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Debate on bill on Tuesday, 8 December 2009, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead. The answering member was Lord Howell of Guildford.


Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill [HL]

Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
715 c991-1024 
Session
2009-10
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Dubs | 715 c1001-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I give this Bill a very warm welcome. It is not often that we have a debate on a Bill for ...
Baroness Northover | 715 c998-1001 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome the Bill and congratulate the Government on taking the UK to a point where...
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Bishop of Salisbury | 715 c1005-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, no one can be in any doubt that the Bill will be universally welcomed by this House. I am ...
Lord Ramsbotham | 715 c1003-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure and a privilege to follow the noble Lords, Lord Elton and Lord Dubs...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 715 c991-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty, ha...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 715 c992-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as someone who, like others in this House, has campaigned for the purposes of this Bill fo...
Lord Elton | 715 c996-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before I welcome the Bill, I should like to embark on the pleasant and, under the present ...
Lord Howell of Guildford | 715 c1016-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, our attitude on these Benches to this Bill can be described succinctly: it is to give the ...
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead | 715 c1019-24 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in such an expert way in this excellent deba...
Lord Lee of Trafford | 715 c1015-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord very much indeed. I cannot claim to be one of those who have battled away fo...
Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 715 c1009-12 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should begin by declaring an interest as the chair of the board of the United Nations As...
Baroness Turner of Camden | 715 c1008-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am delighted that our Government have decided to sign the convention outlawing the use o...
Lord Lee of Trafford | 715 c1015 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great privilege to participate in this fine humanitarian Bill regarding the abolit...
Baroness Tonge | 715 c1014-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the House for allowing me to make a brief intervention at this stage. I congratula...
Lord Boyd of Duncansby | 715 c1013-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Convention on Cluster Munitions is a further welcome addition to international humanit...
Baroness Goudie | 715 c1012-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like many others in the House, I welcome the Bill and I thank the Minister for her Written...
Baroness Whitaker | 715 c1007-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a Bill to welcome unreservedly and speed on its way. When I preceded my noble frie...
Subjects
Armed conflict Civilians Arms trade Cluster munitions Bomb disposal Finance International cooperation Treaties Victims Convention on Cluster Munitions
Legislation
Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill (HL) 2009-10
Link
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