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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"My Lords, I happily join in congratulating the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis, on a remarkable maiden speech, and I express sadness at seeing the departure of her father, who is a good friend; indeed, our late wives were very close friends in the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship. So it …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Abducted Ukrainian Children

"My Lords, what is puzzling is how does Russia try to justify this awful abduction? Is there no shame? Is there no international body which can intercede on behalf of those children?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Jun 2025
Ukraine: UK Security Guarantee

"My Lords, how effective can security guarantees be without some form of US participation? It is surely not a strong argument to say that some US personnel will be involved in mining their minerals, so what is the current position of the US Administration?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jun 2025
Strategic Defence Review

"My Lords, I join all previous speakers in congratulating the noble Lord, Lord Robertson, and his team. Would my noble friend the Minister agree that, since the end of national service, there has developed a worrying gap between the citizens and the military? One way of bridging that would be …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 May 2025
Public Transport: Expansion and Electrification

"My noble friend will recall that, despite clear undertakings, the last Conservative Government axed the proposed electrification of the Cardiff to Swansea line. Is there any prospect of that now being reconsidered?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 May 2025
Trade Negotiations

"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe, for the Conservative Opposition, and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for the Liberal Democrats, were as one in commending the remarkable change this deal represents from the initial proposals of President Trump. I adopt what the noble Lord, Lord Fox, says about the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 09 May 2025
80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over Japan

"My Lords, 80 years on, we all celebrate a glorious victory, and we perhaps forget that, had there not been a victory but a defeat, we would have been subject to an evil tyranny, and there would have been more Oradour-sur-Glanes on our own territory. That is one thing we …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 May 2025
Prime Minister and First Minister of Wales Meetings

"My Lords, if devolution is a process, what further steps along that road do the Government aspire to over the lifetime of this Parliament?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Apr 2025
Ukraine War: London Talks

"My Lords, it is clear what advice President Trump is giving to President Zelensky in relation to the proposed plan. Does our advice to President Zelensky differ in any way from that of President Trump?..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 22 Apr 2025
One Hundred Year Partnership Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ukraine

"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Fox, on his admirable opening and on the way in which he chaired the International Agreements Committee as a great substitute. I was musing that, had that committee not examined this agreement, no other committee in either House would have done so—neither …..."
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