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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 25 Mar 2021
Bahrain: Human Rights Abuses

"At the start of the 2022 Qatar football World Cup campaign last night, Norwegian players protested about workers’ rights in Qatar. Considering that some of the matches may have to be scheduled in Bahrain because of the increasing size of the World Cup finals, have our representatives in Bahrain made …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 23 Feb 2021
Belarus

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the state of democracy in Belarus...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 23 Feb 2021
Belarus

"What timidity we have in the face of the longest-standing communist regime anywhere in the world. Where is the loudness of the voices, including our voice, so that the people in Belarus can hear them? What are we specifically going to do about the journalists recently jailed purely for reporting …..."
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Written Question
Israel: Diplomatic Service
Tuesday 19th January 2021

Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) local staff, and (2) UK nationals, have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in (a) the UK embassy in Tel Aviv, and (b) the UK consulate in Jerusalem.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

Vaccinations received locally by staff in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem will have been arranged on a personal basis.

Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 09 Dec 2020
Hazardous Substances and Packaging (Legislative Functions and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

"My Lords, I shall restrict my comments to the changes in the waste and environmental permitting regulations. I have questions for the Minister relating to assurances—even guarantees—on crossover and legacy issues.

I have spent a disproportionate amount of my life over the past five years dealing with orphan waste sites …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 29 Sep 2020
Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020

"My Lords, I have tried for the last two decades to persuade previous holders of the Minister’s post, and others in various Governments, on this issue. The general drift of these proposals is in the right direction; I have no specific objection to what the Government are proposing, but I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 25 Sep 2020
Belarus: Presidential Elections

"Forty years ago this month, the people of Poland were the first to break apart the Soviet communist empire, and Belarus remains one of the last vestiges remaining. When they did, the people of this country, the Government of this country and the TUC in this country led the way …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 27 Jul 2020
Terezin Declaration

"The late Lord Janner, along with our embassy in Lithuania, carried out a huge project to mark every site of a mass atrocity across Lithuania. What has been done under Terezin to ensure that those plaques are still in place and are being properly maintained?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 10 Jul 2020
Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020

"I welcome this modest change and note that the charge on plastic bags has been pretty much universally accepted across the country and with virtually no complaints. But we need to go significantly further. The whole takeaway, throwaway culture has to be challenged. It is not long-standing in this country, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 09 Jul 2020
Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime

"Well done, Minister, but how many more people are under active consideration of being sanctioned? Is it a handful, tens or hundreds?..."
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