Baroness Coussins
The Baroness Coussins
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 23 March 2007
Parliamentary Activity
Recent Debate Contributions
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Strategic Defence Review 2025
17/07/2025 • Lords
Will the noble Lord be kind enough to write to me with his response to my points on the Defence Academy and the issue to do with Afghan interpreters?
My Lords, I shall raise two issues that were not covered in what is otherwise a thoroughly convincing and comprehensive review. The first is soft powe...
United Kingdom: Soft Power
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, what assessment have the Government made of the risk of further World Service closures, which might result in Russia or China immediately oc...
Diego Garcia Military Base
02/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, if the military base on Diego Garcia is just as important to the US as it is to the UK, was the US ever asked to split the costs of leasing ...
BBC World Service
01/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, Russian-backed media are now transmitting on the radio frequency previously occupied by BBC Arabic. While the FCDO funding for 2025-26 is he...
UK-EU Summit
20/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the Statement read out by the noble Baroness the Leader said that this arrangement will do away with the long delays faced by lorry drivers ...
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Artificial Intelligence: Public Services
05/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, does the Minister agree that caution is needed if public services, in an attempt to be inclusive but also to save money, convey information ...
Journalists and Media Workers: Safety and Security
23/04/2025 • Lords
Before the noble Lord sits down, can he comment on the question I asked about his willingness to speak to Home Office colleagues about being quicker o...
My Lords, I know the Minister is already well aware of the recent escalation in the Iranian authorities’ harassment and intimidation of BBC Persian jo...
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog
20/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the failure to use professional qualified interpreters in our courts often results in cases being adjourned. This adds to the backlog, not t...
Media Freedom Coalition
17/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, what specific measures are His Majesty’s Government taking in response to the serious escalation in the harassment of and threats towards BB...
Ukraine (International Relations and Defence Committee Report)
06/03/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I also have the privilege of being a member of the International Relations and Defence Committee. I will confine my remarks in this debate t...
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