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Queen's Speech — Debate (1st Day) (18 Nov 2009)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...that they have experienced in recent months, through no fault of their own. The second theme that struck me in the gracious Speech was that of the urgency that the Government attach to dealing with climate change. The global nature of the challenge is as clear with climate change as it is with the economic recession. Most people can agree on the objectives both for the first, stabilising...

Building Britain's Future — Statement (29 Jun 2009)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...would welcome the priorities that the Government have placed in those areas. On a more personal and focused level, the points on cluster munitions, on measures about violence against women and on climate change are very much to be applauded. But I, too, turn to the end of the Statement and the commitment to cleaning up and to rebuilding trust in politics. The only measures I hear about...

Queen's Speech — Debate (2nd Day) (Continued) (4 Dec 2008)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...shall hear much more from him. It is now over a year since we in your Lordships' House last debated the humble Address on the gracious Speech. In foreign policy terms, as in so much else, much has changed. The economic downturn which began in the financial services sector in the United States has now spread throughout the worldwide banking and financial services community and is already...

UK Worldwide Interests (8 Dec 2005)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...past. It is one of the great strengths of your Lordships' House that, whatever our political differences, those of us who share a common interest in a subject can and do share real and helpful exchanges on the matters of concern to us. Of course, we all look forward very much to the maiden speech of the noble Lord, Lord Patten of Barnes. He is a distinguished and welcome addition to this...

London: Terrorist Attacks (7 Jul 2005)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...can also agree that it is entirely right that the Prime Minister should then return to the Gleneagles Summit and that he should continue to argue his case on important issues concerning Africa and climate change. We should all support the Prime Minister in the judgment that he has made that the Gleneagles Summit should continue as planned.

Written Answers — House of Lords: EU Presidency 2004 (6 Apr 2005)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...globally, as well as at home. My right honourable friend the Prime Minister is committed to using the opportunity offered by our twin presidencies of the EU and the G8 to make real progress on climate change and Africa. We will work with our G8 and EU partners to ensure complementary action wherever possible. We have identified a number of likely main priority dossiers within the broader...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: UN Report:In Larger Freedom (4 Apr 2005)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...of comprehensive strategies to meet threat of terrorism and proliferation. The Government will make a full contribution to the summit and its preparations. Our G8 priorities—on Africa and climate change—reflect key themes on the UN summit agenda. We hope that the Gleneagles summit will help build momentum for a successful UN summit. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: UN Secretary-General: High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (24 Feb 2005)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Jack Straw) will today lay before Parliament a Command Paper on the recent report by the UN Secretary-General's High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (CM 6449). Copies will be placed in the Library of the House and will be available from the Printed Paper Office. A copy will also be available on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office...

Science and Treaties (S&T Report) (3 Feb 2005)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...dated. Let me try to explain why I think those criticisms—although possibly valid some three or four years ago—are not quite as valid today. In particular, our science work does inform policy on climate change. It is designed to do exactly that and we believe it is making real progress. I was very grateful to my noble friend Lord Hunt of Chesterton for acknowledging this...

European Union (3 Feb 2005)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: My Lords, the United Kingdom remains committed to international action to tackle climate change, including through the UN framework and the Kyoto Protocol. We are continuing to work with international partners. We are trying to work with the United States and large developing countries to point out the cost of inaction, to build on science and to highlight the opportunities. I answered the...

European Union (3 Feb 2005)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...output and that this money is spent where it most adds value. We also continue to make clear that the UK's budget abatement remains fully justified. We, like all other countries, have a veto on any changes proposed in this area. "As well as the economic aspects of our EU membership, the White Paper also sets out many areas in which our common work in Europe makes the United Kingdom safer...

United Nations Reform, and Conflict in Africa (2 Feb 2005)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...very welcome and that his planned speech on the UN will be much appreciated. Since November 2003, the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, has been a member of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, and since the publication of the panel's report he has been very active in promoting the report and the need for United Nations reform. He has of course had a very distinguished career in...

Written Answers — House of Lords: G8: African Issues (20 Dec 2004)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: The Government will continue to accord a high priority to deterring and combating corruption, including in Africa. We have two priorities for next year's G8 presidency: Africa and climate change. In that framework, we look forward to the proposals of the Commission for Africa, due in early spring next year. One of the themes that the Commission is considering is governance, including the...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Diplomatic Representation: UK Overseas Network (15 Dec 2004)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...of new challenges, opportunities and threats. On the basis of that strategy and the outcome of the 2004 spending round, we have been completing a reorganisation of the FCO in London and considering changes to our overseas network in order to align our resources more effectively to our priorities. This Statement concerns changes to the overseas network, aimed at enhancing our effectiveness...

Ukraine and the Middle East (29 Nov 2004)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...Nabil Sha'ath, Salam Fayyad and Sa'eb Erekat. "The last few years have been profoundly tragic and depressing for Israelis and Palestinians alike, with many deaths and injuries on both sides, and a climate of fear and suspicion. For those in the region most dawns in the recent past have proved to be false. But I have to tell the House that the change of atmosphere for the better on both...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Asia-Europe Meeting, Hanoi, 8 October (16 Nov 2004)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: At the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Summit on 8 October the UK exchanged views with our EU and Asian ASEM partners on a wide range of issues, and issued Declarations on Closer Economic Partnership and on Dialogue among Cultures and Civilisations. These are available online at www.europa.eu.int/comm/external–relations. My right honourable friend the Deputy Prime Minister, representing the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Low-lying Islands (1 Jul 2004)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...to propose a compensation scheme. However we share the concerns implicit in the noble Lord's question about the implications for low-lying island states and coastal areas of the current trends in climate change. We attach importance to international co-operation and research to understand better the impacts of climate change that can help countries to develop strategies to adapt. We...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: British Indian Ocean Territory (15 Jun 2004)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...exacerbate stress on the marine and terrestrial environment and will accelerate the effects of global warming. Thus resettlement is likely to become less feasible over time". Specifically with reference to climate change, the report advised that, "the main issue facing a resettled population on the low-lying islands will be flooding events, which are likely to increase in periodicity and...

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (26 May 2004)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...priorities and how we intend to achieve them. It may be helpful to touch upon those in order to put my subsequent remarks about specific areas and policies into context. The strategy analyses changes in foreign policy since the end of the Cold War and publicly sets out for the first time our underlying assumptions about how the world will develop over the next decade. As domestic and...

Prime Minister: Plans to Meet Senator John Kerry (29 Apr 2004)

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean: ...that somebody might ask me that. I shall try to remind the noble Lord of when that has happened. The Prime Minister has differed from the President of the United States on the important issues of climate change and the Kyoto Protocol. The Prime Minister has differed from the President of the United States on his dedication to the death penalty. I have argued fiercely on many occasions with...