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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 27 Feb 2020
Israel and Palestine: United States’ Proposals for Peace

"My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord. I am grateful to the noble Baroness for having secured this debate. For many years, I have been both a friend of Israel and a friend of Palestine—not always an easy balance to achieve in the ebbing and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Jan 2020
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, with a new Government in place and at a time of severe international tension, it must be right to start looking for a new foreign policy, as whatever passed for one before stopped working a long time ago—no more so than in that traditional cauldron of the Middle …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament

"That the Grand Committee takes note of the recent work of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament...."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament

"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to introduce this debate on the work of the committee since 2015. These debates used to be a lot more regular, but, for some reason, this is, I think, our first since that time—so a very large body of work is in front …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 09 Sep 2019
Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament

"My Lords, this has been an excellent and highly-informed debate which I have certainly learnt from. The noble Lord, Lord Anderson, made a typically modest speech in which he paid tribute to everybody except himself, but his reports informed much of the work that the committee did. They were immensely …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Dec 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

"My Lords, as my noble friend the Minister will know, the committee which I have the honour to serve on behalf of this House along with the noble Lord, Lord Janvrin, produced a report 10 days ago on the lessons to be learned from terrorism incidents last year. One of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 07 Jun 2018
Palestinian Territories

"My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Steel of Aikwood, on securing this very timely debate. I agree with much of what he had to say. The Middle East is currently facing a struggle for hegemony between Iran, Saudi and Turkey. On this occasion, Israel seems intent on joining …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 Feb 2017
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

"My Lords, last June I voted to leave the European Union. After years of urgently needed reform of the Union being promised and never delivered, and finding ourselves on the path inexorably to ever-closer union, I decided that the time had come to leave and, thankfully, a majority of the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

"My Lords, I rise briefly to support the noble Lord, Lord Butler, in these proposed new clauses. As a member of the Intelligence and Security Committee I can confirm that we felt very strongly that there was a gap here which needed to be filled. I am conscious of the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill

"In the interests of public confidence, can my noble and learned friend give an indication of what sorts of penalties there would be for the offence of misconduct in public office? It is important that the public know this is being taken seriously...."
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