Lords debate on motion to call attention to the Commonwealth's shared goals in democracy and development. Motion withdrawn.
Commonwealth: Democracy and Development
Debate on Thursday, 10 December 2009,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord Sheikh.
The answering
member was Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
715 c1150-96
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Gardner of Parkes | 715 c1166-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sheikh for giving us this opportunity to discuss this subject...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 715 c1168 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps I may add that this is an extremely serious matter. I have to ask the Minister tha...
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Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 715 c1168 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it may be of benefit to the whole House if I rise briefly to give the noble Baroness the a...
Lord Goodlad | 715 c1162-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I join others in congratulating my noble friend Lord Sheikh on introducing this very impor...
Lord Harrison | 715 c1165-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I go further than the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich. The House of Lords is the British House o...
Baroness O'Cathain | 715 c1158-60 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Sheikh for initiating this debate. When lifting our ...
Lord Bilimoria | 715 c1160-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was born and brought up in India and remember so clearly the resentment that Indians fel...
Lord Bhattacharyya | 715 c1156-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, has done the House a great service in securing this debate in...
Lord Chidgey | 715 c1154-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, perhaps I may be the first to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, on securing this d...
Lord Sheikh | 715 c1150-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I begin by saying that 54 countries and 2 billion people spanning all the continents, amou...
Lord Sheikh | 715 c1150 (Link to this contribution)
Moved By
To call attention to the Commonwealth’s shared goals in democracy and development; and to...
Baroness Gardner of Parkes | 715 c1196 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for what she has said because it helps to clarify the situation. She ...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 715 c1196 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, of course, my Lords, everyone should continue to attend.
Lord Sheikh | 715 c1196 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I should like to express my gratitude to the Minister for the comprehensive route she has ...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 715 c1196 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, may I crave your indulgence in saying that I am not the Minister responsible for these mat...
Lord Dholakia | 715 c1195-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support what the noble Lord, Lord Howell, has said, and I am not simply talking about ne...
Baroness O'Cathain | 715 c1195 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as one who is probably covered by this as well, unfortunately, I wonder what the situation...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 715 c1190-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, of course, I should like to thank noble Lords for their contributions to this constructive...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 715 c1195 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I certainly do not want to see any law which removes from this House the most reverend Pri...
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 715 c1190 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it may assist the House if I say that through the usual channels it has been agreed that m...
Lord Dholakia | 715 c1184-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we come to the concluding part of this important debate. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Shei...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 715 c1187-90 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth conference. I w...
Baroness Verma | 715 c1181-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I join in congratulating my noble friend Lord Sheikh on his most eloquent and informative ...
Lord Luce | 715 c1183-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, has shown an impeccable sense of timing. It is 60 years after...
Lord Selsdon | 715 c1178-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Sheikh, who has made one of his very professional sp...
Lord Hughes of Woodside | 715 c1179-81 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I extend my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, on his acumen in putting down ...
Baroness Butler-Sloss | 715 c1171-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, on initiating such a valuable debate. Having l...
Lord Anderson of Swansea | 715 c1173-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I join others in congratulating the noble Lord on initiating this debate on the linkage be...
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 715 c1174-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, whom I last followed in a debate...
Lord Janvrin | 715 c1176-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, for initiating this timely debate on the Commonwealth...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 715 c1168 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I can reassure the noble Lord that I will make every endeavour to cover all the issues tha...
Baroness Young of Hornsey | 715 c1168-70 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, for securing this timely debate, coming as it does so close on ...
Viscount Eccles | 715 c1170-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Sheikh has done the House a great service by introducing this debate....
Earl of Sandwich | 715 c1163-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is a pleasure to join the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, in this debate. The Commonwealth kno...
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