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HANSARD Global BritainYes. Next year, the UK takes up the chairmanship of the G7, and we have the COP26 climate change summit. Our voice in those proceedings will be greatly magnified by our having a…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainYes, absolutely. We can be very proud of the scrupulousness with which UK aid is spent, and I am in no doubt that the parliamentary oversight will continue in the current way.16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainOf course, they are completely wrong. This is a massive opportunity for this country to project itself more powerfully abroad. What we want to see, and what I know we are going to…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainThank you. That is the ambassador. That is how it works. It is very important that everybody understands that. I repeat what I said to my friend, the right hon. Member for Ross,…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainWe are getting on with the business of governing this country, improving our international performance and making sure that the UK is able to speak with a single, powerful voice…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainYes, and at the heart of the mission of the new Department will be 12 years of quality education for every girl in the world, which I think is probably the single best thing you…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainIt is curious that the right hon. Member says that, because, as far as I know, the quarantine policy is actively supported by the shadow Foreign Secretary at the very least, and…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainYes, I believe that what is proposed by Israel would amount to a breach of international law. We have strongly objected. We believe profoundly in a two-state solution and we will…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainYes, it certainly does; I am grateful to my hon. Friend. What is actually happening, of course, is that DFID and the FCO are now joining together to become a new Whitehall…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainNo, I profoundly disagree with those comments. All my experience is that, alas, there is an incoherence in UK foreign policy. We can now rectify that and have a better, more…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainI thank my right hon. Friend very much. He is entirely right. The Commonwealth is a massive and powerful force for good: 53 nations united with a shared tradition and a shared…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainWe are not abolishing the role of the International Development team; we are exalting them. We are enhancing them and making them part of one of the senior Departments in this…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainI was saddened and disappointed to hear the hon. Gentleman’s remarks. We are making an important change to how we work our foreign policy. He should applaud and welcome that, and,…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainI can assure the hon. Lady that there has been massive consultation over a long period. It is my own personal and direct experience that the UK, although it does a fantastic job…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainYes, indeed. The UK leads the world in tackling corruption and money laundering, and once again that agenda will have far more heft after the integration of the two Departments.16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainMy hon. Friend is entirely right. The confusion one finds in the capitals of our partners around the world must end. They must understand that the UK Government speak with a…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainThe hon. Lady should look at what this country is actually doing to tackle coronavirus around the world, giving more than any other country to the search for a virus. I do not…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainI believe that this will be a profoundly beneficial change for both the FCO and DFID. It will infuse the whole of our foreign policy with the missionary zeal and sense of idealism…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainThat is indeed what we are doing. I have spoken to the head of Rolls-Royce and to other companies about exactly the vision for aerospace that the hon. Lady describes. There is a…16 Jun 2020HANSARD Global BritainAbsolutely. I am glad that, with his experience of foreign affairs and development, and all that he has seen around the world, my hon. Friend supports this initiative. It is…16 Jun 2020