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Royal Navy: Type 31e Frigate – <i>Question</i> | Lords debates

My Lords, the noble Earl’s reply to the noble Lord a few moments ago was, to say the least, concise. He failed, however, to point out that the contract for the Type 31 has been restarted….

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Brexit: Negotiations and No-deal Contingency Planning – <i>Statement</i> | Lords debates

The Minister made a brave, if failing effort to try to ascribe responsibility for the border issue to Dublin. We have a responsibility—it is called the Good Friday agreement. We have a…

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United Nations Relief and Works Agency – <i>Private Notice Question</i> | Lords debates

My Lords, does not the Minister understand that this decision is both mean-spirted and tactically inept? It is mean-spirited because of the nature of the work done by UNRWA, and tactfully inept…

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Brexit: Preparations and Negotiations – <i>Motion to Take Note</i> | Lords debates

No. It is ridiculous. We travelled on the plane this morning.

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Brexit: Preparations and Negotiations – <i>Motion to Take Note</i> | Lords debates

My Lords, what a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, although I have to say that I do not agree with very much of what he has said. I came with a detailed exegesis of the White Paper, but since I…

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