"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Frost, on praying against this. It is really good to see someone from the Conservative Party actually praying against these regulations. In his wide-ranging contribution, he highlighted some of the real issues that we should be discussing. Perhaps it might be helpful …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, following on from that question, there seems to be no guarantee in this agreement that Chagossians will be able to return to any of the islands. I understood that that was going to be in the agreement. Perhaps the Minister can tell me where I can read up, …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, this has been an interesting debate. Listening to the different views makes me think of saying, “Here we go again”. I asked the Library how many Bills there have been since I came into the other place in 1989 that contain the words “immigration”, “asylum” or “migration”. I …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister used the word “compassionate”, and other noble Lords have used that word in reference to sentencing, particularly of women, and to the effect on their families. Does he appreciate that many people do not understand how, for a simple tweet—an appalling tweet—Lucy Connolly got 31 months, …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister will know that not all these trade deals apply to Northern Ireland. Yesterday in the other place, the Secretary of State for Business said basically that that was because of the Belfast/Good Friday agreement and the Windsor Framework and we had to protect the Belfast/Good Friday …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, I know the Minister is honest and straightforward, as, of course, all noble Lords are, but would she like to state what it seems no other Government Minister wishes to state: that we would not be having this discussion or these deals if we had not left the …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to have this debate. I welcome all the Members who are here; one or two said to me that they would have liked to be here, but they had to be in the main Chamber. I know that everybody here has real expertise in …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government whether they will consider using frozen Libyan assets to provide compensation to victims of IRA terrorism...." Baroness Hoey - View Speech