Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020
Monday, 6 July 2020
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords
My Lords, the regulations before us were laid on Monday 6 July under the powers provided by the S...
I thank the Minister for his introduction, wish him a well-deserved break and again press him abo...
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My Lords, as a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1999 to 2005, I...
My Lords, I support these regulations but voice two reservations relating to the rule of law whic...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for his introduction to the debate. He is aware of...
My Lords, I, too, welcome this new regime of sanctions, but we must of course ensure that targete...
My Lords, I support this instrument and the introduction of sanctions.
The House will be aw...
My Lords, like other Members who have spoken, I welcome these regulations. However, along with th...
My Lords, I am delighted to support this statutory instrument. In the words of Bill Browder, this...
My Lords, I welcome these regulations as an important step forward in the UK’s commitment to taki...
My Lords, I congratulate the Government and pay tribute to Bill Browder, the original architect o...
My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy of The Shaws. I have ...
I am not sure that the noble Lord, Lord Duncan of Springbank, is on the call. Lord Duncan? No, I ...
My Lords, I support this SI and draw your Lordships’ attention to the Foreign and Commonwealth Of...
My Lords, the Foreign Secretary may make an unlikely lord high executioner, but, like WS Gilbert’...
[Inaudible.]—a gruelling session since we came back at Easter. Before I turn to my brief remarks,...
My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on laying these regulations and on his excellent opening...
My Lords, I join the chorus of approval and will pose a number of questions. Do the Government ac...
My Lords, this is a welcome move by the Government, as laid out by the Foreign Secretary in the o...
My Lords, this SI is intended to detail and provide accountability for activities which, if carri...
My Lords, I have no problem at all with the financial aspects of this SI. I think there is a big ...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing these regulations and for his explanation. I suppo...
My Lords, having been involved in human rights issues and working for NGOs both at DfID—which the...
My Lords, I welcome the regulations and congratulate the Foreign Office on its leadership in fina...
My Lords, I pay tribute to the Minister and to the clear and positive way in which he introduced ...
My Lords, many people have pointed out problems abroad which we should take seriously. One strand...
My Lords, I too thank the Minister for introducing these regulations. The very clear Explanatory ...
My Lords, the regulations have the full support of these Benches. As the Minister said, they are ...
My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in today’s debate. As ...