To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what response he made to the proposal from the Italian Finance Minister that he support a statement condemning economic nationalism and protectionism.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what response he made to the proposal from the Italian Finance Minister that he support a statement condemning economic nationalism and protectionism.

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the prospects of achieving a fair and poisitve outcome in the forthcoming World Trade Organisation round in Hong Kong. Motion withdrawn. (Debated with Lords motion to take note of the report of the European Union Committee on the World Trade Organisation: Hong Kong Ministerial 13 to 18 December 2005 (HL 77 2005-06)).

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the prospects of achieving a fair and poisitve outcome in the forthcoming World Trade Organisation round in Hong Kong. Motion withdrawn. (Debated with Lords motion to take note of the report of the European Union Committee on the World Trade Organisation: Hong...

My Lords, before the Minister sits down perhaps I could follow a line of questioning taken by the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, about joined-up government. Many of the proposals that the Minister has mentioned, for example, about transitional assistance and special and differential treatment, we expect to come out in Hong...

My Lords, before the Minister sits down perhaps I could follow a line of questioning taken by the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, about joined-up government. Many of the proposals that the Minister has mentioned, for example, about transitional assistance and special and differential treatment, we expect to come out in Hong...

My Lords, I am delighted to take part in this debate today. I thank my noble friend Lord Brennan for raising this issue at such a critical time. The next major milestone in the DDA—the Hong Kong ministerial conference—is less than two weeks away. I also thank my noble friend Lord Radice for...

My Lords, I am delighted to take part in this debate today. I thank my noble friend Lord Brennan for raising this issue at such a critical time. The next major milestone in the DDA—the Hong Kong ministerial conference—is less than two weeks away. I also thank my noble friend Lord Radice for...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, on initiating this debate, which comes on the eve of the Hong Kong round, and also on introducing it so well. It has also been helpful to your Lordships that the European Committee’s report in anticipation of the Hong Kong ministerial meeting has...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Brennan, on initiating this debate, which comes on the eve of the Hong Kong round, and also on introducing it so well. It has also been helpful to your Lordships that the European Committee’s report in anticipation of the Hong Kong ministerial meeting has...

My Lords, this year has seen very welcome attention from the media and the public for international development issues. The noble Lords, Lord Brennan and Lord Radice, are certainly sailing with the wind in bringing these important issues to our attention this morning. We are all in favour of making poverty...

My Lords, this year has seen very welcome attention from the media and the public for international development issues. The noble Lords, Lord Brennan and Lord Radice, are certainly sailing with the wind in bringing these important issues to our attention this morning. We are all in favour of making poverty...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this debate and, in particular, I thank my noble friend Lord Radice for his timely report. The main theme of our debate has reflected sensible realism rather than undue pessimism. In conclusion, there are three things that are significant for us as...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this debate and, in particular, I thank my noble friend Lord Radice for his timely report. The main theme of our debate has reflected sensible realism rather than undue pessimism. In conclusion, there are three things that are significant for us as...

My Lords, this is a case in which government is very well joined up. Your Lordships have seen that the trade negotiations are handled by a linked position, which is partly the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and partly the DTI, and it also brings in the Department for International Development....

My Lords, this is a case in which government is very well joined up. Your Lordships have seen that the trade negotiations are handled by a linked position, which is partly the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and partly the DTI, and it also brings in the Department for International Development....

My Lords, I join in thanking both my noble friends who have brought this matter before us today, and I am fortunate that I am following my noble friend Lord Judd. I am perhaps taking a slightly different view from that which some noble Lords have expressed. I recommend that some stock is taken of...

My Lords, I join in thanking both my noble friends who have brought this matter before us today, and I am fortunate that I am following my noble friend Lord Judd. I am perhaps taking a slightly different view from that which some noble Lords have expressed. I recommend that some stock is taken of...

My Lords, I speak as a member of Sub-Committee A, and as one who participated in the preparation of the report published by that committee 18 months ago on the WTO and the role of the EU post-Cancun. That report arose from the atmosphere of gloom following the collapse of the Cancun...

My Lords, I speak as a member of Sub-Committee A, and as one who participated in the preparation of the report published by that committee 18 months ago on the WTO and the role of the EU post-Cancun. That report arose from the atmosphere of gloom following the collapse of the Cancun...

My Lords, my noble friends Lord Brennan and Lord Radice are to be thanked for having so convincingly brought this vital issue before the House. I should declare an interest at the outset as a former director of Oxfam. In such organisations, it is our front-line experience of the grinding poverty...

My Lords, my noble friends Lord Brennan and Lord Radice are to be thanked for having so convincingly brought this vital issue before the House. I should declare an interest at the outset as a former director of Oxfam. In such organisations, it is our front-line experience of the grinding poverty...

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Earl. He sought to emphasise an element that we may have passed by this morning—the contribution of the NGOs. On occasion they have a tendency to present themselves in a way where the best becomes the enemy of the good. None...

My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Earl. He sought to emphasise an element that we may have passed by this morning—the contribution of the NGOs. On occasion they have a tendency to present themselves in a way where the best becomes the enemy of the good. None...