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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 27 Feb 2017
United States: Immigration Policy

"My Lords, what representations is the Foreign Office making to the American embassy on cases such as Mr Miah, the maths teacher born in Swansea who was accompanying his class to go to the United States? It seems that he was blocked in Reykjavik from boarding a plane for no …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Dec 2016
Cyprus

"My Lords, the Minister quite rightly points out that this is a Cypriot-led peace initiative, backed by the United Nations, but the United Kingdom as a guarantor power plays a very important role. As she will know, the people of Cyprus look to us as a power of influence. We …..."
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Written Question
Cyprus: Peace Negotiations
Tuesday 20th December 2016

Asked by: Baroness Hussein-Ece (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will be the UK's representative on the proposed five-party conference to discuss the Cyprus Settlement, to be held on 12 January 2017.

Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns

The UK welcomes the decision of the Leaders of the two Cypriot communities to proceed to a conference on Cyprus with the Guarantor Powers starting on 12 January 2017. The UK stands ready to participate at an appropriate level and we look forward to receiving further details from the UN and two sides in due course.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Jun 2016
Turkey

"I have not met a single Turk who believes that they are going to be joining the EU in 2020—I do not think anyone in Turkey believes that. However, the progressives who want reform want the EU to support the accession process, in order that Turkey should reform. The Minister …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 23 May 2016
European Union: United Kingdom Membership

"My Lords, will the Minister comment on statements from the Brexit campaign in the past week that Turkey is about to enter the European Union, that 80 million Turks will come over here, and it will be mainly criminals who come? In fact, it is very unlikely that Turkey will …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Turkey: Zaman Newspaper

"My Lords, in the light of the opening of these chapters and the negotiations that will flow from that, will the issues of press freedom, freedom of speech and human rights be part of those discussions? Turkey is in a very difficult and volatile situation, given the war and all …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Nov 2015
Turkey

"My Lords, can the Minister give some more information about reports of the proposed EU-Turkey summit, which has been called to encourage Turkey to do more to stem the flow of refugees into Europe—to act, in effect, as a border guard against refugees to Europe? Can she also say why …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina

"My Lords, I, too, pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Ashdown for initiating this debate and for his remarkable opening speech, which was very sobering.

I have visited Bosnia several times in the past year, the last time being in April with Remembering Srebrenica, a UK charity established to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Jul 2014
Palestine

"Can my noble friend say whether media reports that Hamas was not even consulted on the so-called peace deal that Egypt announced are true, and that members of the Knesset themselves learnt about it from the media?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2014
Cyprus

"My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Northbrook on securing this debate and on his very thoughtful and thorough introduction. In fact, he said some of the things I might have wanted to say.

As has been said, today is the 15 July, the 40th anniversary of the coup …..."
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