Information between 31st May 2025 - 30th June 2025
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2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Verma voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116 |
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4 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context Baroness Verma voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 84 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 221 Noes - 116 |
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11 Jun 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Verma voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 178 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 161 |
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Baroness Verma speeches from: Social Care
Baroness Verma contributed 1 speech (70 words) Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Baroness Verma speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Baroness Verma contributed 2 speeches (208 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Baroness Verma speeches from: Official Development Assistance: Vulnerable Children
Baroness Verma contributed 1 speech (73 words) Monday 23rd June 2025 - Lords Chamber |
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Baroness Verma speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Baroness Verma contributed 1 speech (87 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
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Baroness Verma speeches from: Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report
Baroness Verma contributed 1 speech (131 words) Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Baroness Verma speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Baroness Verma contributed 3 speeches (293 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Monday 16th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
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Baroness Verma speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Baroness Verma contributed 1 speech (54 words) Committee stage part two Tuesday 10th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade |
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Baroness Verma speeches from: Employment Rights Bill
Baroness Verma contributed 2 speeches (131 words) Committee stage part two Tuesday 10th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Age: Discrimination
Asked by: Baroness Verma (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 9th June 2025 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support and promote Age Without Limits Day across government departments, and whether they plan to develop a strategy to address ageism in society. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) We acknowledge the commitment of the organisers of the Age Without Limits Day and will follow it with interest. Ageism has no place in our society where we want to see and build inclusion, not exclusion.
The Equality Act 2010 has strong protections that enable people to challenge age discrimination across a range of fields, including recruitment processes. These protections make it unlawful for an employer, service provider or someone exercising public functions to treat a person less favourably because of age, unless this can be objectively justified.
Any older person who may have been personally discriminated against because of age may also contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), the government helpline established to provide free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination concerns. The EASS can be contacted via their website - http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/, by telephone on 0808 8000082 or text phone on 0808 8000084. The EASS has the ability to intervene on an individual’s behalf with a service provider to help resolve an issue. The EASS can also advise people who wish to take their complaint further on their options.
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Age: Discrimination
Asked by: Baroness Verma (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 9th June 2025 Question To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Minister for Women and Equalities plans to take part in activities to mark Age Without Limits Day; and what role the Office for Equality and Opportunity will play in highlighting ageism as a cross-cutting issue. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) We acknowledge the commitment of the organisers of the Age Without Limits Day and will follow it with interest. Ageism has no place in our society where we want to see and build inclusion, not exclusion.
The Equality Act 2010 has strong protections that enable people to challenge age discrimination across a range of fields, including recruitment processes. These protections make it unlawful for an employer, service provider or someone exercising public functions to treat a person less favourably because of age, unless this can be objectively justified.
Any older person who may have been personally discriminated against because of age may also contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), the government helpline established to provide free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination concerns. The EASS can be contacted via their website - http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/, by telephone on 0808 8000082 or text phone on 0808 8000084. The EASS has the ability to intervene on an individual’s behalf with a service provider to help resolve an issue. The EASS can also advise people who wish to take their complaint further on their options.
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Age: Discrimination
Asked by: Baroness Verma (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 9th June 2025 Question To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to supporting the aims of Age Without Limits Day, and whether they will take steps to raise awareness of age-related discrimination. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) We acknowledge the commitment of the organisers of the Age Without Limits Day and will follow it with interest. Ageism has no place in our society where we want to see and build inclusion, not exclusion.
The Equality Act 2010 has strong protections that enable people to challenge age discrimination across a range of fields, including recruitment processes. These protections make it unlawful for an employer, service provider or someone exercising public functions to treat a person less favourably because of age, unless this can be objectively justified.
Any older person who may have been personally discriminated against because of age may also contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), the government helpline established to provide free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination concerns. The EASS can be contacted via their website - http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/, by telephone on 0808 8000082 or text phone on 0808 8000084. The EASS has the ability to intervene on an individual’s behalf with a service provider to help resolve an issue. The EASS can also advise people who wish to take their complaint further on their options.
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Older Workers: Discrimination
Asked by: Baroness Verma (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 9th June 2025 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of age discrimination in recruitment and employment, and what steps they are taking to combat that discrimination. Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern - Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) It is not possible to accurately estimate the prevalence of age discrimination in recruitment and employment because not all such discrimination is reported or challenged and in some cases such differential treatment can be objectively justified.
