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HANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026That the Regulations laid before the House on 18 May be approved. Relevant document: 3rd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (s pecial attention drawn to the…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsThe Government are committed to publishing FCDO country ODA allocations in or before the FCDO annual report and accounts 2025-26. The annual report is due to be published in July.…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsWhat we are doing to make this better—I appreciate that there is less money—is to give three years’ worth of certainty to our posts. We are also requiring them, rather than…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsI very much welcome the question from the noble Lord. He will be aware that we had a Global Partnerships Conference just a few weeks ago addressing specifically that problem. I…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsI think that is a shrewd observation. I recently returned from DRC, and I understand completely the point my noble friend makes. There is very little trust among the community in…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsIt is absolutely a serious challenge. While we see medical advances that enable us to make progress, we see problems emerge in other areas. We see prevalence among young girls, in…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsI think that is right. I think we need to work more closely with our colleagues in the MoD because there is clearly a high degree of complementarity between our development…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsGiven that UNRWA is the only agency that can really deliver what is needed at scale in what has become an incredibly challenging and militarised context, it is important that we…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsNoble Lords do not need me to tell them just what a difficult context this is. Since the return of the Taliban, the prospects for women and girls have diminished greatly. We work…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsI think it is impossible to do development without prioritising women and girls, and almost everything we do benefits disproportionately—and quite rightly—women and girls. It is…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsI hear the noble Baroness’s suggestion and I disagree with it.16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Bilateral AllocationsWe have been doing this for quite a long time. I do not know specifically the programmes that the noble Lord is talking about, or the funds that he is talking about, but his…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026. Relevant document: 3rd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, these regulations amend the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. This instrument was laid on 19 May under powers in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDMiddle East: Iran ConflictMy Lords, the UK welcomes the agreement between the United States and Iran and commends all involved in securing this diplomatic breakthrough. Our priority now is to support the…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDRussia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026My Lords, I am grateful that we have come as close to a broad consensus as we ever normally achieve and I thank all noble Lords who have taken part for their constructive…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDMiddle East: Iran ConflictThese are great questions, and they are the exact questions we have been asking ourselves in the department. This is a framework agreement that we have at the moment. I echo what…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDMiddle East: Iran ConflictIt is the deal that we have today. It is a framework and it is a start. It is better than we had previously and it is enabling, for now, a ceasefire. The challenge, as I think is…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDMiddle East: Iran ConflictWe have been very clear that we want to see the strait opening. We want this to be free of condition and open for all passage, and that is a position that is shared widely. The…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDMiddle East: Iran ConflictI do not think anyone is talking about tolls or us patrolling in order to secure payment of tolls. I do not know where the noble Lord has got this from. That is not anything that…15 Jun 2026 · 5d ago