Debate on Friday, 6 February 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Malloch-Brown. The answering member was Lord Howell of Guildford.
Gaza
Lords debate on motion to take note of developments in Gaza. Agreed to on question.
Secondary information
- Type
- Parliamentary proceeding
- Reference
- 707 c861-936
- Session
- 2008-09
- Department
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Proceeding contributions
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Viscount Waverley | 707 c922-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am associated with an Arab organisation that is a shareholder in the Gaza power station,...
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Lord Grabiner | 707 c921-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, at this stage of the debate, as I think the noble Lord, Lord Selsdon, was implying, all th...
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Lord Malloch-Brown | 707 c934-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can come back to the noble Lord in more detail, but our point remains that the only way ...
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Lord Dykes | 707 c934 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what is the Government’s reaction to the suggestions made by the Government and Parliament...
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Lord Malloch-Brown | 707 c931-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have all heard a lot to think about in the days that follow this debate. As someone fai...
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Lord Astor of Hever | 707 c929-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the Government Chief Whip and the Minister for agreeing to this extra debate...
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Lord Alderdice | 707 c926-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a sombre debate but also one with a lot of passion and distress. I have list...
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Lord Ahmed | 707 c924-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Government Chief Whip for allowing this extra Sitting to debate the situation ...
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Lord Hylton | 707 c897-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I believe that this debate, at least in its better moments, is enlarging our horizons by p...
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Lord Dykes | 707 c894-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, last week, the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, and I disagreed over the euro, but this week I hea...
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Lord Dubs | 707 c899-901 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was on a short visit to Lebanon in early January at the time of the attacks on Gaza. I a...
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Lord Weidenfeld | 707 c887-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the failure to resolve the Gaza crisis by the road map of the quartet bars the road to pea...
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Baroness Tonge | 707 c885-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the weeks after Christmas we were all horrified to witness Israel’s action in Gaza. How...
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Lord Sheikh | 707 c891-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I care about humanity and I will speak out when I feel that injustice and cruelty are infl...
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Lord Turnberg | 707 c889-91 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, no one can fail to be moved by the scenes of devastation in Gaza. I am far from alone in f...
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Baroness Afshar | 707 c901-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a member of the Coexistence Trust led by the noble Lord, Lord Janner, and as a teacher ...
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Lord Mitchell | 707 c902-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, is in his place, because it ...
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Lord Pannick | 707 c905-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, an excellent recent book about the first Arab-Israeli war entitled 1948, and published by ...
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Lord Stone of Blackheath | 707 c906-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to hear all these views. Last Saturday, I watched a play at the Barbican crea...
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Lord Selsdon | 707 c919-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the longer I am in your Lordships' House, the more I realise that I am probably regarded a...
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Lord Bew | 707 c917-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like other noble Lords, I start by welcoming President Obama’s decision to appoint former ...
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Lord Judd | 707 c915-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a past director of Oxfam and I am able to continue drawing on its...
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Baroness Deech | 707 c912-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lord, I recently heard a speech by President Peres of Israel. He said that if we look back 50 yea...
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Lord Clinton-Davis | 707 c911-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I turn immediately to my noble friend Lord Stone whom all of us wish was the leader of the...
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Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 707 c909-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I venture into this debate with the story of the visitor lost in our Welsh hills. He came ...
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Lord Malloch-Brown | 707 c861 (Link to this contribution) That this House takes note of developments in Gaza.
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Lord Malloch-Brown | 707 c861-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think that there could be a more appropriate topic for today’s debate than the si...
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Bishop of Chelmsford | 707 c870-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was enormously grateful to the Minister for beginning by talking about the humanitarian ...
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Lord Luce | 707 c868-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, rather like the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, I want to view Gaza against the wider background...
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 707 c866-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was thinking about what I should say today as my wife and I attended the Leeds Holocaust...
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Lord Howell of Guildford | 707 c863-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House will be grateful to the Minister for his report on the Gaza conflict and his ref...
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Baroness Northover | 707 c878-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I managed to secure a one-hour debate on Gaza on 21 January. Almost 40 people put their na...
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Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 707 c876-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am the president of Medical Aid for Palestinians. I took over the role from the noble Lo...
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Lord Eden of Winton | 707 c874-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the noble Baroness who has just spoken and the noble Lord, Lord Luce, I begin with a ...
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Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale | 707 c872-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when speaking about Gaza too many people—although, this morning, with the very notable exc...
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Lord Janner of Braunstone | 707 c882-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these are very difficult times for both Israel and the Palestinian world, both of which I ...
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Lord Kalms | 707 c884-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, nobody in this House supports the death of innocents. Nobody in this House feels anything ...
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Lord Wright of Richmond | 707 c881-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that I shall not do irreparable damage to the reputation of the noble Lord, Lord Wa...
- Subjects
- Access Children Armed conflict Development aid Borders Bomb disposal Humanitarian aid Landmines Politics and government Weapons War crimes Smuggling Israel Palestine Middle East Reconstruction Peace negotiations Gaza Hamas Ceasefires
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