The Equality Act 2010 (The Act) provides strong protection against discrimination related to age in both an employment and service provision context, as age is one of the nine protected characteristics listed in The Act. In addition, employers are not permitted to use a default retirement age for their employees.
These protections enable people to challenge age discrimination across a range of fields, including recruitment processes and when in work. Where age discrimination in recruitment and employment cannot be objectively justified and is unlawful, individuals can seek redress at an employment tribunal. |
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16 Jun 2025, 9:24 p.m. - House of Lords "noble friend Baroness Coffey put it very much in context and Baroness Verma stress the complexity of what we are talking about as far as small and medium enterprises are " Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Jun 2025, 6:18 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Lawlor, Lord Jackson, Lord Ashcombe, Baroness Verma for the interventions. They all made some extremely good points. I will return " Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Implications of the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago - International Relations and Defence Committee Found: Chiswick; Lord Howell of Guildford; Baroness Lawlor; Lord Marland; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara; Baroness Verma |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-06-17 17:00:00+01:00 Implications of the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago - International Relations and Defence Committee Found: Chiswick; Lord Howell of Guildford; Baroness Lawlor; Lord Marland; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara; Baroness Verma |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-06-17 16:00:00+01:00 Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago - International Agreements Committee Found: Chiswick; Lord Howell of Guildford; Baroness Lawlor; Lord Marland; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara; Baroness Verma |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-06-17 16:00:00+01:00 Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago - International Agreements Committee Found: Chiswick; Lord Howell of Guildford; Baroness Lawlor; Lord Marland; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara; Baroness Verma |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-06-17 16:00:00+01:00 Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago - International Agreements Committee Found: Chiswick; Lord Howell of Guildford; Baroness Lawlor; Lord Marland; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara; Baroness Verma |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-06-17 16:00:00+01:00 Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago - International Agreements Committee Found: Chiswick; Lord Howell of Guildford; Baroness Lawlor; Lord Marland; Lord Stevenson of Balmacara; Baroness Verma |
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Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Oral Evidence - House of Representatives, Parliament of Australia, Parliament of Australia, and Parliament of Australia Review of treaty scrutiny - International Agreements Committee Found: get a bit more into the detail of how you work, so I am going to pass the questioning over to Baroness Verma |
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Switzerland and Liechtenstein APPG Document: Switzerland & Liechtenstein Inaugural Meeting 2024.pdf Found: The Baroness Verma His Excellency Markus Leitner, Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to the Court |
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Small Modular Reactors APPG Document: SMR APPG Membership List Found: Lord Walney (Officer) Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist Lord Browne of Ladyton Baroness Verma |
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Small Modular Reactors APPG Document: Minutes of the SMR APPG's IGM Tuesday 19 November 2024 Found: Atkinson MP, Andrew Snowden MP, Jo White MP, Lee Pitcher MP, Jonathan Hinder MP, Susan Murray MP, Baroness Verma |
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Digital Inclusion APPG Document: The Digital Inclusion APPG’s 2024 IGM Found: Officers Dan Aldridge MP & Lucy Rigby MP were elected as Co-Chairs Lord Clement-Jones and Baroness Verma |
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Digital Inclusion APPG Document: minutes of the meeting Found: Officers Dan Aldridge MP & Lucy Rigby MP were elected as Co-Chairs Lord Clement-Jones and Baroness Verma |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2023-24 Found: Viscount Ullswater LVO Baroness Verma The Lord Wade of Chorlton Lord Wakeham Baroness Walmsley |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2022-23 Found: Viscount Ullswater LVO Baroness Verma The Lord Wade of Chorlton Lord Wakeham Baroness Walmsley |
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University APPG Document: 29 November 2023: Maximising universities’ potential to commercialise research Found: of Lincoln Yes Professor Wayne Cranton Dean of Research Sheffield Hallam University No Baroness Verma |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2021-22 Found: Viscount Ullswater LVO Baroness Verma The Lord Wade of Chorlton Lord Wakeham Baroness Walmsley |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Flexible working and Apprenticeships – June 2022 Found: Baroness Verma said apprenticeships are only going to become more available if big organisations make |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2020-21 Found: Viscount Ullswater LVO Baroness Verma The Lord Wade of Chorlton Baroness Walmsley The Rt Hon |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2020-2021 Found: APPG on PDRH member Baroness Verma spoke about the need for proper support for migrant women who had |
