"My Lords, the Minister in the other place called the House of Lords irresponsible, not just the Opposition. I find that very offensive. Many of us have spent a long time trying to get this issue debated properly. I have a simple and straightforward question and I hope I will …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, the Prime Minister has said that Greenlanders must have a say in what is happening, and I fully accept that. What is the difference between this and not allowing the Chagossians to have any say at all in us buying and selling off the Chagos Islands and paying …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, most Londoners know just how difficult it is to get a tiny little extension approved for the back of their house. Why on earth does a foreign embassy need such a huge building in such an important area? Even the United States of America does not have such …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, there are a lot of questions that the Minister, quite understandably, cannot answer, but she gave a rather strange response to one question that I asked the other day. Could she simply just say thank you to Elon Musk for providing Starlink into Iran?..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"I thank the Minister. I know she is a genuine supporter of good animal welfare, which is why I was surprised that there was not a word in the strategy document that came out about the very cruel and barbaric way millions of animals are killed each year in a …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to ensure that labelling on meat states whether the animal was stunned before being killed...." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, I very much support the amendment of regret and I am pleased it has been tabled. I find the word “regret” not nearly strong enough, because for me this will be a very sad day if the Bill goes through from the House of Lords to the other …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, we saw the appalling pictures of the security guards displaying the bodies thanks to the work of very brave Iranians getting the message out before all the social media was locked down. Does the Minister agree that social media has shown its importance in the first two weeks …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"Before the Minister sits down, could she tell us whether our very distinguished Attorney-General, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hermer, had given any advice—admittedly, she cannot tell us what advice—to the Government on the report of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which has come out …..." Baroness Hoey - View Speech
"My Lords, I will refer briefly to my Amendments 17 and 49. I tabled one of them in Committee and want to probe a little further on some of the questions to which I did not get satisfactory answers.