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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 30 Jan 2020
Defence, Diplomacy and Development Policy

"My Lords, grateful thanks are due to the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, for tabling this Motion, and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Penn, on an excellent maiden speech.

There is today much talk about merging the machinery of aid and diplomacy, and it is legitimate to question whether such …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 28 Jan 2020
Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit

"My Lords, I declare my interests as president of both the Children First Alliance and Young Citizens. This is a valuable opportunity to put the issue of nutrition once again on the agenda and to press for more serious thinking, not to mention better implementation and better impact monitoring. I …..."
Baroness D'Souza - View Speech

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Written Question
Mozambique: Storms
Monday 25th March 2019

Asked by: Baroness D'Souza (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to resume channelling development and emergency aid through the government of Mozambique and its agencies in the light of Cyclone Idai.

Answered by Lord Bates

The UK has been monitoring the situation in Mozambique since last week. The situation is extremely concerning. Beira – a city of half a million people in central Mozambique has been cut off since the weekend with no water or electricity. Other areas are under water.

The Government of Mozambique is leading the response. They are experts in disaster management but are overwhelmed. They are being supported by UN agencies, international and local NGOs.

The UK has responded quickly. The Secretary of State has approved up to £22 million to support the people affected by the cyclone. We will not be channelling funds through the Government of Mozambique but will work through UN agencies and non-Government partners.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 28 Feb 2019
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2019

"My Lords, although I agree in principle with the order proscribing Hezbollah for precisely the reason that the noble Lord just spelled out—Hezbollah does not make a distinction between the political and military arms of its organisation—I should like to insert a tiny protection for freedom of expression. I think …..."
Baroness D'Souza - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 01 Feb 2019
Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill

"My Lords, may I ask a very naive question? I ask the Committee’s forgiveness if this has already been answered. What happens if there were to be a civil partnership between a brother and sister—let us say the brother and sister are Jill and John—and then Jill meets Jack and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 05 Dec 2018
Syria

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support and provide resources for reconstruction programmes in Syria...."
Baroness D'Souza - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 05 Dec 2018
Syria

"I thank the Minister for his Answer. The needs in Syria today are both huge and urgent. More than 50% of medical and educational facilities are in ruins, as is some 30% of the housing. But some organisations are operating in Syria outside the Assad regime; for example: MSF, the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 29 Oct 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

"My Lords. Clause 1 makes a neat distinction between free speech and incitement. New subsection (1A)(a) states:

“expresses an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation”.

That surely is free speech, depending on the context in which it occurs. New paragraph (b), which states,

“in doing so …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 29 Oct 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

"Does the noble Lord agree that context is still a very important matter? If someone is preaching a sermon and is therefore in a position of authority, it is likely that they will actually persuade another person to commit a particular criminal act in a place and over time. However, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
Overseas Aid and Defence Expenditure

"My Lords, as I understand it, is not an increasingly large amount of the development aid budget now dispersed among other departments where the same standards of evaluation do not apply, and are certainly not as rigorous as those applied by the Department for International Development?..."
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