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HANSARDNigeria: Killing of Church WorshippersMy Lords, if there were a silver bullet, we would be investing in it and supporting it. I would not completely discount the value of hearing very strong condemnation from…06 Jun 2022HANSARDNigeria: Killing of Church WorshippersMy noble friend makes a very good point. We of course have a meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of State coming up in Kigali, Rwanda, very soon. I believe that the Prime Minister…06 Jun 2022HANSARDNigeria: Killing of Church WorshippersAs the noble Lord knows, I will not be able to give him numbers on future spending, but a process is happening in line with the vision set in the IDS, which we discussed earlier…06 Jun 2022HANSARDNigeria: Killing of Church WorshippersI am certainly not going to disagree with the noble Lord. These organisations are a cancer in the region and are born of an utterly perverse ideology. We are doing everything we…06 Jun 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyMy Lords, the FCDO’s annual report and accounts will be laid in Parliament before the Summer Recess and will include details of the FCDO’s ODA spending. I cannot give the noble…06 Jun 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyThe Foreign Secretary confirmed recently that the FCDO will spend £745 million on bilateral women and girls programmes this financial year. This will restore bilateral spending to…06 Jun 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyAll the allocations will be published in due course, but I can tell the noble Lord that a very large percentage of Commonwealth members are small island developing states. We…06 Jun 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyThe noble Lord is right that the UK is currently doing all it can to encourage donor countries to increase the finance they make available for climate change and nature, with some…06 Jun 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyThe noble Lord makes a hugely important point, and of course the Government share his view. Much of the development strategy is about preventing the kinds of displacement caused…06 Jun 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyMy noble friend makes an important point. As he says, the majority of overseas territories do not qualify for ODA. However, I and the Government think there is a problem in the…06 Jun 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyIt is worth saying that the UK remains one of the largest donors globally. We spent more than £11 billion in aid around the world in 2021, and the Government have committed, as…06 Jun 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyMy Lords, I am afraid I cannot give the noble Baroness an answer on the International Citizen Service. If she will allow me to, I will get back to her in due course.06 Jun 2022HANSARDNigeria: Killing of Church WorshippersI am grateful to the noble Lord for his comments and for raising the case of Mubarak Bala. The UK Government continue to follow the case closely and the Minister for Africa, Latin…06 Jun 2022HANSARDWorking Practices (International Agreements Committee Report)I am afraid, as I said, that I am not familiar with the words she used. I am sure that if an error was made, that error will be corrected, but I am not aware that an error has…19 May 2022HANSARDWorking Practices (International Agreements Committee Report)That is noted. Thank you.19 May 2022HANSARDWorking Practices (International Agreements Committee Report)The truth is that I am not familiar with the wording used by the Home Secretary. I am not going to answer on her behalf, but I can tell, the noble Lord—19 May 2022HANSARDWorking Practices (International Agreements Committee Report)I would be amazed if they were not aware of the non-legally binding nature of those agreements or declarations. My view is that Parliament has a hugely important role to play in…19 May 2022HANSARDWorking Practices (International Agreements Committee Report)My Lords, the UK- Rwanda migration and economic development partnership, to which the noble Lord refers, addresses the shared international challenge of illegal migration. That…19 May 2022HANSARDWorking Practices (International Agreements Committee Report)My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, for tabling this debate and for the parliamentary report. I am grateful to the members of the International Agreements Committee…19 May 2022HANSARDHong Kong: ArrestsI thank the noble Baroness for raising an important point. On 14 March this year, the current Foreign Secretary issued a statement on the unjustifiable action taken against the…12 May 2022