Debates between Baroness Stowell of Beeston and Lord Trefgarne during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Saudi Arabia: Executions

Debate between Baroness Stowell of Beeston and Lord Trefgarne
Monday 1st February 2016

(8 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con)
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My Lords, it is the turn of the Conservative Benches. I urge noble Lords to allow the Minister to sit down before they stand up to ask the next question.

Lord Trefgarne Portrait Lord Trefgarne
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My Lords, I welcome my noble friend’s preference for private representations in this matter. Would she not agree that megaphone diplomacy is almost always less effective in the long run and is therefore not to be supported? Will she also bear in mind the importance of our commercial relations with Saudi Arabia, not least in the defence field?

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