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HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMy Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing this Statement to your Lordships’ House. In her resignation letter to the Prime Minister, the former FCDO Minister, the noble Baroness,…02 Dec 2020HANSARDHIV: Ending TransmissionsThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria warns that additional support is badly needed to prevent a reversal in “hard-won gains”. Will we, as a lead funder, join…01 Dec 2020HANSARDIntellectual Property Rights: Affordable DrugsMy Lords, history tells us that reliance on the good will of pharmaceutical companies is misplaced. For example, swathes of the world still lack access to HIV/AIDS medicines.…30 Nov 2020HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI too pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, who was an outstanding Minister, and who acted with integrity yesterday. The £2.9 billion cut in the aid budget already…26 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Vaccines and Medical EquipmentMy Lords, notwithstanding the good use of UK aid via the WHO’s COVAX initiative, evidence shows that treatment providers and Governments have had to grapple with intellectual…25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to amend the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015.25 Nov 2020HANSARDInternational Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015My Lords, whatever the outcome of the Chancellor’s statement, the target of 0.7% of GNI to help the world’s poorest is a proud Lib Dem achievement in coalition, spearheaded in…25 Nov 2020HANSARDFossil Fuels: BusinessMy Lords, according to the UK extractive industries transparency initiative, between 2015 and 2017, the Treasury gave more money to oil companies than it took from them in…19 Nov 2020HANSARDCOP 26My Lords, the catastrophes of climate change are already with us. We need urgent action and must pull all available levers to stop putting even more greenhouse gases into the…18 Nov 2020HANSARDSustainable Development GoalsMy Lords, monitoring the sustainable development goals programme is a joint project between the FCDO and the UN Statistics Division. It supports 20 countries to feed data into the…12 Nov 2020HANSARDGender-based ViolenceMy Lords, one of the tragic consequences of Covid-19 is the massively increased incidence of gender-based violence in developing countries—and indeed, everywhere in the world.…10 Nov 2020HANSARDTax Avoidance: Base Erosion and Profit ShiftingMy Lords, the UN Conference on Trade and Development estimates that developing countries lose up to $200 billion every year in fiscal revenues due to a lack of in-country tax…02 Nov 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, this has been a quite passionate debate and I am profoundly grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in it. The debate goes to the heart of how we see ourselves.…28 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Test ResultsMy Lords, on 25 September, NHS England gave guidance specifically to implement pool testing to speed up testing times. Since then, what increase in pool testing has taken place?27 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices Bill26 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Alton. I agree with every word of his contribution, which is no surprise; I am usually in agreement with him. I wish to…26 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I metaphorically rise to move Amendment 19, which is in my name and that of my noble friends Lady Jolly and Lord Sharkey and the noble Lord, Lord Alton, whose support is…26 Oct 2020HANSARDMedicines and Medical Devices BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 125 in the name of my noble friend Lady Jolly. Like other amendments, it aims to probe the Government on their plans for future regulatory…19 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Access to VaccineTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure equitable access for low and middle-income countries to any future vaccine for COVID-19.15 Oct 2020HANSARDAfghanistanMy Lords, what support is the FCDO giving Afghani women during the peace process? A strong platform for them will be crucial to protect girls’ education from Taliban ideology.15 Oct 2020