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Geert Wilders

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Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

707 c1232 

Session

2008-09

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

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Geert Wilders
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Written questions
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1232 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, under European law, a member state of the European economic area may refuse entry to a nat...

Lord Taverne | 707 c1232 (Link to this contribution) To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their justification for denying Mr Geert Wilders entry into ...

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Baroness Hanham | 707 c1233 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there seems to be a bit of a lottery as to who is admitted and who is not. Are there any c...

Lord Campbell of Alloway | 707 c1236 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is not the essence of this public order? There is a raft of considerations, but the essenc...

Baroness D'Souza | 707 c1235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, 20 years ago, the Government were robust in their defence of Mr Salman Rushdie when he pub...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 707 c1235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister accept that, in a democracy, there will always be people who will not ha...

Lord Ryder of Wensum | 707 c1235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the Minister has looked at precedent. Will he please tell us the last time ...

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with that. As I say, there was a whole number of factors in this case which the Ho...

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1232-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Government and I are great believers in freedom of expression. Indeed, I am constantly...

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that I do not know the answer to that. I shall have to come back to the noble ...

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1233-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly do not think that we are guilty of appeasement in any way whatever. I do not w...

Lord Trimble | 707 c1234 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister has talked about incitement, and reference has been made to the possibility o...

Lord Taverne | 707 c1232-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am aware that Mr Wilders holds views highly offensive to the Muslim community, but freed...

Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 707 c1233-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take this opportunity to thank the noble Lord, Lord Taverne, for asking this Question. I...

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1236 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that it is correct that one can question these things on the Floor of this House. ...

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1235 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think that anything has changed. There is a difference in that I think Salman Rus...

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1233 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is effectively a list of things the Home Secretary will check through when she is ma...

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1234 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that I cannot give my noble friend an answer to that question, because I am no...

Lord Peston | 707 c1234 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister comment on one matter, which might enable us to make up our minds? Who b...

Lord West of Spithead | 707 c1234 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, again, I really cannot go too far down this route. These things will be looked at in the C...

Subjects

Immigration controls Politicians Netherlands Wilders, Geert

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