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HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance TargetMy noble Friend the Minister of State for International Development and Africa, the right hon. Baroness Chapman of Darlington, has today made the following statement: The FCDO’s…16 Jul 2026HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Programme Country and Regional AllocationsThe Minister of State for International Development and Africa, my noble Friend the right hon. Baroness Chapman of Darlington, has today made the following statement: The FCDO…16 Jul 2026HANSARDConflicts: Impact on Older PeopleIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Betts. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing this debate. As if the House needed any more…09 Jul 2026HANSARDConflicts: Impact on Older PeopleTo reassure the hon. Gentleman, he knows that I have a personal commitment to working with our freedom of religion or belief envoy, my hon. Friend the Member for North…09 Jul 2026HANSARDConflicts: Impact on Older PeopleOn the timescale, I should warn my hon. Friend that the process has been a matter of debate for some years. She probably knows far more about it than I do, so I cannot stand here…09 Jul 2026HANSARDConflicts: Impact on Older PeopleTo reassure my hon. Friend, I frequently meet other Ministers in the UN space in New York, and also in Geneva at the Human Rights Council, where the issues are discussed, and I…09 Jul 2026HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office… I briefly want to answer the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Dr Cooper) about polio. I reassure her that we are doing our utmost by investing £1.5…09 Jul 2026HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office… I briefly want to answer the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Dr Cooper) about polio. I reassure her that we are doing our utmost by investing…09 Jul 2026HANSARDUK Aid Policy: Global Funding TrendsI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I have to say, it is in complete contrast to my conversations with foreign Ministers. Some of them are exhausted by the idea that we…07 Jul 2026HANSARDUK Aid Policy: Global Funding TrendsThe right hon. Gentleman is right to raise that matter, and I will come to it later in my speech, particularly when I discuss the multilateral development bank system, which other…07 Jul 2026HANSARDUK Aid Policy: Global Funding TrendsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Efford. I am grateful to the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) for…07 Jul 2026HANSARDUK Aid Policy: Global Funding TrendsI will not give way. The hon. Lady posed the question and I will answer it. When I have had conversations with Ministers globally— [ Interruption. ]07 Jul 2026HANSARDUK Aid Policy: Global Funding TrendsI understand the hon. Lady has significant experience in this field. I am talking about meetings that I have had with Ministers while serving as a Minister in the FCDO. They are…07 Jul 2026HANSARDUK Aid Policy: Global Funding TrendsOn the wider work on Syria, I agree. The Minister for the Middle East, my hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln (Mr Falconer), is working hard to bring about more support for the new…07 Jul 2026HANSARDVenezuela Earthquakes: UK ResponseI am writing to update the House on the impact of the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, and on the action that the Government are taking in response. On 24 June, two major…06 Jul 2026HANSARDSudanI have a great amount of time for the right hon. Gentleman—we have known each other for a very long time—but I do not accept the suggestion that the Government do not respect…25 Jun 2026HANSARDSudanMy hon. Friend is right to raise the matter of media scrutiny around this conflict. One of the challenges of this is being able to show that there are more conflicts in the world…25 Jun 2026HANSARDSudanThank you, Mr Speaker, for granting this urgent question. The war in Sudan has now entered its fourth devastating year. There is no military solution to the conflict, and this…25 Jun 2026HANSARDSudanIn relation to additional funding and support, and the ask of the shadow Foreign Secretary on turning words into action, that is what the Government are doing. We are protecting…25 Jun 2026HANSARDSudanMy right hon. Friend is a passionate advocate on this issue, and a former Minister for Development and for Africa. As I said in my statement, the Foreign Secretary has raised the…25 Jun 2026