Debates between Baroness Whitaker and Baroness Stowell of Beeston during the 2015-2017 Parliament

Tue 10th Nov 2015

Chagos Islands

Debate between Baroness Whitaker and Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Tuesday 10th November 2015

(9 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Stowell of Beeston Portrait The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Stowell of Beeston) (Con)
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My Lords, we are getting out of our habit here. I suggest we go to the Labour Benches first and then to the Lib Dem Benches.

Baroness Whitaker Portrait Baroness Whitaker
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My Lords, is the Minister aware that, when I wrote to my noble friend Lady Ashton, who was then at the European Commission, to ask whether the United Kingdom was eligible for European Union funding for resettlement, the answer was that we certainly were? Does the Minister agree that the cost of these settlements should not fall exclusively on the British taxpayer and that, apart from the European Union, the United States, international organisations and the private sector should be approached for funding and investment?