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HANSARDAUKUS Security PartnershipOne of the things we are doing more generally is stressing the importance of freedom of navigation. That lies behind the action we are taking in the Red Sea and I hope to hold…13 Feb 2024HANSARDAUKUS Security PartnershipThe noble Lord is completely right that we have to get on with it, which is why there is Team Barrow to bring together the town council, BAE Systems and the Government. A lot of…13 Feb 2024HANSARDAUKUS Security PartnershipI very much agree with my noble friend. You can do both those things. It is important that we have a relationship with China. We have many disagreements, and it is an…13 Feb 2024HANSARDAUKUS Security PartnershipThe noble Lord makes a good point, which is that, ultimately, Britain and France should co-operate as closely as we can, because we are similar-sized powers with similar-sized…13 Feb 2024HANSARDAUKUS Security PartnershipThis is a deeply strategic approach. First, it fits into a tilt to the Indo-Pacific. Noble Lords can see we have signed the Hiroshima accord with Japan; we have a new status at…13 Feb 2024HANSARDAUKUS Security PartnershipOn the last point, I think I am right in saying that one of my ministerial colleagues will attend the Perth conference because it is very important. As my noble friend will know,…13 Feb 2024HANSARDAUKUS Security PartnershipOn how the Government co-ordinate this at a time where there are many distractions, I can say that the National Security Council is playing a role at bringing together all the…13 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren in GazaI thank my noble friend. It is called Project Pure Hope. We are looking very closely at whether it is possible to take the people in greatest need and bring them to British…13 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren in GazaAt the Munich Security Conference on Friday, there will be a meeting of the key European countries that help to fund the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the key Arab and Gulf…13 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren in GazaOur view from the start has been that, while Israel has a right to defend itself and the attacks on 7 October were an appalling attack on Israel—it is worth remembering that it…13 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren in GazaI say to the noble Lord what I said yesterday in Scotland: many of the people in Rafah have already moved three, four or five times. It is not possible for them to move again.…13 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren in GazaThat is absolutely right. I believe those discussions are under way, and it is a great pity that they did not reach that conclusion the last time they were under way. As I said,…13 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren in GazaMy noble friend makes a very good point. It is worth remembering that on 7 October, 29 children were killed by Hamas and 39 children were taken hostage and remain hostages today.…13 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren in GazaThe noble Baroness asks a number of questions. The case she raises is completely tragic, and what is happening in Gaza is tragic. We want an end to this suffering and killing. Let…13 Feb 2024HANSARDChildren in GazaMy Lords, the best way to address the humanitarian situation is by ending the fighting as soon as possible. That is why I have repeatedly said that an immediate pause in fighting…13 Feb 2024HANSARDDeveloping World: Debt ReductionMy noble friend asks an important question about how we prioritise the trade deals that we are trying to do. For the poorest countries, the DCTS—the Developing Countries Trading…13 Feb 2024HANSARDDeveloping World: Debt ReductionOne of the great things that was done while I was out of government is one of the Government’s best-kept secrets, the developing countries trade system, which is more generous to…13 Feb 2024HANSARDDeveloping World: Debt ReductionThe noble Lord is in very good company—I follow these things very closely. The noble Lord is absolutely right about the importance of making sure that we do not have so many…13 Feb 2024HANSARDDeveloping World: Debt ReductionMy noble friend is absolutely right that Sri Lanka is in debt distress; it has been working through a programme with the IMF. We wish the new Government in Sri Lanka well as they…13 Feb 2024HANSARDDeveloping World: Debt ReductionI think that the noble Lord refers to what was agreed at the G8 in Northern Ireland in 2013, where a whole series of steps forward were made to make sure that companies were not…13 Feb 2024