Substitute
Member of the House of Lords
Labour
House of Lords
GB - SW1A 0PW - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
23/06/2022 | 16:31:34 Thank you, Chair. I need not detain the members who have been gracious enough to give me time beyond time for very long. I'd like to begin by a word of tribute to Mr John HOWELL for being there, and as our leader of the British delegation. A word of tribute because he's actually there, the only member of the Conservative governing party who's turned up. Those of us who have spoken from the United Kingdom are all from the Labour opposing side of the British Parliament, and it's a sad comment... 22/06/2022 | 11:36:41 Thank you, Madam Chair. I stand here as a recent National Church Leader and a more recent actor in the world of politics. From both sectors I recognise the capacities that exist that prove antisemitic attitudes have been bred into, hardwired into, the DNA of people in our public life. I am most grateful to Ms Petra BAYR for her report that has laid bare much of this and indeed to the rich speech that we had from the rabbi following her speech earlier. In Britain, though antisemitism is a... 20/06/2022 | 15:57:20 Thank you, Chair. To all who have taken part in this debate thus far, and particularly to Mr Momodou Malcolm JALLOW, for bringing before us material which I think is a reminder of what we have been, or ought to have been, and must continue to be. There is nothing radically new except the prise de position and a commitment to a future based on the values he describes. If I have a sadness with the report it is that it is largely reactive. Hate speech can only be dealt with when people have... 27/04/2022 | 20:09:11 Chair and Colleagues, It is a privilege to take part in this debate and I commend Mr Oleksandr MEREZHKO for his report but perhaps also the Chair of his Committee for so ably holding the fort in the circumstances. Perhaps I could also commend those who put this report together for their methodology. The readiness to use description and narrative as part of the case being made, making sure that we understand that it is illustrative rather than exhaustive, gives us a good entrée to the nature... 26/04/2022 | 18:38:54 Madam Chair and Colleagues, I want to say thank you for the report, or at least a great part of it, but not quite all of it. I am aware that the rapporteur herself – and I thank her for the report – made it clear that there is a legislative thrust to much of it. There I have no quarrel at all, but she also mentioned in her introduction, the fact that she was seeking something that was holistic. I believe that element of its being holistic lacks one essential element, which is the voice of...
04/11/2021 | Doc. 15396 | Report 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention: the Council of Europe and the international protection of refugees
23/06/2022 | Doc. 15569 | Motion for a resolution The Parliamentary Assembly should support Kazakhstan to continue its democratic reforms 27/04/2022 | Doc. 15512 | Motion for a resolution Guaranteeing media freedom and the safety of journalists: an obligation of member States 09/03/2022 | Doc. 15474 | Motion for a resolution Humanitarian consequences and internal and external migration in connection with the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine 09/02/2022 | Doc. 15387 | Written declaration Political reform in Kazakhstan responsive to the needs and ambitions of its citizens 09/02/2022 | Doc. 15417 | Written declaration Possible liquidation of the civil organisation International Memorial by the Russian Government
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