related oppression or conflict. For example, some 25 or 30 years ago, Tamils made their home in south-west London because of the civil war in Sri Lanka. These people came to Sutton because of the schools and because it is a great place to bring up families—being half Burmese, I always talk about the Asian equation: good family...

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Clause 2 - Safety of the Republic of Rwanda (16 Jan 2024)

Alison Thewliss: ...down; he has made his point. Fellow human beings, from Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon, Tamils from Sri Lanka, Ahmadiyyas from Pakistan—all of those and more—have given me just the tiniest of insights into their lives. It is a privilege to know them and to help them as much as I can as...

Horizon: Compensation and Convictions ( 8 Jan 2024)

Angela Richardson: In April 2022, I was contacted by a former Guildford constituent, sub-postmaster Abdul Sathar Abdeen, through his wife Vanessa, both now located in Sri Lanka. Between 1999 and 2005, they spent thousands of pounds settling shortfalls, including selling a property in Sri Lanka. By the time news of compensation reached them in Sri Lanka, the scheme had closed. Will my hon. Friend confirm that...


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