Lord Callanan
The Lord Callanan
Conservative
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 23 September 2014
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India and Pakistan: Peace Representations
16/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I join in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Hussain, for securing this important debate. He is rightly concerned about the importance of restori...
Diplomatic Missions: Unpaid Charges
15/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I think there is unity across the House on this one. We are all amused by the prospect of some poor parking warden having to put a ticket on...
United Kingdom: Soft Power
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, while soft power is of course a vital instrument for advancing the UK’s values and global influence, there is another side to it. Therefore,...
Actions of Iranian Regime: UK Response
07/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, we are in agreement with the Government that Iran must never have a nuclear bomb, so will the Minister finally get off the fence and accept ...
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
02/07/2025 • Lords
There is no binding ruling.
My Lords, watching this UQ in the other place yesterday was a slightly surreal experience. The Lib Dem spokesman said it was a shambolic process—he wa...
UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago
29/06/2025 • Lords
I think the House well understands that we did not get an answer to that question. There are many other points that I could make and many questions th...
This is a simple question to the noble Lord. I am very well aware of the procedures. Is he saying that the Government will bring forward the legislati...
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Middle East
23/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, events in the Middle East over the past week have brought into sharp focus a truth that we ignore at our peril: that the Islamic Republic of...
Official Development Assistance: Vulnerable Children
22/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, the noble Baroness has my sympathy. She confirmed in her opening Answer that being in government often involves difficult decisions, and tha...
Abducted Ukrainian Children
17/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, it is great to see virtual unanimity across the House on these issues; I have agreed with every comment made so far. Of all the many outrage...
Gibraltar
16/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, as we still have some time, perhaps I could ask for some further clarification from the Minister. First, she said on a couple of occasions t...
My Lords, the Rock of Gibraltar has now been British for over 300 years. In 2002, 99% of Gibraltarians rejected the notion of shared sovereignty with ...
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