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HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Landmine ClearanceMy Lords, my noble friend is quite right that an overall assessment was done. I will take the specific requirement to publish back to the department. It is certainly our intention…17 May 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Landmine ClearanceMy Lords, on the broader issue of ODA, the noble Lord will be aware of the seven areas prioritised by my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary. The noble Lord also…17 May 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Landmine ClearanceMy Lords, I appreciate the noble Lord’s personal insights into the experiences, and I have certainly seen the value of our demining work across the world. But these are…17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingMy Lords, as the noble Lord will know, we have committed £400 million to girls’ education this year, and we will continue to bring added focus during the Global Education Summit…17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingMy Lords, we are doing just as the noble Baroness suggested. We are engaging directly with different regions of the Commonwealth on the important priorities in the lead-up to COP…17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingMy Lords, on the personal note that my noble friend raises, having just come out of Ramadan and having been in Rwanda during Ramadan, I fully appreciate the importance of day and…17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingMy Lords, it is not often that I say “Yes, yes and yes” to a Member of the Opposition, but I do so in this particular instance. We have prioritised this. Three countries have…17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingMy Lords, I can assure the noble Lord that this will remain a key priority during our continuing role as Chair-in-Office, including during our handover discussions with Rwanda.17 May 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Landmine ClearanceMy Lords, I have already alluded to the importance of transparency in our decisions, and I assure noble Lords that in all the decisions that have been taken across the board in…17 May 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Landmine ClearanceMy Lords, first, I welcome the Lord Speaker to his new role. This is the first Question that I am answering with the new Lord Speaker on the Woolsack and I am sure I speak for the…17 May 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Landmine ClearanceMy Lords, as I said in my Answer, we have made reductions, which I have not shied away from. But with the HALO Trust, among other key partners, we have an important relationship,…17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingMy Lords, I assure my noble friend—I am sure she is already aware—that we have put the issue of gender-based violence at the centre not just in terms of planning the handover to…17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingMy Lords, I cannot go into the specifics of my noble friend’s suggestion, although it is a practical one and I will certainly reflect on its importance. We are signing a raft of…17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingThe noble Baroness raises an important point. I will certainly write to her on the specific work that we are doing in that respect.17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingMy Lords, if I could give a personal reflection—as someone who is Muslim by faith, Indian in origin from my father’s side and Pakistani in origin from my mother’s side—I assure…17 May 2021HANSARDCommonwealth Heads of Government MeetingMy Lords, in part I think I have already addressed my noble friend’s question. The issue of sexual-related conflict and preventing it across the world remains a key priority…17 May 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Landmine ClearanceMy Lords, what I can say to the noble Baroness is that we will continue to focus on this important work. We have seen the importance of leadership in this respect. The UK will use…17 May 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance: Landmine ClearanceMy Lords, I can give the noble Lord that assurance, and that is why we need to ensure all international conventions are signed up to by other countries. But also, importantly, in…17 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for IndiaMy Lords, I am sure the noble Lord will appreciate that I cannot give him the assurance of match funding, but I can share that the support we have provided thus far has been in…27 Apr 2021HANSARDGlobal Anti-Corruption SanctionsMy Lords, we take the recommendations seriously and will ensure that, as has been suggested, they are fully evaluated to see how we can further our own domestic regime to ensure…27 Apr 2021