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HANSARDNutrition for Growth Summit 2024My Lords, the Minister will know that nutrition-sensitive funding is extremely broad. The noble Lord, Lord Collins, asked what proportion was nutrition-specific funding, which is…29 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseMy Lords, the release of the hostages is a blessed relief for the families involved, but the humanitarian catastrophe continues. I heard the Minister say that His Majesty’s…29 Nov 2023HANSARDClimate Change: Aims for COP 28With regard to adaptation, nature and resilience, the Minister outlined the overall level of commitment, but in the latest rounds of ODA allocation this has been cut by £24…28 Nov 2023HANSARDConflict and Climate Change in Fragile States: Support for ChildrenMy Lords, we know that children are bearing the brunt of the many crises around the world. The Development Minister wrote to the International Development Committee at the end of…28 Nov 2023HANSARDSudan and South SudanMy Lords, I welcome the Minister to his place. He mentioned the democratic civilian forces meeting in Addis Ababa at the end of October. I declare an interest, in that I was there…27 Nov 2023HANSARDRail FaresMy Lords, the Minister promises a strategy, but my noble friend’s question was about when the benefits of the LNER trial will be rolled out across the whole network. I do not…27 Nov 2023HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is sometimes educative to look back at other contributions there have been in debates on the gracious Speeches. The noble Lord, Lord Kirkhope, and my noble friend…15 Nov 2023HANSARDUK Sanctions Regime: Russia and BelarusMy Lords, I too admire the Minister’s reshuffle resilience and welcome him to the continuation of his post. I commend the Government on the latest sanctions on gold. The Minister…14 Nov 2023HANSARDOccupied Palestinian Territories: Humanitarian SituationMy Lords, I too thank the Government for the Statement. I commend its tone and the way that the Minister for Development responded in the House of Commons. I am sure the Minister…09 Nov 2023HANSARDPolish Jewish Holocaust Victims: Stolen PropertyMy Lords, I pay tribute to the persistence of the noble Baroness. The Commission for Looted Art in Europe, whose work I commend, has been lobbying very hard for the implementation…25 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael/GazaMy Lords, it has been a sombre debate appropriate for the circumstances that we are in. I join other noble Lords in paying tribute to the Minister. We are lucky in this House at…24 Oct 2023HANSARDLong-Term Strategic Challenges Posed by ChinaMy Lords, on a number of occasions when opening this debate, the noble Earl, Lord Howe, referred to “epoch-defining”. I believe that an epoch is the shortest geological period,…19 Oct 2023HANSARDGaza: Al-Ahli Arab Hospital ExplosionMy Lords, I also welcomed the Minister’s measured tone at Questions earlier today in the Chamber in response to this truly terrible incident. There needs to be a proper…19 Oct 2023HANSARDGaza: Post-conflict ReconstructionMy Lords, on Tuesday, just hours before the terrible incident at the hospital to which the Minister referred—I agree with his remarks about that—an UNRWA school was hit. Fourteen…19 Oct 2023HANSARDUN General Assembly September 2023The main reason we are off track with the goal on poverty, as well as the others the Minister referred to, is that the richest nations on earth are not making the contributions…18 Oct 2023HANSARDWestern Balkans: Dayton Peace AgreementMy Lords, I had been reflecting that every other speech after that made by the noble Baroness, Lady Helic, would probably be superfluous, because she set out very clearly the…17 Oct 2023HANSARDNational Cyber Security CentreMy Lords, I have visited the centre and greatly admire the work of the whole team. The public and the private sector should adhere to its advice. The Government have consulted on…16 Oct 2023HANSARDNagorno-KarabakhMy Lords, I associate myself with the noble Earl’s words regarding the further tragic deaths just this week. Will he agree that part of the UK’s assistance could be in technical…21 Sept 2023HANSARDSustainable Development Goals SummitMy Lords, unlike France, which is now meeting its 0.7% commitment and expanding support across all 17 of the SDG targets, the UK is cutting across all 17, including over half of…21 Sept 2023HANSARDLibya FloodsMy Lords, I associate myself with the sympathies from the Minister to the people of Morocco and Libya. Regarding the UK response, the Government depleted the humanitarian relief…19 Sept 2023