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HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI do not think I am giving anything away by telling my right hon. Friend that there were certainly discussions about the vital importance of all of us getting to net zero and…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsYes. Nobody at either the G7 or NATO wants to get into a new cold war with China, but on the other hand they see that the opportunities we have to trade more and engage with China…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsMy right hon. Friend is completely right. It was the EU that shocked people in Northern Ireland by invoking article 16 of the protocol in January and trying to put a barrier on…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsAs I raise continuously with friends and partners around the world, we remain committed, as do our friends in the EU and in Washington, to a two-state solution for the middle east.16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsYes. I thank my right hon. Friend because NATO’s project 2030, set out by Jens Stoltenberg at the summit, is completely in accordance with, and almost an echo of, the integrated…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsThat is a great one from the Labour party, because they actually opposed the increase in corporation tax at the Budget. They should try to remember what they have been doing over…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI am grateful to my hon. Friend and thank him for his continuing campaigning on this issue. We are giving the British Council more support now, because I know it has been very…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsThe hon. Gentleman should study what all the G7 countries said, because several of them made very big commitments indeed—the Canadians, the EU—to financing the tackling of climate…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI thank my right hon. Friend. I did see something this morning about some paper or other that means absolutely nothing to me. Our objective is to go forward with the road map and…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI think that the G7 and the west are making huge progress. These vaccines were only invented six months ago, or a little bit longer. We are making incredible progress in…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI thank my right hon. Friend, and I know how much he cares about this; I remember campaigning with him on this myself. We have supported at least 15.6 million children in the last…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsWe did discuss many times over the last few days what has happened in Xinjiang, the suffering of the Uyghurs and particularly the crimes against women that the hon. Lady…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsMay I wish my hon. Friend a happy birthday? I confirm that we see the education of girls and young women as one of the great achievements of the UK presence in Afghanistan over…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsWe are investing another £24 billion in our defence, with the biggest increase in spending since the end of the cold war, and we are one of the few countries in NATO to contribute…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsThe situation in north-western Iraq is extremely complex. We must accept that the Kurdish fighters have done an extraordinary job against ISIS and against the forces of Bashar…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsWe are increasing our funding for girls’ education to £430 million, which is about a 15% increase and an outstanding thing for this country to do in very, very difficult times. By…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsYes, I think it is important that everybody understands that, although the media accounts of what took place differ very much from what actually happened at the summit where this…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, I will tell you the difference between us and the party opposite: we put in the tough measures that are needed to give kids across the country a better education. When…09 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am indebted to everybody who serves the Government in whatever capacity. We have a lot of very tough decisions to make but we will continue to get on with delivering the…09 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI thank my right hon. Friend and I agree with him completely, because I think that David Frost—Lord Frost—is doing an outstanding job. I venture to say that he is the greatest…09 Jun 2021