My Lords, I am pleased to speak in this debate and pay tribute to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for another successful Budget. Under this Government our economy is on the mend. The problems

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Chidgey for initiating this short but important debate. I was born and brought up in Africa and still have many connections throughout the continent,

My Lords, I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Freud for introducing this subject and for his excellent speech. I speak as a businessman and as somebody who has employed many people through several

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Singh of Wimbledon, for initiating this debate. I am close to the Sikh community, and I enjoy good relations with it. In fact, I am patron of two Sikh

Lord Sheikh’s speech at the Bangladeshi High Commission Awards on 9th February 2014  I am pleased to be here to present awards to students who have achieved excellent results in their

Lord Sheikh’s speech in the House of Lords on Neglected Tropical Diseases My Lords, I am interested in this subject as I was born and brought up in east Africa. I have seen how the diseases that we

Lord Sheikh’s Speech in the House of Lords on Small and Medium-sized Businesses: Access to Finance My Lords, I should like to thank the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for introducing this debate on an

Lord Sheikh’s Speech in the House of Lords on the Water Bill – Second Reading My Lords, I commend the Government on this most important piece of legislation. Through the Bill, we are able to

Lord Sheikh’s speech in the House of Lords on the 16th January 2014 on Animal Welfare: Methods of Slaughter My Lords, I speak as a Muslim who consumes halal meat regularly. Islam forbids the