Roger Roberts on bringing hope to the most vulnerable
Lib Dem peer Roger Roberts spoke powerfully in the House of Lords this week on the subject of child refugees. He pleaded with the Government to reinstate the Dubs 3000 refugee children commitment....
View ArticleRoger Roberts attacked on front page of Daily Mail
Most Lib Dems would feel a bit worried if the Daily Mail expressed any admiration for them, let’s be honest. Today, many of us felt huge pride in our amazing 82 year old Welsh peer – and frequent LDV...
View ArticleVision, compassion and inspiration: Roger Roberts’ essential elements for...
Roger Roberts spoke in the House of Lords this week on resettling vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers. Here is his speech: I appreciate very much the opportunity to take part in the debate...
View ArticleBotched deportation of dying man highlights need for humanitarian overhaul of...
On Wednesday, Roger Roberts wrote an extremely moving article about the fate of Isa Muaza, a Nigerian asylum seeker who had been on hunger strike for 90 days in protest at the conditions in which he...
View ArticleLord Roger Roberts writes…Liberal Democrats in Government must fix failing...
Yesterday was International Migrants Day. Sadly, celebrations for many were rather subdued. [Yesterday] morning marked the end of a long, hard and emotionally-charged battle. Isa Muazu, a 45 year old...
View ArticleLiberal Democrat peers support asylum seekers’ right to work
The Immigration Bill is currently going through its final stages in the House of Lords. On Thursday, Liberal Democrat peers, led by Roger Roberts, tried to amend it by inserting a clause which would...
View ArticleThe Immigration Bill: 23 Liberal Democrat Lords rebel on “stateless” power,...
The Immigration Bill was back in the Lords this Monday where the Government suffered two defeats. The first was to overturn the power of the Home Secretary to deprive terror suspects who had acquired...
View ArticleSo where exactly were the UKIP peers during the Immigration Bill?
Noticeable by their absence during the Lords debates on the Immigration Bill were the three Peers who are members of UKIP. A cross-party group of peers, including our Shirley Williams, Roger Roberts,...
View ArticleLord Roger Roberts: May’s Counter-Terror powers could enable her to ban...
Lord Roger Roberts gave the following speech expressing his concerns about the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill in the House of Lords at its Second Reading on Tuesday: I was delighted that Lord...
View ArticleRoger Roberts calls for Parliamentary debate on refugee crisis
So, the Westminster Parliament resumes on Monday after its Summer recess. The Commons debates the EU Referendum Bill, the Lords the Energy Bill. With a growing humanitarian crisis on our doorstep,...
View ArticleWhat our busy peers will be up to this week
Embed from Getty Images Here are some of the things our team in the House of Lords will be doing this week: Monday: Roger Roberts will be pushing the Government to take action to relieve the situation...
View ArticleLibLink: Roger Roberts: Forcing teenagers back to war zones another example...
“Inhumanity” is a word that you should use with caution, but when you are looking at a Government that has no compunction about sending child asylum seekers back to war zones the minute they turn 18,...
View ArticleEU Referendum: Don’t forget to register to vote and other musings
On 23 June 2016, Britain will face one of the greatest electoral questions of this decade. Voters will be asked to decide whether or not they wish to see the UK remain in the European Union. Yet as...
View ArticleRoger Roberts writes: we must do more for the Calais children
The crisis that we are faced with in the UK and Europe is only part of a worldwide migration crisis. We hear from the United Nations that there are 65 million displaced persons in the world, and we...
View ArticleLibLink: Roger Roberts: The future of our European citizenship
Roger Roberts is pressing the government on the future of European citizenship this afternoon in a question in the House of Lords. In an article for Politics Home, he sets out the issues at stake: Our...
View ArticleLib Dem Lords vs the Article 50 Bill: Roger Roberts: Referendum campaign was...
The Lib Dem Lords have made some cracking contributions to the debate on the Article 50 Bill. Ahead of its next Lords stages, we’re bringing you all the Lib Dem contributions over the course of this...
View ArticleOn Article 50 Eve, what are senior Liberal Democrats saying?
Who’s Eve, I hear you ask? Well, for me, as an ardent pro EU supporter, tonight feels a bit like Christmas Eve when you know that somehow you have found your way on to the Naughty List and all that’s...
View ArticleRoger Roberts: Could we not be the nation that leads morally in this ruptured...
Yesterday, Roger Roberts was one of many Liberal Democrat peers to take part in the Queen’s Speech debate. He’s sent us his speech on the treatment of refugees, an issue very close to his heart: In...
View ArticleLib Dems vs Brexit: Roger Roberts says young people must have a say
Last year, Roger was on the front page of the Daily Mail for upsetting the Brexiteers. Now, the octogenarian Liberal Democrat had two of the most prominent Tory Brexiteers in the Lords intervene on him...
View ArticleA more effective and compassionate approach to immigration and asylum
Liberal Democrats for Seekers of Sanctuary held a joint fringe meeting at Lib Dem Conference in York with Social and Liberal Forum, addressing the Immigration Bill currently being debated in...
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