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Israel/Gaza

Debate on Tuesday, 24 October 2023, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon. The answering member was Lord Collins of Highbury.
Lords motion to take note of the situation in Israel/Gaza. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
833 cc514-606 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 833 cc515-520 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the importance and timeliness of this debate is self-evident. The number of speakers is...

Lord Turnberg | 833 cc520-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am most grateful to the Minister for his analysis of this terrible situation we face....


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Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 833 cc522-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest: I am a patron of CABU, the Council for Arab-British U...

Archbishop of Canterbury | 833 cc523-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his eloquent and powerful opening speech. In it, he set out th...

Lord Harries of Pentregarth | 833 cc525-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I listened with deep appreciation and gratitude to the most reverend Primate speaking o...

Lord Howard of Lympne | 833 cc526-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege, albeit a rather chastening privilege, to follow the noble and right ...

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale | 833 cc527-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I should like to make a few cardinal points emerging from what has been and continues t...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 833 cc529-530 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introductory remarks, which I thought were very good. I de...

Baroness Deech | 833 cc530-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank those in this House who have extended support, sympathy and understanding durin...

Baroness Morris of Bolton | 833 cc531-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble and very good friend the Minister for his powerful opening speech. I a...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 833 cc533-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in the midst of the awful complexity of this war, we should constantly remind ourselves...

Baroness Hussein-Ece | 833 cc535-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I draw to the House’s attention that I am the honorary president of Liberal Democrat Fr...

Lord Stevens of Birmingham | 833 cc536-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, unlike the last speaker, I do not accept that the Israeli response to date has been dis...

Baroness Warsi | 833 cc537-540 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by paying tribute to my noble friend the Minister. I think that all, across thi...

Baroness Janke | 833 cc540-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Warsi, and I thank the Minis...

Baroness Gohir | 833 cc541-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I stand in solidarity with Israeli and Palestinian civilians. I condemn the horrific te...

Lord Morrow | 833 cc543-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the massacre of Israeli civilians and the taking of more than 2,000 hostages ranging fr...

Lord Leigh of Hurley | 833 cc544-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there is a prayer said in my synagogue and others at least once in every service by the...

Baroness Blackstone | 833 cc546-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for so eloquently setting out the Government’s position. A group o...

Baroness Sheehan | 833 cc547-8 (Link to this contribution)

Salaam alaikum. My Lords, I was in my early teens in a classroom when I learned of the horrors th...

Lord Bilimoria | 833 cc548-550 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I was privileged to be a member of the delegation to Israel organised by ELNET and led ...

Lord Harrington of Watford | 833 cc550-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a difficult speech for me to make, because we have heard so many wonderful spee...

Lord Hussain | 833 cc551-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I speak while this tragic situation is happening in Gaza. I have learned a lot from the...

Lord Pannick | 833 cc553-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister, the Government, the Labour Front Bench, the most reverend Primate...

Lord Austin of Dudley | 833 cc554-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is always worth listening to the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. It is a privilege to foll...

Lord Polak | 833 cc556-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I refer to my registered interest as president of Conservative Friends of Israel and di...

Lord Liddle | 833 cc557-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there have been fine speeches in this debate, introduced by the Minister so excellently...

Lord Oates | 833 cc558-560 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, when I spoke in a debate in this House on Israel and Palestine just over three years ag...

Baroness Altmann | 833 cc560-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his opening remarks and all noble Lords who have spoken. It...

Lord Verdirame | 833 cc562-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too thank the Minister for his wise words in opening the debate. I join others in cal...

Baroness Eaton | 833 cc563-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I share with others my thanks to the Minister for his excellent introduction to this de...

Lord Weir of Ballyholme | 833 cc565-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am sure the House will agree when I say that this is a debate which we wish we did no...

Lord Singh of Wimbledon | 833 cc566-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Sikh teachings remind us that conflict arises when we fail to recognise that we are all...

Lord Leigh of Hurley | 833 c567 (Link to this contribution)

Before my friend the noble Lord sits down, is he aware that the Israel Defense Forces categorical...

Lord Singh of Wimbledon | 833 c567 (Link to this contribution)

They have, as one would expect, but is there any evidence? Is Amnesty International deliberately ...

Lord Gold | 833 cc567-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am heartbroken and bitterly angry at the heinous, profoundly evil crimes committed in...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 833 cc569-571 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel was more than a war crime. This anti-Jewish pogrom...

Baroness Lawlor | 833 cc570-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is no easy matter to speak after so many noble Lords have spoken so well in today’s ...

Lord Mendelsohn | 833 cc572-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I refer to my register of interests. I am a director of the UK Abraham Accords Group, I...

Lord Alderdice | 833 cc574-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by declaring my interests in the register, particularly as executive chairman a...

Lord Shinkwin | 833 cc575-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I join with other noble Lords in thanking my noble friend the Minister for his powerful...

Lord Grabiner | 833 cc577-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to speak about proportionality and the position of Iran. I commend the speech of...

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 833 cc579-581 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, less than two weeks ago, I commenced our party conference by reading Psalm 122.1 read t...

Lord Sterling of Plaistow | 833 cc580-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I want to say how much I appreciate the Leader of the House finding time to have this i...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 833 cc582-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will take two perspectives on the situation in Gaza and Israel—one local and one glob...

Lord Stone of Blackheath | 833 cc583-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, rather than take sides in this debate, I should like to offer suggestions as to how to ...

Baroness Smith of Newnham | 833 cc585-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, like everyone in your Lordships’ House and across the country and world, I heard the ne...

Baroness Uddin | 833 cc586-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I begin by conveying my deepest respect to the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, and to all o...

Lord Godson | 833 cc589-590 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, these are dark times, and they are becoming darker still. We have heard many impressive...

Archbishop of York | 833 cc590-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too begin by expressing great thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, for the grace, wi...

Lord Wolfson of Tredegar | 833 cc591-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of York. I pay tri...

Lord Purvis of Tweed | 833 cc594-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it has been a sombre debate appropriate for the circumstances that we are in. I join ot...

Lord Collins of Highbury | 833 cc598-601 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I too pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, not only for his incredibly moving and...

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 833 cc600-610 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I first thank all noble Lords for their contributions—strong, focused, passionate, thou...

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