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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 06 Dec 2023
Middle East: UK Military Deployments

"My Lords, the Minister, being a good Scot, will perhaps know the Scottish Gaelic welcome, “One hundred thousand welcomes”. I am happy to join in repeating the welcome to him. He has already referred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, which is part of the deployment. A little further on in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Nov 2023
King’s Speech

"My Lords, I declare an interest as a patron of Caabu, the Council for Arab-British Understanding. I welcome the noble Earl to the Dispatch Box and offer my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Roberts of Belgravia. If he speaks as well as he writes, we will do very well …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Nov 2023
Occupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian Situation

"My Lords, the Statement quite properly recognises the need for Israel to be proportionate in its response, but the law provides no definition of “proportionate”. Might I suggest a practical definition in the context of what we are discussing? The methods must be proportionate, but so too must be the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Israel/Gaza

"My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest: I am a patron of CABU, the Council for Arab-British Understanding.

Before addressing my general remarks, I want to make two imperatives. The first is that there is no place for anti-Semitism in the United Kingdom in either private or public life, …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 23 Oct 2023
Israel and Gaza

"My Lords, in response to a question, the Minister referred to UNRWA, but is he aware of Medical Aid for Palestinians, a charity operating in the region? Have the Government made any contact with it in order to enlist, as part of the government position, its assistance as well?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 11 Sep 2023
Security Update

"My Lords, I begin by declaring that I was previously a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee, although that is not a reason for urging the Minister to re-read the report, since it contains a lot of conclusions that are entirely relevant to our discussion this evening.

I direct …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 07 Sep 2023
Ukraine: Post-conflict Reconstruction

"My Lords, can I ask the Minister to give some consideration to the scale of the problem? Does he recall that Europe got $13 billion after President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act in 1948? Who is going to be as generous as that when it comes to Ukraine?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Jul 2023
Defence Command Paper Refresh

"My Lords, I want to return to the issue of expenditure in due course, but before I do, I associate myself with the remarks made about the Secretary of State. He has performed his responsibilities in an outstanding fashion, with great commitment. Of course, it is perhaps helpful that in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Jul 2023
NATO Summit

"My Lords, I begin by declaring my interest as a member of the British delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where, I have no doubt, many of the issues that have been ventilated this evening will be further discussed.

If I had to choose what I regarded as the two …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Jul 2023
Operation Soteria

"My Lords, the Minister will understand that my experience in relation to prosecuting and defending rape is, to put it mildly, dated. He will, of course, be aware of the proposals now being made north of the border. To what extent are these being taken into account in the other …..."
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