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Women and Work APPG Document: Menstrual Wellbeing Found: Laura Farris MP, Co-Chairs of the Women and Work APPG Parliamentarians in attendance: • Baroness Verma |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2019-20 Found: Viscount Ullswater LVO Baroness Verma The Lord Wade of Chorlton Baroness Walmsley The Rt |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2019-2020 Found: APPG on PDRH member Baroness Verma highlighted gender equality and the need to end violence against |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2018-19 Found: The Lord Teverson Lord Truscott Lord Turnbull The Rt Hon. the Viscount Ullswater LVO Baroness Verma |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2017-18 Found: Smith of Finsbury Lord Stoddart of Swindon Lord Teverson Lord Truscott Lord Turnbull Baroness Verma |
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HIV, AIDS and Sexual Health APPG Document: APPG on HIV AIDS AGM minutes 5 July 17 Found: Malaria and NTDs and Global Tuberculosis in support of the Global Fund replenishment and met with Baroness Verma |
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Global Education APPG Document: Accessing inclusive education for children with disabilities in Kenya Found: The UK Secretary of State for International Development, the Rt Hon Justine Greening MP , and Baroness Verma |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2016-2017 Found: full text enclosed as appendix 165 Foreign Affairs Council for Development, 12th May 2016 Baroness Verma |
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Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Document: Annual Report 2015-2016 Found: Key note speakers included: Baroness Anelay, Minister of State (MoS), FCO; Baroness Verma, Parliamentary |
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Monday 30th June 2025
Department for Business and Trade Source Page: Letter dated 25/06/2025 from Lord Leong to Baroness Verma regarding a question raised in the Employment Rights Bill committee stage (ninth day): black and minority ethnic businesses - participation in the consultation ‘Making Work Pay: creating a modern framework for industrial relations'. 2p. Document: Lord_Leong_to_Baroness_Verma.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 25/06/2025 from Lord Leong to Baroness Verma regarding a question raised in the Employment |
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Tuesday 1st July 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence Subject: General Terms for the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Gareth Stace - Director General at UK Steel Tom Bradshaw - President at National Farmers Union Alessandro Marongiu - Senior Trade Policy Manager at Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 8th July 2025 2 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence Subject: General Terms for the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Professor Kathleen Claussen, Anne Fleming - Research Professor & Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center Professor David Bailey - Professor of Business Economics at University of Birmingham Professor Emily Lydgate - Professor of Law at University of Sussex, and Co-Director at UK Trade Policy Observatory View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 24th June 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 9th September 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 16th September 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 2nd September 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Review of treaty scrutiny View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 10th June 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Review of treaty scrutiny At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Catherine West MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 10th June 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Review of treaty scrutiny At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Catherine West MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Naomi Davey - Legal Director at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Christopher Greenwood - Former judge at International Court of Justice At 5:00pm: Oral evidence Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Christopher Greenwood - Former judge at International Court of Justice At 5:00pm: Oral evidence Stephen Doughty MP - MP at Member of Parliament View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Sir Christopher Greenwood GBE, CMG, KC - Former judge at International Court of Justice At 5:00pm: Oral evidence Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Sir Christopher Greenwood GBE, CMG, KC - Judge of the Iran/US Claims Tribunal, former judge at International Court of Justice At 5:00pm: Oral evidence Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 17th June 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago At 4:00pm: Oral evidence Sir Christopher Greenwood GBE, CMG, KC - Judge of the Iran/US Claims Tribunal, former judge at International Court of Justice At 5:00pm: Oral evidence Stephen Doughty MP - Minister of State at Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Paul Mckell - Legal Director and Director Ocean Policy at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Tuesday 22nd July 2025 4 p.m. International Agreements Committee - Private Meeting View calendar - Add to calendar |
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1 Jul 2025
General Terms for the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal International Agreements Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions This short inquiry seeks to explore the impact of this deal and tariff changes for industry, negotiation objectives for the deal, and the implications of this approach for UK trade policy. |
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9 Jun 2025
Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago International Agreements Committee (Select) Not accepting submissions No description available |