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European Council: 11-12 December 2008 and Prime Minister’s Visit to Afghanistan, India and Pakistan

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

706 c658-71 

Session

2008-09

Department

Lord President of the Council

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

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Written statements
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Dholakia | 706 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Prime Minister’s Statement talks about building counterterrorism capacity in relation ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for my noble friend’s comments. It is true that 27 countries are acting toge...

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Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c669 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I understand that my right honourable friend was talking in terms of the bilateral relatio...

Baroness D'Souza | 706 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the noble Baroness assure us that, in addition to any military surge in Afghanistan, ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c666-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the broad welcome from both Benches opposite for many aspects of the Statement. ...

Lord Lea of Crondall | 706 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend agree that, whereas this summit communiqué is packed full of construc...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c668 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the political aspects of policy on Afghanistan should always be seen to be in balance with...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c658-62 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with permission, I shall repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Prime M...

Lord McNally | 706 c665-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I share in the thanks given by the Leader of the Opposition for this Statement and in the ...

Lord Strathclyde | 706 c662-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for repeating this Statement from the Prime Minister. Let me t...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c671 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is an excellent and important question, not only for this Chamber, but for all the bu...

Lord Ryder of Wensum | 706 c670 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, paragraph 5 on the second page of the Statement quotes directly from the communiqué: "““Eu...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c670 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will certainly look at what the noble Baroness has said in the past on that last point a...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 706 c670 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, narratives are quite important, as are the words we use to do with terrorism in sensitive ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c669-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord is speaking in terms of Pakistan and potential terrorism, but whether peopl...

Lord Marlesford | 706 c669 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I noted that the Prime Minister said that the time has come for action, not words, on terr...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c669 (Link to this contribution) Yes, my Lords, I completely agree that the discussions over the weekend have ensured that there is f...

Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 706 c669 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Leader of the House not agree that the Opposition’s reaction to what was decided ...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c669 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords, I do not see any inconsistency. As I understand it, we have recently spent £700 millio...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 706 c669 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the noble Baroness see any inconsistency between the brave and welcome words on Afgha...

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 706 c671 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when one puts it like that it seems a small amount. However, this is for work that we are ...

Lord Avebury | 706 c671 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I return to my noble friend’s question about the £6 million that has been allocated to tac...

Subjects

Compensation Armed forces Climate change Deployment Carbon capture and storage Elections Injuries Economic situation EU economic policy EU emissions trading scheme India Prime Minister Peacekeeping operations Referendums Pollution control Pakistan Terrorism Republic of Ireland Renewable energy Afghanistan Israel European Council Palestine Middle East Peace negotiations Visits abroad Treaty of Lisbon EU energy policy Greenhouse gas emissions

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