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HANSARDGlobal BritainI entirely agree with my noble friend. She is absolutely right that next year we take on the presidency of the G7; we also have the delayed COP 26. This is an ideal time for us to…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainI am afraid that I disagree with my noble friend. He is absolutely right that the merger will take place in September. The work to implement it is being led by a team in the…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainObviously, I fully respect the work that the noble Lord has done and he is, as ever, entitled to his views. I am afraid that I cannot agree with him and certainly do not accept…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainI set out in my opening comments why this is happening now. I talked about the challenges of the pandemic and the way that that has shaped our view that these things need to be…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainI thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their questions and comments. First, I fully endorse the tribute paid by the noble Baroness to the remarkable life of Dame Vera…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainI hope that my answer to the question of the noble Lord, Lord Newby, provided that reassurance. As I said, our commitment to helping the world’s poorest remains as strong as ever,…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainMy Lords, I am happy to confirm that we will continue to abide by the OECD DAC rules for aid, and I have said a couple of times now that tackling poverty remains as important to…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainI said in answer to the noble Baroness that there will be no compulsory redundancies, although some roles and responsibilities will change. There are certainly no plans to close…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainAs I said in a previous answer, I am very happy to say on the record, again, that we absolutely recognise that programmes funded by UK aid are consistently rated as some of the…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainAs I said in response to the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan, we remain committed to transparency and we will continue parliamentary and independent scrutiny of the aid budget. The…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainI have very happily talked on record several times already during this Statement about the fantastic work of the department and the fact that we want this to be at the centre of…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainMy Lords, as I have said repeatedly, our view is that bringing diplomacy and international development together makes sense in our new complex global world. For instance, to…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainThe decision that has been made in this announcement is obviously about those two departments, but we believe that we need single cross-government strategies on the ground in each…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainThe noble Lord is absolutely right. We need to focus on corruption and will continue to do that. As I said, for a variety of reasons we believe that the time is now right for this…18 Jun 2020HANSARDGlobal BritainI am afraid that I disagree completely with the noble Lord. I am happy to put on record once again that the work of UK aid to reduce poverty will remain central in the new…18 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy Lords, the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill is an important part of the legislative response to Covid-19. Following discussions through the usual channels, it has been…04 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThat, in the event of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill having been brought from the House of Commons, Standing Order 46 (No two stages of a Bill to be taken on one…04 Jun 2020HANSARDEuropean Union CommitteeMy Lords, with the leave of the House and on behalf of the Senior Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the two Motions standing in his name on the Order Paper.04 Jun 2020HANSARDEuropean Union CommitteeThat Lord Goldsmith and Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd be appointed members of the European Union Committee in place of Lord Jay of Ewelme and Lord Morris of Aberavon. That Lord Rennard…04 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank noble Lords for their contributions, and I thank the noble Baroness for her best wishes to my right honourable friend. Like her, I hope very much that he has bad hay fever…04 Jun 2020