Debate on Thursday, 1 February 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Williams of Crosby. The answering member was Lord Goldsmith.

Corruption

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the responsibilities of the Attorney-General, other members of the Government and the Serious Fruad Office for compliance with the United Kingdom's treaty obligations and the rule of law regarding the alleged bribery and corruption of foreign officials. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 689 c339-83
Session: 2006-07
Department: Attorney General
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Garden | 689 c362-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind your Lordships of my participation in the Transparency International project on t...; Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 689 c361-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, on bringing this matter before the...; Lord Thomas of Gresford | 689 c370-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Soley, invited us to take a historical perspective of the problems th...; Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 689 c369-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must first congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, on initiating this debate. I ...; Lord Chidgey | 689 c366-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in March 2006, the Africa all-party parliamentary group, of which I happen to be the vice-...; Lord Dykes | 689 c364-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is good to hear a former very senior member of the British Armed Forces, as well as a c...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 689 c382-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank everyone who has taken part in this important debate and I thank the noble and lea...; Lord Henley | 689 c373-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we near the end, and we look forward in due course to hearing the noble and learned Lord t...; Lord Goldsmith | 689 c375-82 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for providing the opportunity to debate these issues, and I hop...; Lord Lester of Herne Hill | 689 c350-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is excellent that the noble and learned Lord the Attorney-General is here to answer the...; Lord Mayhew of Twysden | 689 c349-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Soley, that these are not easy matters and I, too, welco...; Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 689 c353-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Governments are always susceptible to allegations of double standards—it goes with the bus...; Lord Skidelsky | 689 c352-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as always, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Lester, especially as I agree w...; Baroness Crawley | 689 c355 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps my noble friend could bring her remarks to a close. We are running over now.; Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 689 c355 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, some sort of constitutional assembly should look at key issues to bring back appropriate c...; Lord Goodhart | 689 c357-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was very impressed by the previous speech made by the noble Lord, Lord Renton of Mount H...; Baroness Northover | 689 c359-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this Government place great emphasis on international development. When they chaired the G...; Lord Lyell of Markyate | 689 c343-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, in those sentiments, and I congratulate ...; Earl of Sandwich | 689 c345-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness unfailingly brings to our attention urgent subjects that might otherwis...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 689 c339-41 (Link to this contribution) rose to call attention to the responsibilities of the Attorney-General, other members of the Governm...; Lord Brennan | 689 c341-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, has raised a very broad and important question for our ...; Lord Renton of Mount Harry | 689 c355-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these are grave matters that we are debating. I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, La...; Lord Soley | 689 c347-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a very important debate and I welcome the opportunity given to us by the noble Bar...
Subjects: Criminal investigation Corruption Attorney General Arms trade Intelligence services Prime Minister National security Prosecutions Public interest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Terrorism Treaties Rule of law Serious Fraud Office Saudi Arabia Project Al Yamamah BAE Systems OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Bribery
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Corruption

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