Queen's speech debate on Wednesday, 7 November 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Taylor of Bolton. The answering member was Lord Howell of Guildford.

Debate on the Address

Lords debate on Queen's speech (second day) on foreign and European affairs, international development and defence.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 696 c23-138
Session: 2007-08
Department: Department for International Development; Ministry of Defence; Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Procedure: Addresses to the Crown
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2007-0253
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Howell of Guildford | 696 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I warmly welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton. I think we overlapped a little...; Baroness Taylor of Bolton | 696 c23-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it gives me great pleasure—and not a little surprise—to open the debate on the details of ...; Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale | 696 c41-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, of the Government’s many policy commitments in the gracious Speech, I welcomed particularl...; Lord Howell of Guildford | 696 c29-33 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, some would indeed argue that we have been too good in keeping our doors so determinedly wi...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 696 c33-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is little in the Queen’s Speech on foreign policy. We are promised legislation to ap...; Lord Craig of Radley | 696 c39-41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, to her new responsibilities. I look f...; Lord Howe of Aberavon | 696 c57-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure for several reasons to follow the noble Lord, Lord Williamson. It is now ...; Lord Williamson of Horton | 696 c54-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, recently released from the shackles of the convenorship of the Cross-Bench Peers, I welcom...; Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean | 696 c52-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, much has happened since we last debated the humble Address on the Queen’s Speech. We have ...; Baroness Northover | 696 c50-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Queen’s speech briefly mentions a range of foreign policy and development areas, and t...; Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | 696 c47-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had planned to say a word about the EU treaty among other things, but, inspired by the r...; Lord King of Bridgwater | 696 c44-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a particular pleasure to address the Queen’s Speech in the presence of one of my mos...; Lord Anderson of Swansea | 696 c66-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have counted the foreign affairs paragraphs in the gracious Speech—there are six in 38. ...; Lord Jopling | 696 c69-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in this vastly wide-ranging debate, I wish to draw attention to a relatively narrow matter...; Lord Avebury | 696 c61-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I infinitely prefer the approach of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Howe, to that of the ...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 696 c63-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I make no apology for devoting a substantial part of my contribution to this debate to the...; Baroness Williams of Crosby | 696 c112-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, on becoming the new Defence Mini...; Lord Lyell | 696 c110-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, of the subjects for today’s proceedings on the gracious Speech of Her Majesty, the last it...; Lord Addington | 696 c101-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the first time that I have spoken on defence in your Lordships' Chamber in the 21 ...; Lord Clinton-Davis | 696 c106-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I welcome to this House a good friend, my noble friend Lady Taylor of Bolton, who w...; Baroness Cox | 696 c107-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will focus on the Government’s commitment in the gracious Speech to the eradication of p...; Lord Hylton | 696 c92-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have reflected on the debate on the Middle East which took place in your Lordships’ Hous...; Lord Thomas of Gresford | 696 c94-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the last throes of the Legal Services Bill a week last Thursday, I said this: "““The in...; Lord Crisp | 696 c97-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the continuing commitment shown in the gracious Speech to tackling global povert...; Earl of Sandwich | 696 c99-101 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome the noble Baroness to the Front Bench and her renewed commitment in the Qu...; Lord Bowness | 696 c90-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the gracious Speech contains only one sentence on the European Union reform treaty, but I ...; Lord Thomas of Swynnerton | 696 c88-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that after so many hours of important political debate, with many useful statistics...; Lord Dubs | 696 c85-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will say a little about cluster munitions and wind up by talking about the European Unio...; Baroness Walmsley | 696 c81-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in light of the fact that I cannot be here tomorrow, I shall speak today about my portfoli...; Lord Moran | 696 c83-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will revert to the topic that the rest of us have been debating. It is a good many years...; Lord Luce | 696 c77-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the gracious Speech refers to governance and democratic issues in this country which need ...; Lord Campbell of Alloway | 696 c79-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there was no reference in the gracious Speech to a Bill to ratify the EU treaty. I totally...; Lord Jones of Cheltenham | 696 c73-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, and the noble Lord, Lord Malloc...; Lord Ahmed | 696 c75-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friends Lady Taylor and Lord Malloch-Brown on introducing an...; Lord Grenfell | 696 c70-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join others in very warmly welcoming the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Bolton, to her i...; Lord Malloch-Brown | 696 c132-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has indeed been a very rich debate. I had been warned that responding for the first t...; Lord King of Bridgwater | 696 c136-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister leaves military topics; as today’s debate has been somewhat overshadow...; Lord Lee of Trafford | 696 c124-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by welcoming the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, to her new ministerial office. She h...; Lord Astor of Hever | 696 c128-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House has been treated to some outstanding speeches today. My noble friend Lord Howell...; Lord Gilbert | 696 c119-22 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, may say some things that I regret this evening, but not for very long, I suspect. ...; Viscount Brookeborough | 696 c122-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is daunting enough to be No. 40 on an evening like this, especially after the speech of...; Bishop of Winchester | 696 c117 (Link to this contribution) Psalm 46.; Lord Selsdon | 696 c117-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Psalm 46. My noble friends could not remember either. Then I thought that some of the wea...; Lord Rogan | 696 c115-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, compared with the majority of our European neighbours and many overseas contemporaries, th...; Lord Selsdon | 696 c117 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I feel a little nervous tonight because I think I am going to say some things that I might...; Lord Malloch-Brown | 696 c137-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will certainly answer the noble Lord. Whether it will meet his standard of clarity, he w...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 696 c138 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Darzi of Denham, I beg to move that the debate be adjour...; Bishop of Winchester | 696 c103-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in yesterday’s gracious Speech, I confess that I had my ears cocked for one word in partic...
Subjects: Armed forces Defence Commonwealth Development aid Diplomatic service Defence equipment Africa Health services Drugs Insurance Iraq International cooperation EU action Foreign policy EU reform Nuclear fuels Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Pakistan Terrorism Sovereignty Treaties Security Sanctions Afghanistan NATO Israel Kosovo Palestine Iran Middle East Reconstruction Peace negotiations EU external relations Conflict prevention Defence Export Services Organisation
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