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HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Humanitarian ImpactThe UK will spend £10 billion in official development assistance in 2021, making us the third highest bilateral humanitarian donor country based on the OECD data.15 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Humanitarian ImpactI thank my right hon. Friend for his question. I do not accept the proposition that he has put forward. As a global leader in ODA—and we continue to be a global leader in ODA—we…15 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Humanitarian ImpactWhat I recognise is that we remain the third largest donor in the G7, based on GNI. What I recognise is that we have made the biggest ever donation to the Global Partnership for…15 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Humanitarian ImpactAs I mentioned to my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis), the final figures, as has historically always been the case, come out not just through…15 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Humanitarian ImpactI am afraid that the hon. Lady is just mistaken and clearly did not pay attention to what the G7 agreed. We agreed 100 million doses on the UK’s part by the middle of next year.…15 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Humanitarian ImpactI have to say that using language like that reflects more on the hon. Gentleman than on the approach of the Government or any Ministers. Of course we take seriously the financial…15 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Humanitarian ImpactThe hon. Lady, like me, cares passionately about that appalling situation. I can tell her that we have provided £22 million of badly needed support to the people in Tigray. At the…15 Jun 2021HANSARDIranI reassure the hon. Gentleman that the maintenance of a minimum credible deterrence has zero impact on the JCPOA talks and is entirely consistent with our non-proliferation…15 Jun 2021HANSARDIranIran is systematically in non-compliance with the joint comprehensive plan of action—the JCPOA—and, working with our European partners and with the United States, China and…15 Jun 2021HANSARDIranMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is not just the stockpile of enriched uranium, which is 16 times the permitted limit, but the operation of the centrifuges and the…15 Jun 2021HANSARDIranI pay tribute not just to the work of the HALO Trust—I extend my condolences for the loss of life—but to all the non-governmental organisation workers on the frontline who take…15 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am glad that the folk of Chesham and Amersham managed to have a rare sighting of a Lib Dem. I went to school in Amersham, and I can tell the hon. Lady that I do not think that…15 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last oral questions I have visited Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to discuss how to reinforce the ceasefire. I also visited Saudi Arabia and saw at…15 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very concerned about the situation in Nepal. The UK announced very recently an additional support package, and I will write to the hon. Gentleman to set out the full details,…15 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to point to the precarious situation in Afghanistan. We had long, detailed talks not just with the United States at Carbis Bay but with other allies. We…15 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with much of what the hon. Lady said. Of course, she will know that there are varied views at the G7, including among our European partners, about quite how robust to be…15 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think the hon. Lady is a bit confused. Can she name a single country with which the United Kingdom under this Government is engaged on FTA negotiations that has committed…15 Jun 2021HANSARDHong Kong: Six-monthly ReportThe latest six-monthly report on the implementation of the Sino-British joint declaration on Hong Kong was published today. It covers the period from 1 July to 31 December 2020.…10 Jun 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftMy hon. Friend is understandably worried about the wider international implications of this action. One of the things we discussed at the G7 meeting of Foreign Ministers was the…24 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftI have campaigned on these issues with the hon. Gentleman for many years and he is always an eloquent, powerful, tenacious and articulate advocate. I am not quite sure what action…24 May 2021