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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 09 Sep 2022
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

"My Lords, my noble friend Lord Hennessy—how we miss him today; he would have made a great contribution to this debate—used to talk about rising to the level of events. This is an event whose level it is difficult to rise to. It is also extremely difficult to rise to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Queen’s Speech

"Would it not be possible, if an agreement appears to emerge this week but cannot be put into legal form, to go ahead with the departure agreement, which leaves out that aspect, and thus satisfy the requirement to leave by 31 October? That seems to be the very valuable conclusion …..."
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Written Question
Treaties
Wednesday 27th April 2016

Asked by: Lord Butler of Brockwell (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many treaties to which the UK is a party would have to be renegotiated if the UK were to leave the EU.

Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns

The process of withdrawing from the EU is untested and would contain numerous elements depending on the outcome of the negotiations with the rest of the EU that would follow a notification that the UK had decided to withdraw from the EU. There is little clarity on how this would work, including the number of treaties to which the UK is a party which would need to be renegotiated as a result. There are, for example, free trade agreements covering 53 markets to which the EU is party, which would need to be considered.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Feb 2014
India: 1984 Operation in Sri Harmandir Sahib

"My Lords, I was the Prime Minister’s principal private secretary at the time of these events. One of the documents published today is the letter from the Foreign Secretary’s office seeking the Prime Minister’s assent on 3 February to the sending out of a military adviser. While it is clear …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 20 Nov 2013
Project Tempora

"My Lords, will the Minister confirm that GCHQ was candid to the Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill about the unclassified aspects of what it can and cannot do in collecting communications metadata, and candid with the Intelligence and Security Committee about the classified aspects of it?..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 12 Dec 2011
Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report for 2010-11

"My Lords, it is an honour to represent your Lordships’ House on the Intelligence and Security Committee, not least because I share the view which has been expressed that the committee’s work is very important. It is also a pleasure to serve on such a distinguished and experienced committee, which …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 12 Dec 2011
Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report for 2010-11

"My Lords, the importance of the work of the committee has grown because of the greatly increased salience that the intelligence services have gained in our national life. It is a long time—many decades—since their activities were directed only against foreign antagonists of this country. Sadly, the growth of terrorism—first …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 12 Dec 2011
Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report for 2010-11

"It will not take very long...."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 12 Dec 2011
Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report for 2010-11

"My Lords, I have only one other point to make, and it is the one that was covered by the noble Marquess, Lord Lothian. It is a very important part of the Government’s Justice and Security Green Paper and of the ISC’s annual report. It is the balance between the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 01 Jul 2010
Foreign Policy

"My Lords, I do not often venture into the field of foreign affairs, and when I put my name down to speak in this debate I was not aware that it would coincide with a speech by the Foreign Secretary which, like the noble and learned Lord, Lord Howe, I …..."
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