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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Jul 2025
European Convention on Human Rights

"My Lords, there have been gross distortions in the right-wing press in this country with respect to the right-to-family-life decisions. Nevertheless, some of those decisions have been astonishing. Is the remedy therefore not in our own tribunal’s interpretation, which perhaps needs some form of clarification, rather than in the difficult …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Tax on Imports under £135

"Further to the question from the noble Lord, how concerned are the Government that, as a result of the Trump tariffs, Chinese goods will be diverted to our market to our detriment?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Jul 2025
Rail Freight

"Is my noble friend satisfied that there are enough incentives to encourage industry to install or improve access for freight?..."
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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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