"My Lords, I warmly thank the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, for securing this important debate and for her consistent work in keeping our attention on Bosnia and Herzegovina, and I congratulate her on her excellent speech. I think the House is speaking with a united voice.
"My Lords, the Minister referred to the British way of doing things. Does he therefore agree that although various speculative issues have been raised around enforcement, in reality a combination of self-restraint, respect for the law and social discouragement from breaking it should eliminate most issues, particularly over time, rather …..." Baroness Ludford - View Speech
"My Lords, Russia is undoubtedly stirring tensions to undermine western security and Bosnia’s progress to EU membership. As has been said, the UK has always played a strong role in supporting the Dayton agreement and the Office of the High Representative, which my former leader Paddy Ashdown filled 20 years …..." Baroness Ludford - View Speech
"My Lords, like others, I wish to speak about EU partnership, and I very much agree with the remarks by the noble Baroness, Lady Gill. As my Lib Dem group leader, my noble friend Lord Purvis of Tweed, said yesterday,
"My Lords, my question to the Minister follows on from the previous question. How will we know that the necessary cultural revolution among stewards of medical data has taken place? What has happened—that UK Biobank allowed the download of the data—is frankly astonishing. I must admit, I have been worried …..." Baroness Ludford - View Speech
"My noble friend Lord Palmer quoted his local rabbi as saying that this is unacceptable for us as a nation. That is what I would like to emphasise. The Minister has given us an account of a lot of the good work that the Government have done, but I cannot …..." Baroness Ludford - View Speech
"My Lords, is it really not possible for the Government to have a more targeted approach—similar to what my noble friend Lady Hamwee suggested—by increasing the workforce to assist asylum applications? Rather than the blunderbuss of removing the right of nationals from certain countries to apply for visas, can the …..." Baroness Ludford - View Speech
"Does the Leader of the House welcome, as I do, what I think is a new spirit of intention, moving from proceedings to services that support Members, to engage with and respond to Members? I think that is led by the new Lord Speaker and the new Clerk of the …..." Baroness Ludford - View Speech
"My Lords, I agree with everything that has been said this evening. I do not remember a debate where that has been quite so true. I will jump from international students to the EU settlement scheme, quite briefly, as I know that the bulk of this debate has been on …..." Baroness Ludford - View Speech