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HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and, like her, I wear the Union Jack flag on my lapel with great pride. As we deliver impact, and as we are a truly global nation and an even…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI thank my hon. Friend. It is perfectly legitimate to ask that question—constituents ask me and they ask him. Of course, one of the things about 0.7% is that when the economy goes…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI think there is a misunderstanding: ODA can already be used for some MOD-related activity. The hon. Gentleman would not expect me to comment on operational intelligence matters,…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMy hon. Friend makes very powerfully the point about the connection between our values and our practical interests—stemming conflict and being true to, living up to and having…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeThe hon. Gentleman is right to put the challenge, but I am not quite so pessimistic as he is about whether we can overcome it. If he looks at the Magnitsky sanctions, he will be…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI thank my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour. He is absolutely right. As I made clear in relation to the ODA review and the “force for good” agenda, tackling inequalities…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI pay tribute to the work of my hon. Friend and her constituents in championing this case. Public health outcomes are a very good illustration of where aid and development policy…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s experience. He looks too young to have been hanging around the aid world for quite that long. He is right, and that is why the innovations…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMy hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right. I spoke to the president of the World Bank yesterday and I totally accept his case. One of the reasons that our vision for a truly…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeWe obviously have the integrated review, and we have the work of ICAI and of course the Select Committee. So, ultimately, a combination of external scrutiny and the parliamentary…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI thank my hon. Friend and pay tribute to him for his courage and his conviction. He is absolutely right. Indeed, before the merger—but I think reinforced by it—we were making…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeThe example that the hon. Gentleman cites is an historical one. We will make sure that it cannot be repeated or replicated in future.02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeClimate change is a great example of why we need more integration. We have a Minister holding three portfolios—now two, with the merger—in my noble Friend Lord Goldsmith.…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI can give my hon. Friend that assurance, and that person will be me.02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that the people who fund our aid programme—the people who are represented by a democratically elected Government—expect to see the…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI am glad that the hon. Gentleman has raised that case. He knows that we have been working very hard on behalf of his constituent and I know that he has been a doughty champion of…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. In politics, I personally believe in show, not just tell. Whether it is covid, the Gavi summit and the search for a vaccine, COP26, or the work…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI am happy for the hon. Lady to write to me with any specific concerns. I have spoken to DFID staff. Indeed I did a FCDO all-staffer today and we made it very clear what approach…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMy hon. Friend makes a great plug for Wilton Park, which is dear to my heart. It does great work and certainly helps leverage our soft power effort. More generally, he has made…02 Sept 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeWhat I would say first is that of course we would have a review of our aid budget as a result of the impact of the 0.7%; that comes with the target. I think the hon. Member’s own…02 Sept 2020