This happened on Wednesday 4th November 2009 and is fully reported in Hansard, cols 317 – 331. I give below my opening paragraphs, and two paragraphs from the government’s reply by Lord West of Spithead, a Home Office minister. There were four other speakers. “My Lords, I start from the proposition that it is wrong…
Visible Christian Unity A key question for the reuniting of all baptised believers is how will “the primacy” of Bishop of Rome in practice be exercised ? This has so far been too little discussed. Many are hoping that it will be exercised in a collegial manner, as Vatican II laid down, when counter-balancing the…
On Wednesday 4th November at about 7.30 pm I will be opening a short one-hour debate on this subject. I want to draw particular attention to the detention for periods of various lengths of families with children, who have committed no offence while in this country. These are often asylum applicants who have not been…
On Tuesday 13th October, The Grand Committee Room, the largest one in the House of Commons, was packed for a meeting jointly arranged by the All-Party Group on Conflict Issues and the Forgiveness Project. It was sensitively chaired by Simon Hughes, MP for Bermondsey. Two speakers reflected on where they and we now are, 25…
To the Foreign Office: Thank you for replies to some nine questions for Written Answer. I would like to comment on some of them. Afghanistan (HL5349) You are quite correct about responsibility for prisoners and detainees lying with the US and Afghan authorities. Nevertheless, General Stone’s report and other evidence, suggest that prison conditions and…
