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HANSARDEnglish Flood DefencesThis is going to come as a shock to my noble friend but I am not going to agree with her first point. If we say that we will not build on flood plains, that means no new houses in…30 Nov 2023HANSARDChild Labour and Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the DRCI will certainly take that back. I thank the noble and learned Baroness for her work in this area. It is vital that we are able to define accurately and have complete transparency…30 Nov 2023HANSARDEnglish Flood DefencesWe constantly look over the horizon to make sure that we factor in important phenomena such as climate change and the extreme weather events we are seeing. The National Audit…30 Nov 2023HANSARDEnglish Flood DefencesMy Lords, the Government are working closely with the Environment Agency and other relevant authorities to ensure that flood defences impacted by recent flooding are repaired.…30 Nov 2023HANSARDChild Labour and Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the DRCThis is a massive issue, and I thank the noble and gallant Lord for raising it. The integrated review refresh looked at this. We must make sure that our economy can get what it…30 Nov 2023HANSARDChild Labour and Artisanal Cobalt Mining in the DRCThe UK’s Partnership Against Child Exploitation programme, which ended in September, was a consortium of six partners that worked to combat the worst forms of child labour in the…30 Nov 2023HANSARDEnglish Flood DefencesI was involved in the setting up of Flood Re more than a decade ago. It has undoubtedly brought peace of mind to a huge number of households that could not get flood insurance or…30 Nov 2023HANSARDEnglish Flood DefencesAs the noble Baroness says, we have put record amounts into flood protection through the Environment Agency—£5.2 billion from 2021-27, which is a doubling of the investment.…30 Nov 2023HANSARDEnglish Flood DefencesThe right reverend Prelate is correct. Farmers can enter into some agri-environment schemes, which, as we know, are now targeted on public goods. One of those is protecting the…30 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseI take the point that the noble Lord asked about the hostages. We are working very closely with the Qataris, and my noble friend Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has been in regular…29 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his questions. He is right that it is a very fast-moving situation, and the hostage releases start at about 2 pm local time, which is very…29 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseThe Government have been very clear about the settlements on the West Bank and I apologise if I did not answer the noble Lord, Lord Collins. The noble Lord, Lord Purvis, is…29 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseThis is a matter to be settled in the region. Countries such as ours can be involved, and we are involved at a high level, particularly with negotiations on the hostages. I…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNutrition for Growth Summit 2024Non-governmental organisations and those who work for them do heroic work in some of the most difficult parts of the world. We recently debated in this House the situation in…29 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseThe conflict has had a terrible effect of destabilising people way beyond the region. As I said earlier, we firmly support Israel’s right to defend itself but the tragedy is that,…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNutrition for Growth Summit 2024We think that the nutrition for growth dialogue on an annual basis, holding ourselves to account, is really important. We co-hosted the global food security summit, which was held…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNutrition for Growth Summit 2024I understand the point made by my noble friend and I would refer him to the White Paper that we published last week, which has been widely accepted by those who really understand…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNutrition for Growth Summit 2024The noble Baroness says much more eloquently what I was trying to say earlier. If you deal with various other health outcomes, you have a much better chance of getting a sustained…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNutrition for Growth Summit 2024I tried to address the point when I responded to the noble Lord who asked the Question. I can give the noble Lord more specific details if he wishes. From 2020 to 2021, the…29 Nov 2023HANSARDNutrition for Growth Summit 2024We are reviewing the £1.5 billion next year and we may see increases as a result of that review. Funding for child wasting, the deadliest form of malnutrition, is insufficient…29 Nov 2023