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HANSARDSudanThere are a lot of questions there, and all very pertinent. On the last one, we gave £600,000 last year to the Sudan Witness organisation. and I am sure we will give more in the…18 Apr 2024HANSARDSudanSome information on this was forthcoming in a Panel of Experts report in early March. We are deeply concerned by the report’s assertion that credible evidence exists of external…18 Apr 2024HANSARDUK-African Investment SummitWe are committed to this event, but it should not be seen as the only action we are taking. It is part of a continuous engagement with African businesses and with British…18 Apr 2024HANSARDSudanTo be frank, no. The warring parties have clearly come to the view that there is no benefit to their aspirations in ceasing the conflict. Until one or both realise that this is…18 Apr 2024HANSARDSudanMy Lords, the UK uses its position as penholder on Sudan at the UN Security Council to increase the international spotlight on continued atrocities and to pressure the warring…18 Apr 2024HANSARDUK-African Investment SummitMy Lords, the Government are committed to maximising the success of the next UK-African Investment Summit. The successful 2020 summit laid foundations for new partnerships between…18 Apr 2024HANSARDUK-African Investment SummitThe noble Lord is right to point to the malign actions of some state actors and their proxies. We, a country that bases itself on the rules-based order, believe that trade can be…18 Apr 2024HANSARDSudanI totally agree with the noble Lord. On Monday at the Paris conference, a great many people who have some skin in this game were there. We want to make sure we are talking to the…18 Apr 2024HANSARDSudanIn fairness, I think he is. In answering the noble Lord’s question I can also answer another that was asked earlier. This is a catastrophe—there is no other word to describe…18 Apr 2024HANSARDUK-African Investment SummitI was in Morocco last year and had my ear effectively bent on this issue. I thought we had resolved it, but then last night I heard from my colleague the Trade Minister that there…18 Apr 2024HANSARDUK-African Investment SummitWe have a range of tools in that respect, but it is mostly done through our ODA money. There is a lot of support particularly for women and girls. I refer the noble Baroness to…18 Apr 2024HANSARDUK-African Investment SummitSorry, into prosperity—I got that wrong. In co-ordination with our ODA programme, we are seeing the UK as a major influence in that continent, and we want to see that continue.18 Apr 2024HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsYes, we do. The Treasury is proceeding with its review. Alongside that, we have the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures. It is not just for financial institutions in…12 Mar 2024HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsI thank my noble friend. We are indeed working as quickly as we can to get this on the statute book. We want to make sure that those companies that are in scope, as the noble Earl…12 Mar 2024HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsMy Lords, secondary legislation will be laid in the near future that will make it illegal for larger organisations and their subsidiaries to use regulated commodities and their…12 Mar 2024HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsThe noble Lord is absolutely right: we have to practise what we preach domestically, which is why we have put an enormous amount of money through the Nature for Climate fund to…12 Mar 2024HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsI will write to the noble Baroness about Drax, because it is a very complicated issue. It fits into the UK’s net zero balance sheet in terms of what Canada is doing, where the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsThe EU’s deforestation regulation is far from settled and it is causing great concern. I have had meetings with representatives from a number of producer countries. On trips to…12 Mar 2024HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsThe Government are doing a lot to prevent deforestation in addition to this measure, which, as she knows, came from the Glasgow leaders’ declaration we led on at COP 26 to put an…12 Mar 2024HANSARDForest Risk Commodity RegulationsI am not clear what the letter was about—whether it was about Drax or the forest risk commodities. Whatever it is, I will chase it and make sure that the noble Baroness gets her…12 Mar 2024