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Lord Donald ANDERSON (United Kingdom, SOC)

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Member of the House of Lords
Labour

House of Lords
GB - SW1A 0PW - London
United Kingdom

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2019 , 2018

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 01/08/2017 to 28/05/2020
  • Member: Socialist Group from 27/11/2015 to 31/07/2017
  • Member: Socialist Group from 29/09/2008 to 07/11/2015

In the Assembly

  • from 24/11/2017 to 28/05/2020 Substitute - United Kingdom
  • from 27/11/2015 to 23/11/2017 Representative - United Kingdom
  • from 23/01/2012 to 07/11/2015 Representative - United Kingdom
  • from 29/09/2008 to 23/01/2012 Substitute - United Kingdom

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2019 to 28/05/2020)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2018 to 21/01/2019)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2017 to 23/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 23/01/2017 to 28/05/2020)
  • Full Member SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 25/01/2016 to 20/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 27/11/2015 to 22/01/2017)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 21/01/2013 to 07/11/2015)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 23/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (from 29/09/2008 to 23/01/2012)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 28/05/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 28/05/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 25/01/2018 to 21/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 27/01/2016 to 24/01/2017)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 21/04/2015 to 07/11/2015)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 28/01/2014 to 25/01/2015)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 27/01/2014 to 07/11/2015)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 22/01/2013 to 26/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 21/01/2013 to 26/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 26/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 27/01/2011 to 23/01/2012)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Refugees (from 25/01/2011 to 23/01/2012)
  • Member: Sub-Committee on Population (from 29/09/2008 to 25/01/2011)
  • Alternate of Lord David BLENCATHRA (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 23/01/2017 to 24/01/2017)
  • Alternate of Mr Virendra SHARMA (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 27/11/2015 to 22/01/2017)
  • Alternate of Lord Alexander DUNDEE (Member): (Former) Political Affairs Committee / Committee on General Affairs (from 12/11/2010 to 23/01/2012)

Interventions

Last speeches

30/01/2020 | 15:57:18 One lesson is clear from the tragedy of Libya and that is to be cautious about the consequences of one's own actions. Eight years ago, the United Kingdom and France with US air support invaded Libya, then they departed after having seen the regime collapse leaving a void for other countries to go into and exacerbating the regional rivalry between Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. I make three points. First, its turbulent history. Libya has no experience of democracy, compromise is an alien concept... 04/10/2019 | 11:20:04 Madam President, I congratulate my colleague Martin WHITFIELD on his presentation, and particularly on his realistic approach. My starting point is clear: we may bewail the migration from East to West Europe but is the most natural thing in the world for individuals, families, young people in particular, to seek a better living and a more prosperous life for them. There are many other examples, of course, in the world. In the Americas, the lure for those in Central America of the lure of el... 04/10/2019 | 10:30:33 Mr President, I join enthusiastically in the chorus of approval of this work by Monsieur COMTE and agreement with his conclusions. I was struck, when on Tuesday we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Council in the Opera House that we ended with a part symphony by a great Jewish composer Gustav MAHLER, part of that wonderful flowering of Viennese culture just before the First World War. But when we celebrate MAHLER, when we think also of those of Central Europe as a whole, let us not... 03/10/2019 | 16:32:35 Madame President, At the start of this debate, we had a protest from certain members in the public gallery. I could not help reflecting as to what might happen to those people had they made a similar protest in the Russian Federation. I shall listen very carefully, and have listened, to that which is said by our Russian colleagues, who are now back in the Assembly. I've tried to discern any chink of difference between them in respect of what happened during the Moscow elections; any... 28/06/2019 | 12:05:16 Madam President, As you have rightly said, this is an opportunity to tackle subjects which are not elsewhere on the agenda and often which must be relevant to the work of the Council of Europe - perhaps subjects which are behind the headlines, perhaps too sensitive for a report and which are essentially long term. As too often politicians are accused of short-termism, hence, I propose this subject The population explosion in Africa and its relevance for us in Europe. I accept that it can be a...

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