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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 29 Oct 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

"It might be important, but I do not know the answer.

This exemption is needed because the vagueness of the offence, combined with the absence of an intent requirement, puts journalists and news organisations in danger of wrongful prosecution and legal harassment just for doing the job of reporting what …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 29 Oct 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

"The noble Lord raises an extremely good point about who is a journalist. When I was being briefed by the media, I asked that very question. The answer is that traditionally we do not define who is a journalist, but I am confident that it does not cause a problem …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 29 Oct 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

"I remind the Committee that we give journalists a privileged position in the Data Protection Act and significant freedoms of manoeuvre...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 29 Oct 2018
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill

"My Lords, several noble Lords have opposed Amendment 6, in my name, partially on the grounds that it does not define what “journalism” means. That definition is going to be a problem for my noble friend the Minister in due course, because she will tell us that journalists have nothing …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Jul 2018
Amesbury Update

"My Lords, can the Minister confirm that the original advice to residents was correct? Further, does she agree that it is inconceivable that the authorities had not considered the risk of a discarded container? However, would it not have been grossly irresponsible to raise alarm among the general public when …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 Jul 2018
Amesbury Incident

"My noble friend will be aware that the UK Armed Forces have trained for a very long time to be able to counter chemical weapons attacks. The training is not very pleasant. My noble friend Lord Robathan and I will both have stood in a CS gas chamber and been …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 03 Jul 2018
Saddleworth and Tameside Moors

"My Lords, the Army has a wide range of cross-country water tankers. Why are they not being deployed? Will the Minister assure the House that it has nothing to do with difficulties in negotiating the finance?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 26 Apr 2018
Home Office Removal Targets

"My Lords, I have an interest to declare, because I helped to take the 2014 Act through your Lordships’ House from the Government Front Bench. I do not recall the Windrush problem being raised, despite the fact that it has been a long-running problem—and I have asked the Library to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 23 Apr 2018
Windrush Generation

"My Lords, does the Minister agree that Members of another place regularly escalate immigration cases for ministerial attention irrespective of merit? There is no sift. Therefore, why is anyone surprised that we get a debacle like the Windrush episode when ministerial time is wasted on cases which have no merit?..."
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Written Question
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Monday 11th August 2014

Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the budget of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is provided by the United Kingdom; and what percentage of the staff of the UNHCR are United Kingdom citizens.

Answered by Baroness Northover

The UK provided 3% of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) budget in 2013. UNHCR records show that in April 2014 1.5% of UNHCR staff were UK citizens.