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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Jonathan Taylor: SBM Offshore

"My Lords, on the face of it, as we have heard, this is a troubling case. A British citizen has exposed corruption and wrongdoing on a global scale and has taken considerable personal risk to do so. As I understand it, he is still helping regulatory authorities in this country …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 27 Jul 2020
Terezin Declaration

"My Lords, the Government clearly find it difficult to make progress with Poland on this issue. However, in many ways, recognition can be as important as restitution in healing the terrible wounds of the Nazi era. But Poland obstructs the placing of inexpensive Stolpersteine—plaques commemorating Nazi victims—even though these have …..."
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Written Question
UK Membership of EU: Referendums
Monday 21st March 2016

Asked by: Lord Wills (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to conduct public awareness-raising activity funded by the taxpayer during the EU referendum period starting on 15 April, and if so, what activities they plan to undertake.

Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns

The Government is clear that this referendum is an important decision for the future of the UK. We are committed to ensuring the public are well informed before making a crucial choice about whether the UK should remain in or leave the EU, within the parameters of section 125 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 covering the 28 days ending with the referendum.

The Government believes that the UK is stronger, safer and better off in a reformed EU.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Sri Lanka

"My Lords, in justifying the Government’s attendance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting last November in Colombo, the noble Baroness said:

“We will deliver an incredibly tough message to the Sri Lankan Government that they need to make concrete progress on human rights, reconciliation and political settlement”.—[Official Report …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 22 Oct 2013
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

"My Lords, if the Sri Lankan Government persist in ignoring the incredibly tough messages that the Minister says the Government are going to send them about the human rights record in Sri Lanka—as they have ignored all such representations, from the United Nations and from respected human rights organisations, for …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Commonwealth

"My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Luce, on securing this timely debate on the future of the Commonwealth and on his excellent opening speech, which so well set out all its merits and the issues confronting it.

It is the Commonwealth charter, adopted this year, as we …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 26 Feb 2013
Tibet

"What representations have the Government made about the fate of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the young boy identified in 1995 by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen Lama, the second highest office in Tibetan Buddhism? The Minister will recall that shortly after that identification, that young boy was taken into …..."
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