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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
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,...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Lord Malloch-Brown | 707 c861 (Link to this contribution) That this House takes note of developments in Gaza.
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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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