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HANSARDForced Displacement in AfricaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans, particularly as you are a member of the International Development Committee. I congratulate the hon. Member for…04 Jul 2019HANSARDForced Displacement in AfricaI know that the hon. Gentleman’s recommendation was for a specific quota. From 2020 onwards, rather than focusing on a particular country, that is widened to one global scheme,…04 Jul 2019HANSARDForced Displacement in AfricaAll our migration programmes in Sudan have been suspended in the light of the current political and security situation. We are working with partners including the EU to ensure…04 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentIn that case, Mr Deputy Speaker, I will be very brief in summing up. Our annual report is going to be published next week, on 11 July. That will be a very good way in which we can…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentThe hon. Gentleman is making an important point. Would he also urge those on the EU side of the debate to leave their ideology aside and, where there are fantastic…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentIndeed. The hon. Gentleman will be aware of—and, I am sure, champions in Strangford—the opportunities that come through Connecting Classrooms. We will all have been lobbied by the…01 Jul 2019HANSARDDepartment for International DevelopmentMay I start by saying what an absolute privilege it is to respond to the debate, and to have had an extended period of time for scrutinising the Department for International…01 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady can tell her constituents, and indeed the people of Sudan, that we stand with them in their desire for a transition to civilian-led government. As she knows, there…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s excellence as a trade envoy between the UK and Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s trade has increased by some 80%, which must surely be one of the records…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTrinidad and Tobago: Criminal JusticeMillions of citizens travel world wide all the time, and we ensure that we provide good and up-to-date travel advice. We always encourage travellers to take out insurance policies…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTrinidad and Tobago: Criminal JusticeYes, of course. Thousands of people from the UK and elsewhere enjoy holidays in Trinidad and Tobago, and it is of course a close friend and Commonwealth partner. The hon. Member…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTrinidad and Tobago: Criminal JusticeI commend the hon. Gentleman’s assiduousness in raising this truly terrible constituency case. He can be reassured that we have taken every opportunity to raise the case with…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTrinidad and Tobago: Criminal JusticeSince 2017, under a bilateral security memorandum of understanding with Trinidad and Tobago, the UK has delivered targeted programmes to improve local judicial and policing…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe UK has shown leadership on that initiative relentlessly since 2014, and I can announce that this November, five years on, we will host a summit to document progress and to…25 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for his assiduous pursuit of this agenda; he knows how closely we are working with both the ICC and other international forums to ensure that…25 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Soft PowerThe UK has recently been rated the world’s No. 1 soft power. Our strengths in sport, education and culture are a vital diplomatic asset.25 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Soft PowerI thank my hon. Friend for drawing attention to the important media freedom conference that we are hosting jointly with the Canadians in London in a couple of weeks’ time. He will…25 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Soft PowerI commend the hon. Lady’s chairmanship of the all-party parliamentary group for Africa. As she knows, I try to come along to all her meetings when I can, so I will add that…25 Jun 2019HANSARDUK Soft PowerLet me take this opportunity to say that, yes, I do support the Foreign Secretary’s campaign to be the next leader of the Conservative party. The hon. Gentleman has been extremely…25 Jun 2019HANSARDInternational Economic CrimeWe are working with a range of countries to demonstrate UK global leadership by increasing our capabilities in the overseas network, including establishing joint serious organised…25 Jun 2019