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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 21 May 2019
UK Foreign Policy in a Shifting World Order (International Relations Committee Report)

"My Lords, last month, I learned what was for me a new concept when for the first time scientists managed to photograph the rim of a black hole. The astrophysicists called it an “event horizon”—an interesting term.

Thinking about today’s hugely timely debate, it occurred to me that that is …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 18 Jan 2018
United States: Foreign Policy

"My Lords, I am truly honoured to follow the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Houghton of Richmond, who is such a welcome recruit to your Lordships’ House—on what one might call the warriors’ Bench.

I was honoured to serve as a member of his strategic advisory panel when he was …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 28 May 2015
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, I declare my membership of the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategic Advisory Panel but I speak in an entirely personal capacity this evening.

Whenever I contemplate the task faced by the framers of the forthcoming national security strategy and strategic defence and security review—whether they be Ministers, …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Mar 2015
EU and Russia (EUC Report)

"My Lords, it is a great honour to be the first to congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Oxford and Asquith, on his very fine maiden speech. Given his deep immersion in the questions before your Lordships this afternoon, it is a tad anxiety-inducing to be the next in line on …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, I will concentrate this afternoon on the future of the United Kingdom—the first order question whose significance trumps even the weightiest Bills announced in the gracious Speech.

Of what do nations consist? They possess a physical geography and a political geography. Languages, too, are powerful shapers, as are …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 10 Jan 2014
European Union (Referendum) Bill

"My Lords, the European question was sent to try us. It has succeeded mightily in doing so ever since that week in May 1950 when Jean Monnet turned up in London and sprung his and Robert Schuman’s plan for a Coal and Steel Community upon a suspicious and resentful Attlee …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 12 Dec 2011
Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report for 2010-11

"My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Marquess, Lord Lothian, for securing this debate. Sir Colin McColl, a former chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, was asked some years ago to encapsulate the purpose of British intelligence. He replied that its job is to provide,

“cats’ eyes in …..."

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