Representative
Member of the House of Lords
Labour
House of Lords
GB - SW1A 0PW - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
11/05/2021 - Culture, Science, Education and Media PACE rapporteur on football governance holds exchange with UEFA President 19/04/2021 - Culture, Science, Education and Media ‘No to a European Super League!’ says PACE rapporteur on good governance in football 04/12/2020 - Culture, Science, Education and Media Big names in European football debate wealth redistribution post-COVID 30/11/2020 - Culture, Science, Education and Media Solidarity in professional football: European associations, leagues, clubs, players and fans gather for PACE parliamentary hearing 28/01/2020 - Session Call on member States to remedy quickly and effectively any threats to media freedom
22/06/2021 | 09:35:24 Congratulations to my friend Roberto on an excellent report, which is of great interest as you will see that five other of my colleagues from the United Kingdom are participating, including my friend Lord Leslie GRIFFITHS, who is also a minister of religion. I hope he won't mind if I quote a parable: the parable of the Mote and the Beam. Now, we are rightly concerned about the lack of media freedom in countries like Russia and as a former general rapporteur on media freedom and the safety of... 21/06/2021 | 16:18:19 Mr Tiny KOX said at the Parliamentary Assembly is returning at a normal hour, from the recovering from Covid-19. Sadly the British delegation isn't able to attend in person, and I first ask you Mr President, if you would write again, as you've done before, to our Speaker and indeed to our Lord Speaker, supporting the excellent letter that our delegation leader Mr John HOWELL has put to them, asking for us to be able to attend and pointing out that we do have the same kind of diplomatic... 21/04/2021 | 11:40:10 Thank you very much for the opportunity of saying a few words. I want to speak in strong support of both reports and to thank the rapporteurs for doing an excellent job. I am concerned about, particularly, about the political prisoners and their conditions. First of all, I think we should make prisoners that have been arrested without good reason – I've got a list of the so-called reasons put forward by the authorities – and they are held in without mattresses, having to stand up, without... 27/01/2021 | 11:25:31 President, Thank you very much and can I also join in the thanks to the rapporteur for her excellent report on a subject which is dominating our media and indeed affecting all our lives, which is why so many of us are not in Strasbourg today. And I hope we can resolve the position so that by April we can all be there. But yesterday, sadly, in Britain we reached a milestone of a 100 000 people who have died with COVID-19. We are near the top of a table that no country wants to be at the top of... 25/01/2021 | 13:10:18 Thank you very much, Mr President. Can I congratulate you on your re-election? And can I also say that you and the others who are in Strasbourg have a great advantage over us who are having to contribute remotely. And can I ask you if you would renew your request to speakers and presidents of parliament to try and facilitate the attendance of members at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly because of its importance. Can I now refer to the speech, the rather jaundiced speech, of my...
03/01/2020 | Doc. 15021 | Report Threats to media freedom and journalists’ security in Europe 09/05/2017 | Doc. 14320 | Report Human rights of older persons and their comprehensive care 25/09/1980 | Doc. 4587 | Report Youth cooperation in Europe
01/10/2020 | Doc. 15155 | Motion for a resolution Poisoning of Alexei Navalny 01/09/2020 | Doc. 15130 | Motion for a resolution Call for an inclusive national political process in Belarus 01/09/2020 | Doc. 15131 | Motion for a resolution Urgent need for electoral reform in Belarus 22/06/2020 | Doc. 15119 | Motion for a resolution The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education and culture 11/02/2020 | Doc. 15082 | Motion for a resolution Voluntary relocation for migrants in need of humanitarian protection
22/06/2021 | Doc. 15308, vote on the draft text for resolution Media freedom, public trust and the people’s right to know 21/06/2021 | Doc. 15307, vote on the draft text for resolution Should politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of their mandate? 22/04/2021 | Doc. 15270, vote on the draft text for resolution The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021 22/04/2021 | Doc. 15270, vote on the draft text for recommendation The arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny in January 2021 21/04/2021 | Doc. 15253, vote on the draft text for resolution Urgent need for electoral reform in Belarus