Ministerial statement on Monday, 8 July 2019, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon.

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Lords statement on the leaks from the UK ambassador's office in Washington.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 798 cc1684-7
Session: 2017-19
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 798 cc1684-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer g...; Lord Tunnicliffe | 798 c1685 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the leak of the diptel cable will do extraordinary damage to the UK’s interests abroad,...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 798 c1685 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as I have said, we rely on our diplomats to provide insights into the lay of the land. ...; Baroness Northover | 798 c1685 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I, too, thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. It is deeply shocking that some...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 798 c1685 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I totally agree with the noble Baroness’s assessment. I put on record that the Governme...; Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 798 c1685 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, will the Minister accept from someone who spent 10 years at the head of two of Britain’...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 798 c1686 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to the work of the noble Lord in his various diplomatic responsibilities, which he ...; Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke | 798 c1686 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, like a number of noble Lords, I have walked on both sides of the street as a Minister a...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 798 c1686 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am sure that the noble Baroness will recognise that when you take up responsibility a...; Viscount Waverley | 798 c1687 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, this event is of course to be deplored. Is it recognised that blockchain might have a r...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 798 c1687 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, events such as this mean that we look again at the essence and confidentiality of our c...; Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 798 c1687 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I very much welcome the noble Lord’s unequivocal support for our ambassador. I am sligh...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 798 c1687 (Link to this contribution)
I assure the noble Lord that the question of who is appointed as a diplomat to any country is a m...; Lord Davies of Stamford | 798 c1687 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I think that everybody will be very pleased to hear the robust statement of confidence ...; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | 798 c1687 (Link to this contribution)
I can certainly give the noble Lord an assurance on his first question. As to his second question...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Diplomatic service Official secrets Politics and government USA Trump, Donald Darroch of Kew, Lord
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