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Zimbabwe: Company Assets (10 Oct 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords—

Zimbabwe: Company Assets (10 Oct 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords, further to the point that my noble friend has just made, if this issue is handled by ZANU-PF as poorly as the matter of the commercial farms, is it not likely that this move will lead to still greater unemployment and a still greater number of refugees entering South Africa? In the light of this and of what my noble friend has just said—and pace the noble Lord, Lord Tebbit—what...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Iraq: Refugees (26 Jun 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Statement by the Lord President on 1 June (Official Report, col. 1464) that "we have contributed some £744 million since the conflict in Iraq started in 2003", whether they provided this entire sum for Iraqi refugees; and how much of this sum was (a) allocated to Iraqi refugees in each calendar year from 2003 to 2007; and (b) provided for Iraqi...

Airports: Heathrow (14 Jun 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords, is my noble friend aware that I frequently fly from Chicago to Terminal 3 at Heathrow, and that time after time I am greeted by a broken travelator? I must confess that on Saturday it was a broken escalator, for a change. Is my noble friend further aware of the appalling impression this must make on visitors to this country whose first encounter in Britain is with a broken...

Iraq: Refugees (11 Jun 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords, if the total amount we gave in the past year was £10 million and we are talking about 4 million refugees, internal and external, that is £2.50 each. Can we look to the Government to be a little more generous in the next year?

Autism: Blue Badge Scheme (23 Apr 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords, could not the autistic be given the blue badges now and the Government have their review afterwards?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Stem Cell Therapy (17 Apr 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the use of stem cell therapy in cases of liver cancer, reported by surgeons at the University of Düsseldorf in Radiology; and what implications their research has for liver cancer patients in the United Kingdom; and What research is being done in the United Kingdom into the use of stem cell therapy in cases of liver cancer.

Zimbabwe (16 Apr 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords, South Africa speaks with a voice that thunders throughout southern Africa, yet President Mbeki will not speak out against President Mugabe. The thunder is silent. The finest words from South Africa on the silence over President Mugabe's conduct came on 16 March from Archbishop Tutu, who said: "We Africans should hang our heads in shame". On 26 March in another place, the Minister...

Zimbabwe (26 Mar 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords, first, as somebody who has spent much of his life in Zimbabwe, I thank Britain for the generous aid that it has given to Zimbabweans over these terrible years. Secondly, the Statement uses the phrase: "Until the Zimbabwean regime changes course". If a successor to President Mugabe comes from the ZANU-PF politburo, they will have been, at the minimum, a party to ghastly decisions and...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Gambling (20 Mar 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: How much they estimate was the total gambling turnover in the United Kingdom for each of the years 2001 to 2006.

Prisons: Overcrowding (19 Mar 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords, how many prisoners are being held more than 100 miles from their homes and families—which has consequent effects—as a result of these overcrowding pressures?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Gambling: Betting Offices (15 Mar 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: How many licensed betting offices there are in the United Kingdom.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Gambling: Casinos (15 Mar 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: How many registered casinos there are in the United Kingdom.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Zimbabwe: World Food Programme (26 Feb 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are taking action to prevent Zimbabwe becoming vice-president of the United Nations World Food Programme.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Iraq: Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (19 Feb 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the relationship between the Badr Brigade militia and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Iraq: Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (19 Feb 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: How many Ministers in the Government of Iraq are members of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq; and what are their portfolios.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Prisoners: Women ( 1 Feb 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 20 July 2006 (HC Deb, col. 473) that vulnerable women should not be in prison, what is their estimate of the number of vulnerable women currently in prison.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Iraq: Muqtada al-Sadr (29 Jan 2007)

Lord Acton: asked Her Majesty's Government: How many Ministers in the Government of Iraq are supporters of Hojatoleslam Muqtada Al-Sadr; and what are their portfolios.

Universities: Visa Fees (17 Jan 2007)

Lord Acton: My Lords, I declare an interest as honorary president of the Association of American Study Abroad Programmes UK—I knew that I would have the longest title. Perhaps I can help my noble friend with his market research. Is he aware that the association estimates that some 7,500 such American students will require visas, but that they spend some £20 million each year in this country? Are those...

Mental Health Bill [HL] (15 Jan 2007)

Lord Acton: Of the studies that the noble Baroness quoted, was the benefit of ECT shown soon after it was given, or was there a considerable gap?

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