Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Equalities)
Liberal Democrat Peer
My Lords, as has just been outlined by the noble Baroness, drug-facilitated sexual assault appears to be a global phenomenon which is flourishing in the dark parts of the internet. One website with this content, with millions of visitors, had more than 20,000 videos, with hundreds of thousands of views, of this so-called “sleep content”—that is, women who are drugged and sexually...
My Lords, Israel’s “doomsday” settlement project in E1, which would split the West Bank in two and destroy any possibility of a future Palestinian state, is about to pass the point of no return, with tenders for construction in E1 having been issued last month. The Israeli Government have repeatedly stated their intentions to destroy any possibility of a two-state solution. Given that...
My Lords, I take the Minister back to the International Development Committee meeting that she attended yesterday, which has already been referred to. Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health, testified that the UK had failed to act on intelligence and genocide warnings in Sudan. He specifically said that there had been not...
My Lords, the shocking attack on Muslims in Edinburgh is the latest among the many and increasing attacks we have seen. This is not happening in a vacuum, as noble Lords have set out; the increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric and Islamophobia are becoming more and more normalised. It was very disappointing that after the latest attack last week, there was no statement, no COBRA meeting and very...
My Lords, women and children who are repatriated often rely mainly on charities. What support do British embassies give, and will they help with repatriation to lift the burden on charities?
My Lords, can the Minister outline the Government’s position on what appears to be the occupation of southern Lebanon, which seems to be a systematic plan to impose long-term military control and a new geographic reality? Is this not a clear breach of international law, and how on earth will it make anyone in the region safe, including Israel, if this kind of behaviour continues? What...
My Lords, I welcome the commitment in the King’s speech that the Government “will champion the rights of women and girls to live in a world free from violence”. I recently read a 2001 UNFPA report. The introduction said: “The nature of armed conflicts changed dramatically during the latter half of the twentieth century, with casualties among civilians increasingly outnumbering those...
My Lords, will the Government play a central role as they did in 2014-15 in Sierra Leone, which helped to ensure that a disease already spreading internationally was checked in its tracks, saving many lives in west Africa and worldwide?
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the forthcoming Schools White Paper will address the inclusion of children with long-term conditions such as epilepsy.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure adequate funding for women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in all UK-sponsored humanitarian responses.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prioritise sexual and reproductive health and rights in their engagement with international partners on humanitarian system reform.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to make a multi-year commitment to the United Nations Population Fund Supplies Partnership for 2026–30.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to continue to provide the current level of funding to the Global Fund.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to continue promoting the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls globally, and what action they are taking to combat attacks on those rights.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of inequalities in access to, and the quality of, reproductive, maternal and newborn healthcare services in fragile states.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the meeting between the Prime Minister and British Palestinian families on 22 October, what consideration they have given to implementing a pilot Child Evacuation Scheme to provide medical treatment for children from Gaza, as proposed by the families and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians.
