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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Falkland Islands: Fisheries Exports Tariffs

"My Lords, regarding credibility and consistency, because the previous Government forgot about the Falklands at the start of the Brexit negotiations, I asked the then Foreign Secretary, the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, with all of his great authority and prestige, if he would resolve the issue with …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2025
Falkland Islands: Fisheries Exports Tariffs

"Do not take it away!..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Jul 2025
Actions of Iranian Regime: UK Response

"My Lords, hundreds of both Iranian and Israeli citizens were very regrettably injured and killed as a result of the strikes. We were told by our American friends that the Iranian nuclear programme had been obliterated. We now know that it has not; it may be delayed by just a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Jul 2025
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

"My Lords, I have in my hand a BBC News report of Jeremy Corbyn welcoming the Government’s decision on the exercise of sovereignty of the Chagos Islands. It reports that he was “very pleased” that the UK Government had backed down and said that the Foreign Secretary’s announcement was a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2025
India: Minorities

"My Lords, this should not be separate, because the noble Baroness, while in opposition, was in the same Division Lobby as me on a Labour Motion that said that every trade agreement going forward should have human rights chapters as part of it. The noble Baroness, Lady Gustafsson, said at …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"I am listening attentively to what the noble Lord is saying. If he has time, could he outline a little more of the background to the decision James Cleverly made in November 2022 to open negotiations on the exercise of sovereignty?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"That this House resolves, in accordance with section 20 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, that His Majesty’s Government should not ratify the Agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia, laid before the House on 22 May, until …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"In light of the position that the Conservatives have taken—no, that was a joke. In light of the Minister accepting the terms of my Motion and the fact that this House, and indeed Parliament, will return to these very serious issues, especially those regarding the rights of the Chagossians, I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"I refer the noble Lord back to Hansard for the Statement from James Cleverly, and I am afraid that he should withdraw his comment that I was incorrect. I quoted the Written Ministerial Statement from the Foreign Secretary...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 30 Jun 2025
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago

"My Lords, I have a Motion in my name in the debate. I thank the Minister for the open way in which we have had discussions since the agreement was laid before Parliament and put on record my thanks to the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, for her willingness to host …..."
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