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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 Jan 2017
Burma: Rohingya

"My Lords, I, too, commend the noble Baroness, Lady Kinnock, on securing this important debate. I first visited Myanmar nearly 30 years ago, in 1988, shortly after the putsch that brought the military to power. At the time I was a correspondent for BBC World Service, which to this day …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 Dec 2016
Higher Education and Research Bill

"My Lords, I welcome this debate and declare my interest as a trustee of the School of Oriental and African Studies, from where I also graduated with a master’s degree and a PhD. In addition, I am a member of the Council of Swansea University.

In this country we have …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2016
BBC Charter

"My Lords, I welcome this debate, although I rise with some apprehension, as the register notes my membership of that endangered —nay, condemned—species, the BBC Trust. I acknowledge, too, a previous speaker in the debate, the noble Lord, Lord Patten of Barnes, who led the BBC Trust for several years …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Jul 2016
Iraq Inquiry

"My Lords, I declare my interest as a former special adviser to the late Robin Cook when he was Foreign Secretary from 1999 to 2001, and to Jack Straw when he was Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2005. In that year I returned to the UN, where I was director …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jul 2016
Outcome of the European Union Referendum

"My Lords, like many in your Lordships’ House, I did not expect a few weeks ago to be speaking in a debate today on the UK leaving the EU, but that is what we are now doing.

Formally, of course, it is the EU but, for all intents and purposes, …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jul 2016
Outcome of the European Union Referendum

"I am grateful to the Minister. That is exactly the sort of thing I would like to hear and I hope the Prime Minister can do more in that regard in the coming weeks. We must be conscious, too, of NATO. In these times, when we are set to leave …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 23 May 2016
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, the gracious Speech makes the bold statement that Her Majesty’s Government will continue to play a leading role addressing major international security and humanitarian challenges. However, there has not always been strong evidence of that in the debate this afternoon, preoccupied, as it has been, by the forthcoming …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 May 2016
BBC

"My Lords, the register declares my interest as a member of—I was going to say of an endangered species but it is a now a condemned species—the BBC Trust. Knowing the great interest in this House, I first welcome the Government’s commitment in the White Paper to ring-fencing the BBC …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Apr 2016
BBC Charter Review (Communications Committee Report)

"My Lords, I rise with some trepidation. As the register of interests notes, I am that much maligned species, a trustee of the BBC. Noble Lords might ask why I joined the BBC Trust. I did so because the BBC has always been important in my life and career. Indeed, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 08 Mar 2016
Syria

"My Lords, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Coventry is to be commended for obtaining this debate. It is timely because, for the first time since the commencement of the conflict in early 2011, there are signs that a fragile cessation of hostilities is taking hold, and we all …..."
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