Representative
Member of the House of Lords
House of Lords
GB - SW1A 0PW - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
15/03/2021 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Committee recommends more coordination of humanitarian action for refugees in countries in North Africa and the Middle East 25/01/2018 - Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Encouraging the movement of international students across Europe 02/10/2015 - Culture, Science, Education and Media Re-energise democracy at grassroots level 18/11/2014 - Standing Committee Adjusting policies by taking account of well-being indicators 09/04/2014 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Developing a comprehensive framework for measuring well-being
30/01/2020 | 17:02:05 Mr President, I join others in congratulating this joint debate's four rapporteurs on their excellent contributions towards two reports which we now consider. As current Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People, and in focusing upon missing refugees and migrant children, I will briefly connect together three prescriptions. Firstly, among our 47 states, the case for greater collective preparedness to acknowledge responsibility and to take... 03/10/2019 | 19:50:08 Madam President, all of us will be very grateful to the co-rapporteurs Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS and Ms Maryvonne BLONDIN for the informative report. I'll briefly comment upon three points. The first two are already in the report. Firstly where we are at the moment and why we should be grateful for what has happened over the last few months as a result. Secondly an identification of key issues for Moldova and the Council of Europe to work together further to progress. Yet thirdly although... 03/10/2019 | 18:14:02 Madame President. For this debate, we're very fortunate to have the excellent report written by Ms Marie-Christine VERDIER-JOUCLAS. Briefly today, I'll comment upon three anomalies which she implies. In the first place, insufficient preparedness to anticipate and deal with the problem, some explanations for this inadequacy, then misleading semantics undermining the legal status of climate refugees. In 2005, as the rapporteur observes, shortly after the ocean tsunami, over 168 governments... 02/10/2019 | 19:45:20 Madam President, assisting this debate, and as your colleagues have already observed, we have a very useful report indeed. Consequently, all of us will be grateful to its co-rapporteurs, Ms Christofferson, and Mr Alexander Pociej. Today, I'll briefly connect together three considerations within North-Macedonia, certain recent, yet solid achievements, which are much to be welcomed. Following this, what should now be monitored, is the way in which this exercise is of service to the rest of the... 25/01/2019 | 12:10:15 I join others in congratulating Mr Arnaut on this useful report. The quality of CPT work is not in question. As intimated, this is already of a high standard. The faults instead are those of inadequate delivery. In my remarks I will briefly connect three aspects: first, a defect of attitude or the extent to which, in the first place, the flouting of CPT standards is not sufficiently viewed as a breach of human rights; secondly, what this Assembly can do to help; and thirdly, how national...
15/02/2019 | Doc. 14834 | Report The value of cultural heritage in a democratic society 08/03/2018 | Doc. 14509 | Report Encouraging the movement of international students across Europe 02/03/2016 | Doc. 13995 | Report Promoting city-to-city cooperation in the field of culture 17/04/2014 | Doc. 13539 | Report Measuring and fostering the well-being of European citizens 26/06/2012 | Doc. 12977 | Committee Opinion The crisis of democracy and the role of the State in today’s Europe
11/02/2020 | Doc. 15082 | Motion for a resolution Voluntary relocation for migrants in need of humanitarian protection 28/01/2020 | Doc. 15046 | Motion for a resolution Follow-up to the humanitarian consequences of the war in Ukraine 27/06/2019 | Doc. 14931 | Motion for a resolution Initiating Assembly contacts with the Somaliland Parliament, with a view to its possible eventual Partnership for Democracy with the Assembly 26/06/2019 | Doc. 14923 | Written declaration NGO members working on search and rescue operations at sea accused of helping refugees 16/10/2018 | Doc. 14654 | Motion for a resolution Humanitarian action for refugees and migrants in countries at the southern Mediterranean Sea
03/10/2019 | Doc. 14955, vote on the draft text for resolution A legal status for "climate refugees" 03/10/2019 | Doc. 14963, vote on the draft text for resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in the Republic of Moldova 02/10/2019 | Doc. 14957, vote on the draft text for resolution Protecting and supporting the victims of terrorism 02/10/2019 | Doc. 14957, vote on the draft text for recommendation Protecting and supporting the victims of terrorism 02/10/2019 | Doc. 14964, vote on the draft text for resolution Post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia