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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Animal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and Experiences

"My Lords, why are the Government so poor at managing their legislation programme? Every week, Ministers come forward and say that they are committed to something but they have not got a timeline for it. Is it not about time the Government got their act together and sorted out their …..."
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Written Question
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Remote Working
Thursday 24th March 2022

Asked by: Lord Watts (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff are working from home; and what proportion of the department this represents.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

The FCDO does not collect information on the number of our staff working from home.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Feb 2022
Ireland: Russian Naval Military Exercises

"My Lords, is it the case that both Russia and China have a strategy and a plan to promote their interests, while the West, including the Government, has no strategy or plan for dealing with China or Russia?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 23 Feb 2022
Ukraine: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission

"My Lords, is this decision not helping the Russians? They have a strategy and a plan for their misinformation. By withdrawing our people, we have allowed Russia to continue its misinformation and make more efforts with it during the next few weeks...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Kabul: Pen Farthing

"My Lords, it is coming to something when the Prime Minister has a habit of not knowing what was going on in his department, and it sounds as though the Minister does not know what is going on in his. Can he explain why this individual was allowed to get …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Jan 2022
State Pension Age

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 17 Jan 2022
Sick Pay

"My Lords, the Government say they are committed to levelling up. Given the fact that most high-paid workers will receive their salary when they are off sick but low-paid workers are left with £90-odd a week, is this not a prime example of where the Government could introduce something to …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 12 Jan 2022
Diplomatic Influence Post Brexit

"My Lords, the Government seem to believe that the less engagement we have with our European friends, the more influence we have. Surely that is not the case. Now that we have left the European Union, do we not need to find new ways of engaging with our partners in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Covid-19: Vaccine Donations

"My Lords, what progress has been made so far on helping countries to provide their own capacity to build their own vaccines so that it is not left to other countries to donate but, instead, they would be able to manufacture their own?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 12 Oct 2021
Cost of Living

"My Lords, the upgrade was introduced to deal with the crisis. Families are now facing a bigger crisis than they were before. The Government’s £500 million goes nowhere near dealing with this problem. Will they go back and think about how they are going to support those families through a …..."
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