Debate on select committee report on Tuesday, 4 July 2017, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Howell of Guildford. The answering member was Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon.

Middle East (IRC Report)

Lords motion to take note of the report of the International Relations Committee on The Middle East: Time for a New Realism (HL 159). Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 783 cc1093-1104
Session: 2017-19
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Select Committee on International Relations
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2017-0490
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
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House of Lords; The Middle East: time for new realism. International Relations Committee (HL) second report.
Monday, 24 April 2017
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Proceeding contributions: Lord Luce | 783 cc814-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alderdice. I know, as the House does, how...; Bishop of Chester | 783 cc804-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in my contribution to our debate on these complex matters, I will comment on two areas....; Lord Polak | 783 cc817-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Luce. When he said he might have to wait...; Baroness Helic | 783 cc809-810 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on his appointment, including on his role as the Prime Mini...; Lord Howell of Guildford | 783 cc1093-798 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in moving this Motion I should declare an interest as I am on the advisory council of t...; Lord Stone of Blackheath | 783 cc798-801 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this report and what has already been said confirms what I have learned in 50 years’ in...; Lord Purvis of Tweed | 783 cc801-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I refer noble Lords to my entry in the register of interests and to the more than 20 vi...; Baroness Coussins | 783 cc803-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I have the privilege to serve on the International Relations Committee and to have been...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 783 cc807-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I suspect that it was clear to all of us on the International Relations Committee that ...; Lord Turnberg | 783 cc810-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Howell, and his committee are to be congratulated on this valuable...; Lord Alderdice | 783 cc1096-814 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I looked forward to the report and this debate, not only because of the chairmanship of...; Baroness Cox | 783 cc819-822 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howell, for introducing this debate, highlighting many iss...; Lord Judd | 783 cc822-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare an interest because of past ministerial responsibilities and having spent a g...; Viscount Waverley | 783 cc824-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare that I am associated with a major Middle Eastern entity, although naturally t...; Lord Wallace of Saltaire | 783 cc826-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Howell, and the committee on this excellent r...; Lord Alton of Liverpool | 783 cc829-832 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, all of us who have been fortunate enough to serve alongside the noble Lord, Lord Howell...; Lord Grocott | 783 cc832-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it was a privilege for me to be a member of the committee. The report that we compiled ...; Baroness Deech | 783 cc835-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the report skilfully struck a note, not of pessimism, of the sort that drives Stephen H...; Baroness Smith of Newnham | 783 cc838-840 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howell of Guildford, for his excellent chairmanship of the...; Lord Collins of Highbury | 783 cc1100-843 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Howell, not only for chairing the committee but for his ex...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 783 cc841-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their thoughtful and at times insightful contributions to t...; Lord Judd | 783 c848 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. As pioneers of the Arms Trade Treaty, do we deal ...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 783 cc848-9 (Link to this contribution)
In the interests of the issues that remain to be covered the time available, I will come back to ...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 783 c849 (Link to this contribution)
I wonder whether the noble Lord would be so kind as to address one element which came up in innum...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 783 cc849-850 (Link to this contribution)
If the noble Lord will bear with me, there is one more important area which I was about to mentio...; Lord Howell of Guildford | 783 cc850-1104 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it remains for me to thank all those who have taken part, including the Minister. Like ...
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Middle East (IRC Report)

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