Substitute
Member of the House of Lords
Labour
House of Lords
GB - SW1A 0PW - London
United Kingdom
Working language: English
25/01/2023 | 17:57:54 Dear Chair and to all those who've spoken thus far, The leader of my political group, Mr Frank SCHWABE, sitting quietly there, has listed the countries that have not yet ratified the Istanbul Convention. A year ago he would have added the United Kingdom to that list. The leader of our British delegation, another man, both have stepped outside the man box for the purposes of this debate. Mr John HOWELL has been a champion of getting the United Kingdom government to ratify the Istanbul... 24/01/2023 | 11:03:04 Chairman and colleagues, It is a duty to stand amongst others in response to this extraordinary report. I'd share with all those who thus far have highlighted just how horrible the plight of women is when used in this particular way. Also I'd want to echo all of those who expressed a determination to bring the perpetrators of these dreadful deeds to justice - nothing less could suffice. However there is just one point I'd want to make beyond those two aspects of what's before us right now. In... 23/01/2023 | 17:01:47 Madam Chair and Colleagues, I have listened to the debate very intently and have been alarmed by the repeated descriptions of the camps in which tens of thousands of people are simply left basically to rot. If we could think that Guantanamo was itself a denial of human rights, then it's not far removed from that to ask the same question about people who without hope, without horizons, without perspectives must face the rest of their lives, it seems, to be in these camps with the dreadful... 13/10/2022 | 16:37:01 Chair and Colleagues, Four out of the five people speaking for political groups, and six out of twelve on the rest of the list, have direct involvement in the events we are discussing. I would be surprised if any of them, whichever part of the political spectrum they come from, would disagree with the fact that we must safeguard the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement at all costs. Nothing to discuss there. It's pure speculation to suppose that any one of us would allow that to happen. In... 12/10/2022 | 19:34:59 Chair and Colleagues, I find it a little frustrating standing here and having heard so many people with wilful or wilfully self-deluding understandings of the definition of a refugee. I thought that we all knew what that meant, and that we all knew that we had our various countries subscribed to laws incorporating them within our domestic law, to accept the right of individuals as refugees to reach our shores. I'm delighted that refoulement is receiving the accent that it is receiving, the...
04/11/2021 | Doc. 15396 | Report 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention: the Council of Europe and the international protection of refugees
05/01/2023 | Doc. 15676 | Motion for a resolution Reparation and reconciliation processes to overcome past conflicts and build a common peaceful future – the question of just and equal redress 12/10/2022 | Doc. 15632 | Motion for a resolution Sanctions of persons on the "Kara-Murza list" 12/10/2022 | Doc. 15634 | Written declaration Support Iranian people's protests 11/10/2022 | Doc. 15630 | Motion for a resolution Protecting human rights and saving lives in the North Sea and the English Channel 11/10/2022 | Doc. 15629 | Motion for a resolution Immigration, one of the answers to Europe's demographic aging
24/01/2023 | Doc. 15677, vote on the draft text for resolution Conflict-related sexual violence 23/01/2023 | Doc. 15591, vote on the draft text for resolution Addressing the issue of Daesh foreign fighters and their families returning from Syria and other countries to the member States of the Council of Europe 23/01/2023 | Doc. 15591, vote on the draft text for recommendation Addressing the issue of Daesh foreign fighters and their families returning from Syria and other countries to the member States of the Council of Europe 13/10/2022 | Doc. 15615, vote on the draft text for resolution The impact of Brexit on human rights on the island of Ireland 12/10/2022 | Doc. 15618, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of obligations and commitments by Türkiye