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🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, I first welcome the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, to this place. I want to say how pleased I am that he has joined the Government and I congratulate him on an excellent maiden speech. I have been in your Lordships’ House for 26 years; I know I do not look as if I have, but I have. Twelve of those years have been on the Government Benches and 14 on the Opposition Benches,...
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My Lords, I have not spoken in your Lordships’ House for many years but I felt compelled to do so today, and I am glad I did. I wish to associate myself with much of what has been said about Her late Majesty and everything she embodied. I also echo the sentiments of the noble Lord, Lord Butler, and pay tribute to the opening speeches by the Front Benches and many others today. It makes you...
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My Lords, I thank everyone who participated in the debate. We have had a full debate and it was encouraging to hear the voice of business come through, particularly as it is often stifled by rhetoric and dogma. I thank the Minister for what he said. Clearly, I disagree with him. The noble Lord, Lord Kerr, and my noble friend Lord Mandelson, best set out the kind of negotiation one would...
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I have been in this House for a little while—about 20 years—and I understand that this is an important issue. There has been a civility in this House which has made it a special place to have a debate. I hope that, whatever the feelings of noble Lords, the rest of this debate can be conducted, as is our tradition, with kindness, care and consideration of other people’s views. I know...
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I could not agree more with my noble friend. He is absolutely right. On 13 December, a similar amendment was moved in the other place, and the Labour Party put a three-line whip on it. I think we are in the right place here. Party policy is very clear on Europe, and a three-line whip on a similar vote justifies this. I agree with my noble friend. It is very clear that we on the Labour...
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My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 112. The amendments are an attempt to ensure that we end up with a framework to deal with not just the goods we import and export but the services we trade in. The customs union amendment that we passed overwhelmingly a few weeks ago is only one half of the equation. The customs union deals only with goods. That is very important: it deals only with...
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My Lords, following consultation with the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leeds and the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, I have decided that it would be better not to debate this amendment and to decouple Amendments 110A and 112BC for a fuller debate later in the proceedings. To pick up a theme of the right reverend Prelate, I hope not to be in the wilderness for too long. I...
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My Lords, when the Leader of the House opened this debate, she implied that this was a narrow and technical Bill and made it sound like she thought the House was in danger of overestimating the importance of the Bill. However, as we have the largest number of speakers in a Second Reading debate in our history—169 speakers so far and 20 more to come—I suggest to the noble Baroness that we...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress is being made by the UN Panel on the Illegal Exploitation of the Natural Resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What was agreed at the meeting of states parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in Geneva on 27 and 28 November.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the outcome of the recent discussions in Geneva on national measures to reinforce the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish a strategy paper setting out priorities for United Kingdom international policy over the next five to 10 years.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Treasury Solicitor will publish her annual report.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their position on the cases that have been brought under the United States' Alien Tort Statute against British companies in relation to their activities in third countries.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they plan to celebrate Europe Day in 2002 and to use the occasion as an opportunity to educate young people about Britain's role in the European Union.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have concerning the deployment of British troops in Sierra Leone.
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