Substitute
Member of the House of Lords
Labour
House of Lords
GB - SW1A 0PW - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
01/10/2024 | 16:33:17 President, few of us sitting in this Chamber today would disagree that our most precious gifts are our children. They're our future. We love them, we cherish them, we care for them. And yet countless numbers of refugee and migrant children go missing across Europe every year. As Mr Julian PAHLKE points out in his report, his excellent report, all too often, the plight of these missing children goes unreported, while their vulnerability and exploitation to abuse by criminals is extremely high... 01/10/2024 | 13:03:13 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Our best defence against the enemies of freedom and free speech is our free press. I spent 27 years of my life working in newspapers and in those three decades I saw more and more challenges to that freedom. And now another three decades further on, I see governments around the world including some phere too in Europe, controlling and wanting to control the press. State actors are investing heavily in the media in order to own and control it... 26/06/2024 | 12:52:58 Colleagues, Vladimir Putin's act of aggression against Ukraine has not been witnessed in Europe since the early part of the last century. The invasion of Ukraine followed the most duplicitous act when Putin declared he had no intention of attacking that country almost at the time his troops crossed the border. The free and democratic nations of Europe must stand with the Ukrainian people against this aggression – this tyranny. A tyranny which has taken a free, liberated, newly democratic and... 25/06/2024 | 13:11:08 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) My friend and colleague and a greatly valued member of this Assembly—the late Baroness Doreen Massey—was a passionate advocate of involving young people in the work of this body. When I first became a member of this Council of Europe in November 2017, Doreen took me under her wing and she became my mentor. We had much in common in that we were both strongly argued that we had a duty to hand on the values of this Council of Europe to the young... 30/01/2020 | 16:46:45 President, Colleagues, Can I immediately apologise for not being here at the start of the debate. I do apologise, I thought that the debate was starting a bit later. It is my fault entirely, and I meant no disrespect. Can I congratulate Ms Serap YAŞAR on this report and thank you for the way she willingly engaged and entered into discussions to consider the amendments that we put before her and also thanks to the Secretariat for all the hard work that they have done. Across Europe, we have...
14/01/2020 | Doc. 15032 | Committee Opinion Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe
02/07/2024 | Doc. 15969 | Written declaration Democratic remembrance in Spain and respect for the victims of Franco’s regime 16/04/2024 | Doc. 15969 | Written declaration Democratic remembrance in Spain and respect for the victims of Franco’s regime 05/02/2020 | Doc. 15077 | Motion for a resolution For an assessment of the means and provisions to combat children's exposure to pornographic content 04/02/2020 | Doc. 15073 | Motion for a resolution The Parliamentary Assembly’s role in developing a systematic approach to cope with global epidemic outbreaks 03/07/2019 | Doc. 14877 | Written declaration Right to know and access to information in Italy
02/10/2024 | Doc. 16040, vote on the draft text for resolution The detention and conviction of Julian Assange and their chilling effects on human rights 01/10/2024 | Doc. 16034, vote on the draft text for resolution Propaganda and freedom of information in Europe 01/10/2024 | Doc. 16037, vote on the draft text for recommendation Missing migrants, refugees and asylum seekers – A call to clarify their fate 01/10/2024 | Doc. 16037, vote on the draft text for resolution Missing migrants, refugees and asylum seekers – A call to clarify their fate 01/10/2024 | Doc. 16032, vote on the draft text for recommendation A shared European approach to address migrant smuggling