21/06/2023 | 19:31:18 Thank you Madam President. I want to begin by thanking the rapporteur Mr Kamal JAFAROV for the report before us. It is detailed and forensic, and his research has been really comprehensive. It was a Labour government in 1998 that introduced the Human Rights Act. This Act integrated the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. We on the UK Labour benches are still in full support of it, and will continue to strongly oppose any Conservative attempts to weaken or replace the Human Rights... 21/06/2023 | 17:38:38 Thank you, Mister John HOWELL. It is good to see you in the Chair this afternoon. Is this working? It is. Okay. Brilliant. I would like to thank all three rapporteurs for their respective comprehensive reports this afternoon. I will be speaking principally on Mr Domagoj HAJDUKOVIĆ's report. Yesterday, as we have already heard was World Refugee Day, and organisations across the globe have been using this moment to celebrate the positive impact refugees can have. In the UK, in particular, we... 26/04/2023 | 20:01:10 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I would like to begin by thanking the rapporteur, Mr Simon Moutquin on his report, it is sober reading, but it also makes it clear that lapsing into despair cannot be our approach. We must tackle these disasters with a clear and united front. I echo the Resolution’s expression of solidarity with the Turkish and Syrian peoples following the disastrous earthquake in February. The effects of that disaster reached out across the world and, in... 25/04/2023 | 18:09:44 Thank you Madam Chair. I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak in today's debate on the European Convention on Human Rights and National Constitutions. I'd like to begin by thanking the rapporteur Mr George KATROUGALOS for the report before us, because it accurately highlights the real world tensions that exist when looking to practically apply human rights legislation on a fair and equitable basis across different legal systems in many countries. I note that while the work of the... 25/01/2023 | 10:48:22 Mister President, Thank you for the opportunity to speak in this important debate on the environmental impact of armed conflict across our world. I thank the rapporteur, my colleague Mr John HOWELL, for compiling this well researched and comprehensive document. I serve as one of the shadow environment ministers in the United Kingdom, so this is an issue of great importance to me and my colleagues, and many in my country. As a world we've always counted the sad casualties of war in terms of... 24/01/2023 | 11:26:34 Thank you, Mr President, And I ought to welcome the report on conflict-related sexual violence, and many thanks to Ms Petra BAYR for her measured and clear report. And, of course, I fully support the recommendations. Late last year, the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative Conference was held in London. And at that conference, the political declaration on conflict-related sexual violence was endorsed by 53 countries, including the UK. That political declaration states that... 20/06/2022 | 15:51:53 Thank you, Madam Chair. It is good to be here in person for the first time after two years on KUDO. I do want to say thank you to all the admin and the IT teams who kept us together as hybrid during these last difficult two years. I am very glad to be able to speak in this important debate. I fully support the report today on fostering diversity and inclusion, but I am so sad that we actually need to be having this debate in 2022. Civilised society should not need to debate such basic rights... 26/04/2022 | 17:24:50 My apologies, Mister Vice-President, for the delay. Thank you very much. I'm very pleased to be called to speak today in this important debate on the the deinstitutionalisation of those with a disability. This is my first time to speak in a plenary session, but I hope to be in person with you in Strasbourg in June. Let me begin by congratulating the rapporteur for her comprehensive report. I thank the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination for the Amendment, which I believe strengthens...