"My Lords, last week the US electorate spoke negatively about President Trump’s erratic, chaotic and damaging tariff policy. Does this not now provide a real opportunity for the United Kingdom to help, with other nations, to put the WTO back at the centre of a rules-based trade order, where it …..." Lord Hannay of Chiswick - View Speech
"My Lords, on the subject of feebleness, can the Minister say what the effect of the United States’ unilateral decision to lift sanctions on diesel exports has been so far? Is it having any effect on the market at all?..." Lord Hannay of Chiswick - View Speech
"My Lords, I know that the Minister has taken a very positive attitude towards strengthening the status of kinship carers. The Government have also introduced pilot programmes. Both have a capacity to help in bringing forward the work which is spoken of in the Statement. Could she give a rather …..." Lord Hannay of Chiswick - View Speech
"My Lords, can the Minister confirm that the damage done to the Saudi installations originated from a rogue general in the Iraqi republic? Are we satisfied that that will not be repeated? Can she also address whether it is all that helpful for the President of the United States to …..." Lord Hannay of Chiswick - View Speech
"I asked the Minister whether she thought it helpful that the President of the United States said that he did not expect anything very useful to happen to improve the supply of oil and gas from the Gulf before the US mid-term elections...." Lord Hannay of Chiswick - View Speech
"My Lords, this debate on the ratification by the UK of the Council of Europe’s Macolin convention—so excellently introduced by the chair of the International Agreements Committee, the noble Lord, Lord Johnson—is of wider significance than the detailed subject matter covered by the convention, important though that is.
"My Lords, do the Government consider that the Government of Israel have the right to order us to close the consulate in east Jerusalem, given that it is situated in east Jerusalem, which is recognised by the United Nations and practically all its members as being occupied Palestinian territory over …..." Lord Hannay of Chiswick - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome the Minister to the Dispatch Box. Does he agree with the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, that this agreement would be greatly strengthened if it made it quite clear that it would not cover enrichment or reprocessing of spent fuel, both of which would be a serious …..." Lord Hannay of Chiswick - View Speech
"My Lords, will the Minister confirm that, for nearly 30 years after the signature and entry into force of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea—to which we all subscribe and which considers the Strait of Hormuz to be an international waterway—it was possible to sustain that in …..." Lord Hannay of Chiswick - View Speech