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Written Question
Trade Agreements: Nigeria
Tuesday 19th April 2022

Asked by: Baroness Whitaker (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make the release of Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, a requirement for any future trade deals between the UK and Nigeria.

Answered by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

HM Government is clear that more trade need not come at the expense of our values. We will continue to work constructively with the Government of Nigeria on trade and other matters.

HM Government is committed to defending freedom of religion or belief for all. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has raised, and will continue to raise, Mr Bala’s case with the Nigerian authorities.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Jul 2021
Register of Home-educated Children

"My Lords, while a few parents educate their children at home well and have nothing to fear from a register, a very large number of children who are not educated in mainstream schools are in real trouble. Two groups cause particular concern: those who are taught the narrow and often …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 Jul 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I support Amendments 76 and 80, for the obvious reason so clearly set out by the noble and learned Lord, Lord Clarke of Nottingham, and others that unless full funding is available, many students who could benefit from and would in turn benefit society by attending these courses …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 Jul 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, particularly the detail of Amendment 82 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Baker of Dorking, because of its focus on the years before further education comes into play. These are the years when choices are determined and motivation …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I support all the amendments in this group and shall talk about Amendments 63 and 66 in particular. For far too long, pastoral care in these institutions has been inconsistent, sometimes even unprofessional and neglectful, to the great detriment of students’ achievements and well-being. Like other speakers, I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I intended to support Amendment 40A. I am not sure whether the noble Lord, Lord Baker, intends to move it. Has it dropped out of the system? I was not informed...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Jul 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

"I am delighted to have the opportunity to support Amendment 40A—and I hope it will be moved. It is crucial that this information goes to pre-16 year-olds, because it is at that stage they are making choices about their future. It is important that, before the vocational 16-plus stage is …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 11 and 81. I also support the first three amendments spoken to, and I am grateful for the support of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for my amendments. I declare interests as a fellow and former chair …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Baroness’s response. I will read it carefully in Hansard. I may have missed something, but I think she said that there were no laid down qualification barriers to entry. I would be grateful if she would write to me about where …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL]

"My Lords, as a member of Peers for the Planet, I rise to support all the amendments in this group, for the reasons so eloquently given by the movers and to simply emphasise two points. First, as many other noble Lords have said, students themselves want to take part in …..."
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