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HANSARDTopical QuestionsNot only have we had advice from the JBC in relation to the review of quarantine and the potential exemptions, but it has also helped to inform the approach on travel advice.…30 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I know that the hon. Lady would not expect me to comment on intelligence matters or, indeed, intelligence matters from other countries. I can tell her that right across the…30 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not going to be drawn down the tempting line offered by my hon. Friend, but he is right to say that the merger of our aid budget, and the heart and soul of our development…30 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsSince the last oral questions, I have called on China, with our international partners, to adhere to its international obligations to respect the autonomy and freedom of the…30 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am not sure I caught all of that, but I think I caught the gist. One of the things that covid-19 has shown is the need for global co-operation and, frankly, the good…30 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Foreign Office has put in an incredible amount of work. If the hon. Lady looks at the number of UK nationals who have been returned, she will see that it is over 1 million…30 Jun 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI can reassure the hon. Lady that conflict prevention—humanitarian aid—is going to remain, if not be elevated, as one of the key strategic priorities of the Foreign, Commonwealth…30 Jun 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI thank my hon. Friend, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee. He is right to quote the HALO Trust. He is right that this is an opportunity. Indeed, it will mean significant…30 Jun 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI join the hon. Gentleman in welcoming the free and fair election in Malawi. It is really important that such things take place in countries that do not have a history or pedigree…30 Jun 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI can reassure the hon. Lady that we are still committed to delivering the merger by September. She asks, “Why now?”. The reality is that coronavirus has illustrated just why it…30 Jun 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI assure the hon. Gentleman that we are committed to spending 0.7% of GNI on aid. The examples of Gavi and COP26, the questions on Yemen and this pandemic all illustrate why…30 Jun 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI will give him an example if he waits a second. We think we can have a stronger impact if we integrate development policy and the aid budget with foreign policy. A good example…30 Jun 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeThe hon. Gentleman is right to point to some of the tensions. The reality is that we think we can have an even stronger impact by integrating—30 Jun 2020HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeThe new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development office is a huge opportunity for the UK to have an even greater global impact as we recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and also…30 Jun 2020HANSARDSino-British Joint DeclarationI thank the hon. Lady for her support for the Government’s position, which, as we have already made clear, if once the national security legislation is published—she has not seen…30 Jun 2020HANSARDSino-British Joint DeclarationI thank my hon. Friend, who makes a very important point. Of course, the success of Hong Kong—the entrepreneurial spirit, the vibrancy, the economic success—has been built on its…30 Jun 2020HANSARDSino-British Joint DeclarationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and of course it is contrary to, we believe, China’s own interests and also China’s articulation of the relationship with Hong Kong through the…30 Jun 2020HANSARDSino-British Joint DeclarationToday China has enacted national security legislation. We are waiting for it to be published so that we can see the details and assess it against what we have said before. When…30 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have spoken to President Abbas and Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Ashkenazi, as well as Prime Minister Netanyahu previously. We make clear that the United Kingdom’s consistent…30 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend, who I know has been a stalwart champion of freedom of speech ever since we both entered the House. I reassure him. I spoke to Amal Clooney about the case;…30 Jun 2020