🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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My Lords, I too have added my name in support of Amendment 20 and endorse everything my noble friend Lord Verdirame has just said. I will briefly add, for emphasis, that the Government have promised an equivalent power for state-related organisations and without this, one of the key planks would not have an equivalent power. Finally, if I understood correctly the concern expressed about the...
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My Lords, I declare an interest as the co-chair of the new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Defending Democracy, which I urge all noble Lords who have made such compelling contributions today to join. That group has a remit in part following the Defending Democracy Taskforce. I agree wholeheartedly with what the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, said at the beginning: that it is regrettable that...
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My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow that thoughtful speech from the noble Lord, Lord Docherty. There is one person who I wish we could have heard from today: our dear friend Meta, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale. She was such an extraordinary expert on these issues for many years in the House and in her career as an intelligence officer. We said goodbye to her at a very moving funeral last...
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My Lords, this high-level procedure obviously took place in UK national waters. Do the Government believe that there would be legal justification for taking similar action against a sanctioned vessel in international waters? If the Minister is not clear, might he write to me?
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My Lords, the point has been made a number of times that the knife was not a kirpan, but is it not entirely possible that police officers who do not necessarily have expert training in what exactly a kirpan looks like may have been less likely to challenge the killer, who was carrying an illegal offensive weapon? So, for clarity, is the Minister saying that this exemption is now being...
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Is the Minister open-minded about the huge potential that the UK embracing an open-source AI model alongside allies may accrue to the country to put us back in the premier league rather than needing to be reliant on America and overseas?
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My Lords, let me begin where the noble Lord, Lord McColl of Dulwich, ended. It has been a huge privilege to share these Benches and this debate with my noble friend Lord Hennessy. I briefly add my own tribute. Understandably, much of the discussion has been about his role as a Member of this House, and as a historian and academic on the constitution. He is also the country’s pre-eminent...
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My Lords, I thank everyone for their insight on and support for the principle behind this matter, which is that urgent action is needed. In the light of what has been said, I am reluctantly content to withdraw my Motion. In doing so, I will leave the Minister with two thoughts. First, this will not go away. I hope the Minister will take away the urgent need to deal with this matter and bring...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government what funding per student is provided in England for specialist provision for students with education, health and care plans, broken down by local education authority.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what funding per student is provided in Cumbria for specialist provision for students with education, health and care plans, broken down by local education authority.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of variations between local education authorities in England in the levels of funding per student for specialist provision for students with education, health and care plans.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria and standards BBC Arabic is subject to for its receipt of (1) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office grant funding, and (2) World2020 programme funding.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of social cohesion and societal and democratic resilience in the UK; and what indicators they are using to measure cohesion and resilience.
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To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the StandWithUs UK University Campus Polling published on 18 May 2024, what assessment they have made of the finding that 29 per cent of surveyed university students would describe the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 as an "understandable act of resistance".
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To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the StandWithUs UK University Campus Polling published on 18 May 2024, what assessment they have made of the finding that 38 per cent of university student surveyed think that people who publicly support Israel should expect to face abuse on campus.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to counter Iranian state influence in the United Kingdom including in political, academic and community spheres.
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