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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Nov 2016
Brexit: Trade

"Has the Minister seen the website of the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website, which states:

“What does Brexit actually mean? … Leaving the EU will take the UK years. How many is unclear”?

If noble Lords will forgive me, I will read from the website a …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Nov 2016
Brexit: Trade

"The Australian Government also say:

“The Government is seeking clarity from the UK Government on its expected approach to EU departure”.

Are the UK Government providing that clarity to the Australian Government and, when they do so, will they provide it to this Parliament, too?..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 26 Nov 2015
Syria: Foreign Affairs Committee Report

"My Lords, I make one final further attempt for a greater degree of clarification in response to the noble Lord’s question about any potential use of British military forces, their targeting and the rules of engagement that they may well operate under. Can the Leader of the House be quite …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Oct 2015
English Votes for English Laws

"My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, that this has been an interesting debate—if for nothing less than the fact that, in the two years to the week that I have been a Member of your Lordships’ House, I have not seen a government …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 21 Oct 2015
English Votes for English Laws

"I am conscious of the time, but before the Leader moves on from tax, perhaps I may ask whether the consequence of what she has just said is that, going forward, all taxes will have to be certified. If there are to be separate votes for English MPs on taxes—which …..."
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