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HANSARD Government Support for IndiaI agree with the hon. Gentleman’s sentiments, apart from his first sentence, which was a mild dig. We will continue to support India. We were the first country to do so when this…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaI think the hon. Lady was referring to the 1.3 billion vaccine doses; perhaps she can nod if that is the case.28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaWe have been first out of the blocks. We have provided from surplus stocks the ventilators and the oxygen concentrators. Of course, it is a huge country, which is why we continue…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaI thank the hon. Lady for her questions. The Foreign Secretary may very well have answered this question today, but he is in Geneva speaking to the UN, so he is out of the…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaThe hon. Lady is right to ask about vaccine doses, but right now we are moving through the UK prioritisation list—that is what the country would expect us to do, I think—for our…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaMy hon. Friend raises a good point. The irony is that the Prime Minister would have been in India had it not been for this latest outbreak. I know that he will be speaking to…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaOf course, we have made our commitment and our financial commitment to COVAX. It will decide where the vaccines to 92 low and middle-income countries will go; that decision will…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaMy hon. Friend is right to point out the support that we have already delivered to our Indian friends. Our teams worked round the clock and over the weekend to ensure that that…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right: in the past few days, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has spoken directly with Foreign Minister Jaishankar on exactly that…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point. The total amount that FCDO will spend on global health is £1.3 billion and this will be focused on the UK’s position at the forefront…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaI am not the Minister responsible for those particular countries, but we have regular dialogue. My noble Friend Lord Ahmad, the Minister responsible for that region, speaks…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaThe hon. Member makes a good point. We are indeed committed to supporting the Government of India—as I have said on a number of occasions here, we were first out of the blocks—and…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaThe audio was a bit in and out there, but I think I got the gist of the hon. Lady’s question. As I have said several times in my response, we are doing an immense amount. We are…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaMy hon. Friend speaks from the heart. As I have said, I want to thank the teams in the FCDO around the globe for working on this. We have been the first to respond. We are…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaI thank my hon. Friend for her thanks in this regard. An extraordinary amount of work has been done, and not just by Government; she was right to mention the private sector, which…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaI thank my hon. Friend, the Chairman of the Select Committee, for that question. Of course, we are speaking with our international partners on a regular basis. This is a situation…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions. It is clear that we have been at the forefront of efforts to get vaccines to developing countries— I cannot think of many countries…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Government Support for IndiaI can tell the hon. Gentleman that we agree that low and middle-income countries should have equitable access to vaccines. That is why we are putting over half a billion pounds of…28 Apr 2021HANSARD Human Rights: XinjiangWhat I will say to my right hon. Friend is that competent courts include international courts such as the ICC and the International Court of Justice, and national criminal courts…22 Apr 2021HANSARD Human Rights: XinjiangI have made our position clear. Incidentally, I have met Sir Geoffrey Nice. I met him yesterday, along with Lord Anderson of Ipswich. We had a very constructive dialogue, and we…22 Apr 2021