Baroness Featherstone

My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire for securing this important debate. He and others have already hit the nail on the head by referring to the loss of trust. However, we sp

My Lords, I too thank our excellent chair and fellow committee members for what I found to be quite a fascinating inquiry. The extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic transformed home-based workin

My Lords, I thank the Minister, because she is sincere and has done a lot to convince us that real change is happening. As ever, sadly, I have to declare an interest, as one of my sister’s twin boys w

I am very grateful. I thank everyone for such brilliant speeches—there is such knowledge in this House; it makes me so proud of everybody here. To the noble Baroness, Lady Hyde, I say that I was a des

My Lords, I very much look forward to the maiden speeches of the noble Lord, Lord Barber of Chittlehampton, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hyde of Bemerton, as I am sure we all are. I was a Minister in

That this House takes note of the role of UK development partnership assistance in diplomacy, conflict resolution and the exercise of soft power.