🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, when the noble and learned Lord answered the Question he said that, of the 84,000 people in prison, a large number were due to historical abuse convictions. Can he tell us how many of the 84,000 are due to historical abuse?
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My Lords, is the Minister aware that the noble Lord, Lord Pearson, and those of his ilk would not be satisfied if every programme that the BBC broadcast on current affairs started with a litany which said, “Confusion to the Commission and down with the tyrannous EU!”? That would not be enough for them. It is vintage Trump: “I didn’t say it. If I said it, I didn’t mean it. If I said...
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My Lords, I start by congratulating my noble friend Lord Liddle on securing this debate and on the detailed, magisterial and persuasive way in which he opened it. I was slightly worried about whether what I was going to say would fit into the pattern of the debate. However, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Parekh, because he has reassured me firmly that what I will say will, I hope, be...
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The Minister’s account of what seems to have happened gets curiouser and curiouser. As I understand what he is now saying, we knew this was going on. Presumably the Americans also knew that it was going on. The other members of the coalition knew that it was going on. Did we try to stop it? Did we make representations to whoever was doing the deal that it was not in the interests of the...
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My Lords, I confess I have almost totally lost the Government’s position on this. At one and the same time they say, “Yes, there is a problem. Yes, we have gathered the evidence. Yes, we know what the evidence is. Yes, it points unmistakably in the direction of doing something about this issue. Yes, we are convinced”—to use the Minister’s own word—“of the need to do something...
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My Lords, the noble Baroness said on a number of occasions that she is confident that the Government will be able to replicate our existing trading position. Can she enlighten us as to how on earth the Government propose to do that?
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My Lords, how do the Government define affordable housing?
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My Lords—
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will authorise the granting of a commemorative medal to those who served in Bomber Command during World War II; and what are the reasons for their decision.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 16 July (WA 151), whether the Confederation of British Ex-Service Organisations (COBSEO), comprising some 100 ex-service organisations, was represented at the meeting held on 20 June by Sir Roger Carnwath of the tribunal’s judiciary with members of some ex-service organisations to discuss the...
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to ensure that Korean studies continue to be available at universities.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will place the draft working document of the Fees Regulations for the Freedom of Information Bill in the Library.
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