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HANSARDCovid-19: Support for IndiaI acknowledge my noble friend’s work in this respect. She is totally correct: we need to ensure that we co-ordinate the impact and really leverage the strength of the…27 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for IndiaMy Lords, the noble Lord is quite right. All of us have been impacted by the scenes on our screens of people taking, in some tragic cases, their very last breaths because they…27 Apr 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 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for IndiaMy Lords, I totally agree with the noble Lord. He pointed to the living bridge, and I welcomed his contributions to that meeting yesterday; he is a fine example of that very…27 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Support for IndiaMy Lords, my noble friend is right to raise the issue of large public gatherings as our own experience demonstrates the fact that, when you curb large gatherings, you see an…27 Apr 2021HANSARDRussia: Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, there are two points in response to the noble Baroness’s question. First, we are calling for that kind of independent access to make that medical assessment with our key…22 Apr 2021HANSARDRussia: Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, on the noble Lord’s second point, it was particularly interesting to hear the Russian Ambassador on UK media saying that Russia would do its utmost to ensure that that…22 Apr 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyThat this House takes note of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.22 Apr 2021HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to open this important debate in your Lordships’ House on the integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy.…22 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Budgets and AwardsMy Lords, I first put on record that I note the sentiments of the noble Lord and the excellent work that he does in this area. However, I am sure that he, equally, will recognise…22 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Budgets and AwardsMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord’s final point. Any money spent in respect of alleviating the suffering of humanity, wherever that may be, is money well spent. On his…22 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Budgets and AwardsMy Lords, I agree with my noble friend’s final point. As I said in my original Answer in response to the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, we saw a contraction in last year’s budget,…22 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Budgets and AwardsMy Lords, let me assure my noble friend that, while have had to make reductions in ODA, we will remain very much focused— as the WMS that we laid last night indicates—on key…22 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Budgets and AwardsMy Lords, we will be announcing the particular detail that the noble Lord has requested in the very near future.22 Apr 2021HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Budgets and AwardsI assure the noble Baroness that a lot of thought has gone into the reductions we have had to make.22 Apr 2021HANSARDRussia: Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, on 19 April the Foreign Secretary underlined that Russia is responsible for Alexei Navalny’s deteriorating health, and that Mr Navalny must be given immediate access to…22 Apr 2021HANSARDRussia: Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord. It is a rather perverse situation, with the ruling of 2 February meaning that the very person fighting for democratic rights, who was…22 Apr 2021HANSARDRussia: Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, I have already detailed some of the steps that we are taking and will continue to take. I agree with the noble Lord that far too much of such money comes through the…22 Apr 2021HANSARDRussia: Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, I agree. Further, I agree with the great, respected and revered Winston Churchill.22 Apr 2021HANSARDRussia: Alexei NavalnyMy Lords, on my noble friend’s second point, we are doing just that, if not necessarily at the UN Security Council. I mentioned the OPCW earlier. There is a specific debate with…22 Apr 2021