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HANSARDCyclone IdaiThis allows me to pay tribute to the Scotland-Malawi partnership, demonstrated by the statistic that 43% of people in Scotland know someone who is, or are themselves, part of…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiWe have always been a steadfast friend of the people of Zimbabwe. This year alone, we will have put some £84 million-worth of programming through the Department for International…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiThe other day, I was able to give evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee, on which the hon. Gentleman serves, and one of the things I talked about was our new approach to…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI thank the people of Bristol. When I was in Beira recently, I met its mayor, who personally asked me to thank everyone in Bristol for all that they do through that very strong…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s extensive knowledge of these issues. He will be aware that I alluded to some of the impacts that are already apparent in terms of access to…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiThe hon. Gentleman will be aware of the work that my right hon. Friend the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth is doing in having commissioned work to see how the UK can show…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI can reassure the hon. Lady that, since climate change is a major threat to achieving the sustainable development goals, tackling it is a strategic priority for the Department…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI take issue with the criticism that this response has been slow. In fact, we were pre-positioning what was needed to relieve the situation in advance of the cyclone. The facts…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI thank the hon. Lady for her work on the all-party parliamentary group, and I thank everyone in Scotland and the UK for what will no doubt be a very generous response to the…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiThe International Development Committee, on which the hon. Gentleman sits, is doing important work in relation to DFID’s overall approach on climate change, and I look forward to…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiIt sounds as though my hon. Friend has also visited Beira, so he will be aware that Mozambique’s coastline is over 2,500 km long and is particularly vulnerable, but building sea…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI endorse the hon. Lady’s comments about the UK’s important leadership role on climate change. We have already committed £5.8 billion during this spending review period to work…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI congratulate my right hon. Friend on securing this urgent question, which allows me to echo the sentiments that he expressed so eloquently about our solidarity with the people…20 Mar 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiI am sure the whole House will join me in expressing shock at the loss and devastation following the deadly cyclone Idai across southern Africa. Alongside the Met Office, we have…20 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his steadfast championing of this cause, to which we have been one of the leading contributors. I can announce today that we will be scaling up our…20 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend will be aware that yesterday we were able to announce a further £6 million of emergency funding, working with our partners, such as UNICEF, the World Food Programme…20 Mar 2019HANSARDGlobal WarmingI can confirm that we are already committed to spending £5.8 billion over this spending period, which will involve us being able to increase our finance over the next spending…20 Mar 2019HANSARDGlobal WarmingThat is exactly why the UK is proud to be stepping up our work on international climate finance. We have committed £5.8 billion to work with some of the poorer countries in the…20 Mar 2019HANSARDGlobal WarmingWe have rebranded them blue forests. We think they are incredibly important, and not only as a way to store carbon; recently it was proven that they also improve resilience to…20 Mar 2019HANSARDGlobal WarmingMy hon. Friend will be glad to know that I work closely with my counterparts at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Business, Energy and…20 Mar 2019