Parliamentary proceeding on Thursday, 9 February 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Hurd of Westwell. The answering member was Lord Triesman.

Iran

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the situation in Iran. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 678 c777-824
Session: 2005-06
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 678 c820 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at no stage did the panel, Kofi Annan or I suggest that all enriched uranium in the world ...; Lord Triesman | 678 c822-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have not the smallest intention of doing so. I shall turn to that point immediately. It...; Lord Triesman | 678 c820-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept that that is precisely what the Russians are offering to do, and there may well b...; Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 678 c822 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was referring, not to Judge Jeffreys in the 17th century, but to the Shah, who preceded ...; Lord Triesman | 678 c822 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I still think that that is a rationalisation to set alongside what should be a much more f...; Lord Taverne | 678 c822 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the time allocated for the noble Lord’s speech is running to an end. I hope that he will n...; Lord Howell of Guildford | 678 c813-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join with others in warmly thanking my noble friend Lord Hurd of Westwell for initiating...; Lord Dykes | 678 c816 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Lord include Israel in his suggestions?; Lord Mitchell | 678 c809-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Hurd of Westwell. This debate is both timely and vital....; Lord Dykes | 678 c810-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hurd of Westwell, both for the initiative in choos...; Lord Triesman | 678 c816-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is self-evident that today’s debate is exceptionally timely. I, too, thank the noble Lo...; Lord Howell of Guildford | 678 c816 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I accept that the position of Israel is crucial in this, as many noble Lords said. It shou...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 678 c816 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think I understood the noble Lord to say that it is the policy of Her Majesty’s Oppositi...; Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 678 c798-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful, as all of your Lordships are, to the noble Lord, Lord Hurd, for introducing...; Baroness Gould of Potternewton | 678 c799 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for giving way, as I appreciate that this is a timed debate, but pa...; Lord Blaker | 678 c797-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too want to thank my noble friend Lord Hurd for initiating this debate and for laying a ...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 678 c795-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I follow and adopt the wise and measured words of the noble Lord, Lord Hannay, and particu...; Lord Waddington | 678 c789-91 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, agree with the Sun on this occasion. I thank my noble friend Lord Hurd of Westwell...; Baroness Gould of Potternewton | 678 c787-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hurd, for initiating the debate and for providing the opportu...; Bishop of Rochester | 678 c785-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the debate today, many will rightly focus on the political situation in Iran—some have ...; Lord Chidgey | 678 c783-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall keep that remark in mind. It pays to put our relationship with Iran in some perspe...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 678 c783 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, may I remind noble Lords that this is a timed debate? Each noble Lord has seven minutes an...; Lord Temple-Morris | 678 c781-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hurd of Westwell, for giving us the chance to debate Iran at ...; Lord Hurd of Westwell | 678 c777-81 (Link to this contribution) rose to call attention to the situation in Iran; and to move for Papers. The noble Lord said: My Lo...; Lord Hurd of Westwell | 678 c824 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it remains for me to thank all those who have taken part in the debate. I thank the Minist...; Lord Triesman | 678 c823 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I repeat that if noble Lords have new information, as they have indicated they have, I am ...; Lord Waddington | 678 c823 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Minister is not quite right on that point. There could be de-proscription without an a...; Lord Triesman | 678 c823 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, proscription took place under my right honourable friend Jack Straw’s tenancy of the Home ...; Lord Archer of Sandwell | 678 c823 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is my noble friend ruling out the possibility of discussing the matter with someone else?; Lord Howell of Guildford | 678 c816 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords. That is an over-simplification of a much more complicated thought, which is that at pr...; Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 678 c820 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, would not that objection, however difficult, overcome the one real objection that any stat...; Lord Triesman | 678 c820 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand the point. I have no doubt that, if it were possible to see the technical sol...; Lord Archer of Sandwell | 678 c800-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hurd, both on securing this timely debate and on h...; Lord Taverne | 678 c802-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hurd, was very gloomy in introducing this debate; if anything, I take...; Lord Thomas of Swynnerton | 678 c804-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in this interesting debate, an important contribution was made by the right reverend Prela...; Lord Clarke of Hampstead | 678 c805-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Hurd, for securing this timely and most important debat...; Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 678 c806 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I acknowledge that this is a timed debate, but as the noble Lord addressed his last remark...; Lord Clarke of Hampstead | 678 c806-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not a lawyer like the noble Lord, Lord Phillips. I can speak only as I hear. If I got...; Lord Russell-Johnston | 678 c807-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like many others, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hurd, for enabling the debate to take place...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 678 c793-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is well over two years since this House debated, through an Unstarred Question that I p...; Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 678 c799-800 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, of course it does not. On the other hand, to try to discuss Iran without context, whether ...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 678 c791-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not propose to follow the noble Lord, Lord Waddington, by talking a great deal about ...
Subjects: Women Human rights Iraq International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear weapons Proscribed organisations Nuclear fuels Proliferation Terrorism Violence Sanctions Afghanistan Russia Israel Palestine Iran Middle East Peace negotiations UN Security Council
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Iran

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