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HANSARDNutrition 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 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseWe have very strong views where actions such as rape and torture are used to perpetrate conflict in any form whatever. I entirely agree with the noble Baroness that this matter…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 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 2023HANSARDCountryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Substitution of Cut-off Date Relating to Rights of Way) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, and my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts for introducing these Motions, and all noble Lords who have…27 Nov 2023HANSARDWine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023I am grateful to my noble friend and the noble Baroness for their views on this instrument. I believe we all recognise the importance of the wine industry. These changes support…27 Nov 2023HANSARDSudan and South SudanThe noble Lord rightly portrays a very stark situation, but the conflict is not ignored by this Government. We strongly believe that neither of the warring parties should have any…27 Nov 2023HANSARDSudan and South SudanMy Lords, the UK is committed to supporting Sudan and South Sudan to achieve an enduring peace. In Sudan, we are pursuing all diplomatic avenues to press the warring parties into…27 Nov 2023HANSARDWine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023My Lords, leaving the EU gives us a unique opportunity to review our retained EU wine law to ensure that it better suits our domestic needs. The UK wine market was worth more than…27 Nov 2023HANSARDSudan and South SudanNext door, in South Sudan, there was an extremely important visit by the Holy Father, the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the Church of…27 Nov 2023HANSARDSudan and South SudanThe noble Lord is right about the situation. Some 24.7 million people need assistance and, as I said earlier, 6.2 million people have been displaced since 15 April, a large…27 Nov 2023HANSARDSudan and South SudanThere is a long-standing UK arms embargo in place for the whole of Sudan, as well as a UN arms embargo on Darfur. If the noble Lord wants to give me more evidence of what he said,…27 Nov 2023HANSARDWine (Revocation and Consequential Provision) Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 25 October be approved. Relevant document: 2nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (s pecial attention…27 Nov 2023HANSARDSudan and South SudanMy noble friend is absolutely right. The UK led the renewal of the mandate for the UN Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan on 2 June to ensure that the UNITAMS…27 Nov 2023HANSARDCountryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Substitution of Cut-off Date Relating to Rights of Way) (England) Regulations 2023This was a product of an Act that was passed many years ago. There was a cut-off date of 2026 to give certainty, because otherwise this will roll on and on. It is also for people…27 Nov 2023HANSARDCountryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Substitution of Cut-off Date Relating to Rights of Way) (England) Regulations 2023I thank my noble friend. I noted his point about Oflog. I will write to him with a detailed reply and convey his sensible suggestion to my colleagues at Defra. I hope they will be…27 Nov 2023HANSARDSudan and South SudanI thank the noble Lord for his involvement in this process. On 12 July, the Minster for Africa and Development announced a package of six UK sanctions, putting in place an asset…27 Nov 2023HANSARDSudan and South SudanMy noble friend raises a really important point. We have attacked in the strongest terms the atrocities we are hearing reports of from across Sudan. We initiated the Sudan Core…27 Nov 2023HANSARDFood and Biological Security: Agricultural FungicideI thank the noble Baroness for those points. I sit on a cross-ministerial committee with Health Ministers, and we are absolutely making the point that antimicrobial resistance is…23 Nov 2023HANSARDFood and Biological Security: Agricultural FungicideMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, on securing this debate and welcome the opportunity to respond on the assessment of how the UK’s current agricultural…23 Nov 2023