Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 26 Oct 2017
UN Security Council: Information Sharing
"To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, what assessment they have made of how the United Kingdom and fellow permanent members of the Security Council can improve the sharing of analysis and co-ordination with allies to ensure enhanced security...."Lord Triesman - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 26 Oct 2017
UN Security Council: Information Sharing
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his response. The United States is a vital ally and a close historic friend but it is hard to share values with its commander-in-chief. During his UNGA speech, he threatened to obliterate at least one, and possibly two, other nations by nuclear means, …..."Lord Triesman - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 5th April 2017
Asked by:
Lord Triesman (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate (1) they, and (2) the International Labour Organisation, have made of the number of (a) deaths, and (b) serious injuries, which have occurred on stadium and hotel building sites in Qatar in the last two calendar years.
Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns
The Government is aware of the death of five construction workers over the past two years – of which two were workplace accidents on world cup building sites, and the other three were health-related. We do not have any figures for serious injuries and do not estimate them.
Written Question
Tuesday 10th May 2016
Asked by:
Lord Triesman (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the support provided by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) to events celebrating the Commonwealth, and its wider role in addressing challenging social issues, including early and forced child marriage, how much financial support has been provided to the RCS in each of the last five financial years, and how much will be provided in this and the next financial year.
Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has contributed a total of £191,452 from 2011- 2015 to activities run by the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) and the Council of Commonwealth Societies (CCS) for whom the RCS organises events. A breakdown of this sum is listed below:
2011 | £60,720.00 |
2012 | £48,619.60 |
2013 | £21,706.40 |
2014 | £22,000.00 |
2015 | £38,407.00 |
This year the FCO has again provided £20,000 towards the cost of the CCS Commonwealth Service event in Westminster Abbey.
Future funding requests for all Commonwealth organisations will be assessed on a case by case basis.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
Queen’s Speech
"My Lords, aside from some issues concerning Europe, I believe that everyone approaches foreign policy matters in this House in terms of the interests of the United Kingdom and our allies. Party advantage has been almost entirely irrelevant to our debates, and I want to follow that course today.
I …..."Lord Triesman - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Mar 2014
Ukraine
"My Lords, there is obviously going to be a significant gap between the current Government in operation and the new one being elected. There will be weak and in some cases, sadly, inexperienced acting Ministers. Will the Government consider providing technical assistance in international financial arrangements, in both internal and …..."Lord Triesman - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 24 Mar 2014
Burma
"My Lords, the noble Baroness has said that these issues are raised with the Burmese authorities vigorously and frequently and I know that to be the case. I am sure that these efforts are appreciated. To ensure that these issues do not drop between any cracks or rely on a …..."Lord Triesman - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Mar 2014
Ukraine
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Foreign Secretary’s Statement, and I appreciate the early sight that we had of it. I will say immediately that I think it is a very serious and very valuable Statement. We wholly subscribe to two of the concluding points, and to …..."Lord Triesman - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 03 Mar 2014
Sikh Community
"My Lords, I join everyone in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Singh, not just for securing the debate, but for the moving, careful and thoughtful way in which he introduced it. I appreciated that greatly, as I did the valuable history of the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, and its full …..."Lord Triesman - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Jan 2014
European Union (Referendum) Bill
"My Lords, this is a vital issue and I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Armstrong, and others for introducing the amendment. So that there is no doubt about it, let me start by saying that I fully support the amendment. I think it would produce a question …..."Lord Triesman - View Speech
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