This short speech of mine appears to have anticipated the longer one by President Obama, in which he called for a winding down of the war on terror.
Foreign Affairs Debate 15th May
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Tidal Power
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Here is a link to my contribution to the debate in Parliament about the Severn barrage, on the 2nd April 2013.
The Climate Parliament
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Last week I was one of two members of the House of Lords attending a session in Brussels of this body. It brought together parliamentarians from nineteen countries and seven Members of the European Parliament. It was chaired by Sir Graham Watson, the MEP for South West England. The theme was the urgent need to develop…
The Nyon Process for Dialogue in the Middle East and North Africa
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Andalusia, in southern Spain, saw harmonious coexistence between Muslims, Christians and Jews for between five and seven hundred years in the Middle Ages. Its capital, Cordoba, was then the largest and richest city in Western Europe. Cordoba therefore provided an ideal setting for the ninth session of the Nyon Process, from 21st to 23rdJanuary 2013. …
Northern Ireland
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I have visited this place regularly since 1978. Last week I was invited to come over again by a friend, older than me. The background was one or protests and of violent riots. Sixty-four or more police officers have been injured, many arrests have been made, while buses and cars burned and traffic was disrupted,…