Paul Boateng

Latest speeches

1. Lords Grand Committee · House of Lords · 16 September 2026

   • Regional growth duty and defence of an independent ORR

     “My Lords, my Lords, I rise to move amendment 142. Speak to amendment 142 standing in my name on the order paper. And I do so with apologies for not having attended the second reading of the bill. And indeed…”

     Watch from 2:02:58

2. International Agreements Committee · House of Lords · 15 September 2026

   • Food security, smallholders and digital tools in agriculture

     “Thank you, thank you, Lord Chair. The UK taxpayer has over the years, actually several decades, invested large sums in developing food security, seeking to create jobs through linking farmers to agricultural processing in the developing world and through that…”

     Watch from 23:38

   • Value-for-money challenge and UNIDO’s defence on impact and scale

     “Would you, would you accept that a failure to date in our whole approach to development globally has been the inability to scale up projects? Everyone around this table will be able to tell you about good projects that they…”

     Watch from 37:58

   • Climate finance, WASH concerns and leveraging UNIDO for scale

     “Mr. Toombs, Japan, Italy and Germany, the countries who you've mentioned who remained within UNIDO, have always been strong proponents of an industrial policy. And indeed their economies have thrived as a result of it, while ours for many, many…”

     Watch from 56:22
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3. International Agreements Committee · House of Lords · 21 July 2026

   • Reasons for delay: Malta case, government priorities, and enforcement gap

     “Yes, and thank you for your evidence. Ms. Floyd, you're Director of Sport and Gambling within the department. I should declare my interest as a Vice President of the Lotteries Council. And the World Lottery Association has said that the…”

     Watch from 27:21

   • Reasons for delay: Malta case, government priorities, and enforcement gap

     “And those are the arguments for. The competing priorities that we've heard, what are they? I mean, your case seems so compelling. What are these competing priorities?”

     Watch from 30:56

   • Emerging markets, black‑market enforcement and regulator funding

     “I mean, I've looked at the figures and the government has announced a 25% increase to annual operator license fees to help the Gambling Commission. The commission is drawing on 26 million in extra Treasury funding over three years, again…”

     Watch from 42:17