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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Jul 2023
Prison: Support for Dependent Children

"Will the Minister accept that in some places in the United Kingdom where there have been a lot of problems, drugs are an element that needs to be dealt with thoroughly?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 16 Jun 2023
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill

"My Lords, last year I made inquiries as to whether the Government were going to show more urgency in honouring their 2019 manifesto commitment to ban the import of hunting trophies acquired from endangered animals. Delay inevitably meant that many more animals, whose future was already under threat, would die …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 13 Jun 2023
Nova Kakhovka Dam

"Does the Minister accept that a lot of the water will be undrinkable?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 29 Mar 2023
Scotland: Meeting with New First Minister

"Does the Minister accept that the biggest trade that the Scots have is with England? There are some circumstances in which co-operation can be of greater benefit than competition...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 01 Mar 2023
Prisoners: Imprisonment for Public Protection

"My Lords—..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 26 Jan 2023
Mental Health Act Reform

"Some years ago I visited a health centre with a lot of autistic patients who were quite young. One of them came up to me and said, “What is your favourite film?” I replied immediately, “Chariots of Fire”—whereupon he took me through every detail of “Chariots of Fire”, which revealed …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jan 2023
Avian Influenza: Game Birds

"Is the Minister aware that a tremendous number of gannets have died from avian flu? Most of those birds have a wing-span of six feet, and there is a considerable danger that, instead of having a life expectancy of 70 years, they are transmitting the illness to game birds and …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Dec 2022
Scottish Independence

"Will the Minister accept that Scotland’s greatest market is England, the scale of which is substantial? Whether Scotland can go it alone is the wrong question. The question is: wherein lies the balance of advantage? Conclusively, in my view, it is in the United Kingdom...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Avian Flu

"To ask His Majesty’s Government how they ensure that there is a regular exchange of information with other countries on the prevalence and spread of avian flu in migratory bird populations; and what steps they are taking in this regard to protect the health of seabirds and waterfowl...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Avian Flu

"I thank the Minister very much for his reply and for putting in place a wild bird avian influenza strategy to assess the impact of this desperately damaging disease. In view of the fact that the United Kingdom and European nations are in the grip of the worst ever outbreak …..."
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