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HANSARDUK Food Aid: EthiopiaThe noble Lord is right to identify that as a major issue, which is why family planning remains a big focus of UK aid across Africa. So many threats, risks, challenges and…14 Jun 2023HANSARDUK Food Aid: EthiopiaI strongly agree with the premise of the question. Many of those organisations are better placed to deploy aid than Governments, government agencies or some of the very clunky,…14 Jun 2023HANSARDInternational Criminal Police Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the International Criminal Police Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2023.05 Jun 2023HANSARDInternational Criminal Police Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2023My Lords, this instrument was laid before Parliament on 20 April in accordance with Section 10(1) of the International Organisations Act 1968. It is subject to the affirmative…05 Jun 2023HANSARDInternational Criminal Police Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2023I am grateful to the noble Lord for his contribution. I will do my best to answer his questions. The privileges and immunities are a requirement, as the noble Lord knows, of the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDInternational Criminal Police Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2023I am afraid I will have to write to the noble Lord with a detailed answer on that, because I do not have that information to hand. On Interpol itself as an organisation, the…05 Jun 2023HANSARDOverseas TerritoriesI start by thanking my noble friend Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton for tabling this debate and giving the Committee an opportunity to discuss and celebrate the UK’s relationship with…25 May 2023HANSARDOverseas TerritoriesI thank the noble Lord. I think I am still limited to my 12 minutes —it is crazy; I do not make the rules—so I shall be very brief. The theme of airports cropped up a lot during…25 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportMy Lords, the UK is proud to champion comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights, which are fundamental to unlock the potential agency and freedom of women and girls.…24 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportThe Government share the view outlined by my noble friend, on all the points. As she said, the report makes for grim reading in parts, although I think it is optimistic. We learn,…24 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportI cannot give a date for the return to 0.7% from 0.5%. I hope that happens as soon as possible; I know that view is shared by many in this House. But we remain a significant…24 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportMy noble friend is right to make this point. There is no point having a strategy of the sort we have just published if it is not embedded internationally through our posts. I…24 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportMy Lords, I cannot put numbers to the noble Lord’s question, but I can say that in our integrated review and the international development strategy—IDS—the Foreign Secretary and…24 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportAgain, I agree with the premise of the noble Baroness’s question. In 2021, we were the second-largest global bilateral donor on family planning. We delivered on the 2017 summit…24 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportOn one level I am inclined to agree with the noble Lord but there are so many important themes that the Foreign Office has prioritised in our integrated review and our IDS—there…24 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportThis is another important point. I assume that the noble Lord is talking about what we are doing here in the UK. I am straying a bit but to prepare children for life in modern…24 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportThe noble Lord makes an important point—24 May 2023HANSARDUnited Nations Population Fund ReportI am talking about the noble Earl over here, although I will convey the other noble Lord’s comments to my friend in the other place. Of course, many of the programmes that I have…24 May 2023HANSARDSudan: RefugeesMy Lords, I thank the most reverend Primate the Archbishop of Canterbury for his Question and for his long-term and outstanding commitment to the people of South Sudan, including…24 May 2023HANSARDSudan: RefugeesThe most reverend Primate is right; he should perhaps not mince his words so much in describing the Government there. The UK is pursuing every diplomatic avenue we can to bring…24 May 2023