Extracts from Lords proceedings - Mar 19
Friday, 20 March 2020 08:01
Extract from Lords debate on Hong Kong: Covid-19 Lord Collins
of Highbury (Lab):...It is right that the United Kingdom engages
with our international partners to share information on best
practice. Gordon Brown was absolutely right on Radio 4 this
morning: this is a global problem that requires a global response.
It is no good saying “America first”, or India first”;
it is something that we all have to respond and come up with proper
responses to. There is a very good...Request free trial
Extract from Lords debate
on Hong Kong: Covid-19
(Lab):...It is right
that the United Kingdom engages with our international partners to
share information on best practice. was absolutely right on
Radio 4 this morning: this is a global problem that requires a
global response. It is no good saying “America first”, or
India first”; it is something that
we all have to respond and come up with proper responses to. There
is a very good reason why we should work particularly well and
closely with Hong Kong on this issue. Can the Minister detail how
the Government have engaged with the Hong Kong authorities and the
non-governmental organisations of Hong Kong to better understand
their approach to response?
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Extract from Lords debate
on UN Sustainable Development Goal 3
(Lab):...This is beginning
to change, and the UK has been involved in trying to change it. The
FIA Foundation has also helped spread the message around the world.
UK-based charities have led much of the specialist action on
traffic safety. The international road assessment programme is now
working with the World Bank and highways authorities in more than
100 countries. Another UK charity, the Global New Car Assessment
Programme, is crash-testing popular family cars in Latin
America, India and South Africa and
publishing the results so that it identifies and shames
poor-performing car makers. It praises well-designed vehicles and
by doing so boosts consumers’ demand for safety in their
cars...
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