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Vol. 799 Wednesday No. 333 17 July 2019 PARLIAMENTARYDEBATES (HANSARD) HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICIAL REPORT ORDEROFBUSINESS Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................229 Questions Interfaith Dialogue.........................................................................................................229 Plastic Bag Charge .........................................................................................................231 Defence: Expenditure .....................................................................................................234 Gambling: Children in Africa.........................................................................................236 Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 Motion to Approve ..........................................................................................................238 Environment (Legislative Functions from Directives) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Motion to Approve ..........................................................................................................239 Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2019 Motion to Approve ..........................................................................................................239 Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill Report.............................................................................................................................239 Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill Report.............................................................................................................................244 Electricity Capacity (No. 2) Regulations 2019 Motion to Approve ..........................................................................................................347 Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill Third Reading .................................................................................................................356 Grand Committee Devolution: English Cities Motion to Take Note .................................................................................................GC 25 Lords wishing to be supplied with these Daily Reports should give notice to this effect to the Printed Paper Office. No proofs of Daily Reports are provided. Corrections for the bound volume which Lords wish to suggest to the report of their speeches should be clearly indicated in a copy of the Daily Report, which, with the column numbers concerned shown on the front cover, should be sent to the Editor of Debates, House of Lords, within 14 days of the date of the Daily Report. This issue of the Official Report is also available on the Internet at https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2019-07-17 The first time a Member speaks to a new piece of parliamentary business, the following abbreviations are used to show their party affiliation: Abbreviation Party/Group CB Cross Bench Con Conservative DUP Democratic Unionist Party GP Green Party Ind Lab Independent Labour Ind LD Independent Liberal Democrat Ind SD Independent Social Democrat Ind UU Independent Ulster Unionist Lab Labour Lab Co-op Labour and Co-operative Party LD Liberal Democrat LD Ind Liberal Democrat Independent Non-afl Non-affiliated PC Plaid Cymru UKIP UK Independence Party UUP Ulster Unionist Party No party affiliation is given for Members serving the House in a formal capacity, the Lords spiritual, Members on leave of absence or Members who are otherwise disqualified from sitting in the House. © Parliamentary Copyright House of Lords 2019, this publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 229 Royal Assent [17 JULY 2019] Interfaith Dialogue 230 House of Lords Baroness Goldie: I thank the noble Lord for the practical and interesting example he has shared with Wednesday 17 July 2019 the House. I am pleased that the Government are committed to preventive diplomacy such as mediation, 3 pm and are working closely with the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury to enhance the UK’s work in this area. The UK believes that mediation Prayers—read by the Lord Bishop of Newcastle. requires a concerted approach from a range of actors. These include regional and sub-regional organisations, civil society, religious leaders and the meaningful Royal Assent participation of women. The Government are happy to facilitate a telephone conversation between the 3.05 pm most reverend Primate and the leader of Nigeria’s Muslims, should he require such assistance. The following Act was given Royal Assent: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con): My Lords, I am the Supply and Appropriation (Main Estimates) Act. president of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. Wehave conducted a survey about anti-Semitism among young Jewish people in every EU state. Sadly, we have Interfaith Dialogue discovered that nearly half of all those young people Question have suffered from some form of anti-Semitism activity over the past 12 months. The UK has the second-largest Jewish population in the EU and it is clear that the 3.06 pm leadership required to combat anti-Semitism has to Asked by Lord Lea of Crondall start at the top. I therefore salute those members of the Labour Party in this House who signed the letter To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans published in this morning’s Guardian to try to deal they have to work with European leaders and the with anti-Semitism in the party. The Government of leaders of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths the United States have appointed a special envoy to to develop a comprehensive plan for inter-faith deal with global anti-Semitism, Mr Elan Carr. Will dialogue for areas of religious conflict which includes the United Kingdom Government consider doing the methods for mediation in order to facilitate improved same? ways of working between communities. Baroness Goldie: The noble Lord depicts a troubling scenario in the result of the survey to which he referred. Baroness Goldie (Con): My Lords, we welcome the I assure him that the Government are committed to United Nations Plan of Action for Religious Leaders combating anti-Semitism both internationally and and Actors to Prevent Incitement to Violence that Could domestically.At an event at the United Nations General Lead to Atrocity Crimes. However, we have concerns Assembly last September, my noble friend Lord Ahmad over how the plan will be implemented. In the UK, reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to education and following the publication of the final report of the dialogue to combat the scourge of anti-Semitism in all independent review of FCO support for persecuted its forms. Where we are aware of or witness it, it Christians, we are working across government to see behoves us all to stand up, call it out and condemn it what else we can do to support members of faith and without equivocation. belief communities around the world. Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD): My Lords, I Lord Lea of Crondall (Lab): My Lords, I thank the widen the question: have the Government developed a Minister for that constructive response. The tensions social cohesion framework or action plan for post between adherents of different faiths, and subsets within Brexit, or post a decision to remain, that ensures that them, are of course an inescapable part of the story of individuals and groups who seek to divide and to humanity, including between Judaism, Christianity and promote extremism cannot play to fears within some Islamism. That trio have common roots in the area communities? For example, have the Government any that centres on Jerusalem, but they are now present in views on Canada’s intention to introduce a new digital all the continents alongside other faiths. I draw attention charter to combat hate speech and misinformation? to the crucial innovation in Africa of a hotline between the bishop and the imam in the proselytising borderland Baroness Goldie: The Government have strict laws of Kaduna in northern Nigeria, which has already to deal with such matters, as the noble Lord will be saved thousands of lives. Do Her Majesty’s Government aware. As he will also be aware, my noble friend Lord agree that, in line with the global UN principles that Ahmad is special envoy on freedom of religion or the Minister mentioned, we Europeans have a vested belief, and I think the Chamber will want to acknowledge interest in providing wherewithal? I do not mean just his tremendous work. Indeed, the reason he is not here in rapid response; I mean helping to engender permanent this afternoon is that he is in Washington representing co-operative arrangements on the ground in critical the UK at the US Ministerial to Advance Religious areas based, inter alia, on the competences from European Freedom. That is one example of what the United agencies such as providing help to train mediators and Kingdom is doing both domestically and globally to experts in logistics and communications. address the issues that rightly concern the noble Lord. 231 Interfaith Dialogue [LORDS] Plastic Bag Charge 232 The Lord Bishop of Newcastle: My Lords, in April TheParliamentaryUnder-Secretaryof State,Department my colleague the most reverend Primate the Archbishop for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Gardiner of Canterbury and His Holiness Pope Francis together of Kimble) (Con): My Lords, this important measure hosted
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