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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 30 Mar 2022
Ukraine

"My Lords, she was not here at the beginning...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2022
Ukraine: Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the value of charitable donations made to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for Ukraine; and what plans they have to increase their commitment to match donations...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2022
Ukraine: Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal

"I thank the Minister for his Answer, which is a tribute to the generosity of the British people. One problem has been the number of people sending goods rather than money. I hope the Government can encourage people to make cash donations, which are much easier to process. Is the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Ukraine: NATO Membership

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking, if any, (1) to encourage Ukraine to apply for membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and (2) to build support among other members of NATO for any such application...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Ukraine: NATO Membership

"My Lords, those of us who have tried to help Russia through the Council of Europe, the Russia APPG et cetera, are bitterly disappointed that the categorical denials of any intention to invade Ukraine have been torn up, and we were not told the truth. I support the work of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

"My Lords, a few days ago, I was in the House of Commons at a meeting of the All-Party Parliament Group on Russia at which the ambassador said quite clearly that Russia had no plans to invade. That can lead to only two conclusions: his Government do not tell him …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Feb 2022
Europe: Foreign Policy and Defence Co-operation

"My Lords, does the Minister accept that getting behind France and Germany, particularly on the issue of NATO expansion, would be a positive contribution towards building a European position on this matter?..."
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Written Question
Sait Erdal Dinçer
Monday 21st February 2022

Asked by: Lord Balfe (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they are making to the government of Turkey regarding (1) the United Nations' Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics, and (2) the dismissal of Sait Erdal Dincer as head of the Turkish Statistical Institute.

Answered by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

As an active UN member state, we encourage all countries in the UN to abide by these important guiding principles. We have not raised the dismissal of Mr Dincer with the Turkish authorities, as this is an internal matter for Turkey.

Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 03 Feb 2022
Autocrats, Kleptocrats and Populists

"My Lords, I hope that we are not going to deteriorate into a sort of two-party or three-party squabble, because the Question that the noble Lord has put on the agenda is a fundamental one in European and wider terms. In 1979, Jim Callaghan noted that the age of post-war …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Jan 2022
Ukraine: Minsk II Protocol

"My Lords, does the Minister not accept that the Minsk II agreement has not been implemented on either side, and that what we need is to get negotiations going on an open basis between Russia and Ukraine, with the help of the French and the Germans, so that we can …..."
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