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HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI thank the right hon. Member, my fellow Committee member, and I share his sentiment. For those who do not know, BII is our development bank. The FCDO is its sole stakeholder, and…04 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Of course, we have FCDO and trade staff working together to support the work that he and many others are doing. Trade is fantastic—it is…04 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. The only way that I am aware of co-operatives starting is by groups of local people coming together. That is what FCDO and ODA money is…04 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI will of course give way.04 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeI share my hon. Friend’s concern. I do not agree with him on the board point, but if we look at the countries that BII was asked to focus on under the last Government, it is clear…04 Mar 2026HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeMay I thank all the Members who have spoken with such passion about the projects, schemes and—most importantly—individuals in our diplomatic and development service at the FCDO? I…04 Mar 2026HANSARDWest Bank: Illegal SettlementsThe rapid growth in Israeli settlements in recent months has been fuelled by settler violence, which not only goes unpunished, but receives tacit support from the Israeli…03 Mar 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Jeremy. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) for securing this much-needed debate. I will focus on one…24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemThe shadow Minister—thanks. Is the shadow Minister aware that the aid that is getting in includes things such as chocolate bars, and not items that are so desperately required to…24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemThe Minister referenced the aid that—24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemWill the shadow Minister give way?24 Feb 2026HANSARDGaza Healthcare SystemOn a point of order, Sir Jeremy. The subject of the debate is medical healthcare in Gaza, but the shadow Minister is not referring to that at all, apart from a tenuous “relating…24 Feb 2026HANSARD Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction BillAs chair of the all-party parliamentary group for the ocean, I am delighted to see the Bill’s swift passage through Parliament, and I look forward to its full ratification, but I…02 Feb 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsGiven the scale of the planned FCDO budget reductions and significant staffing cuts, what assessment has been made of which policy areas will be deprioritised as a result of those…20 Jan 2026HANSARDProposed Chinese Embassy(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs if she will make a statement on representations made to Five Eyes partners on…19 Jan 2026HANSARDProposed Chinese EmbassyI hear what the Minister has said, but I am not reassured and neither are our partners. We have now had interventions from the Dutch Government, the Swiss Parliament, and the…19 Jan 2026HANSARDChinese EmbassyMultiple Government agencies and Departments have raised concerns about this mega-embassy. Our international partners have raised concerns about it, and every security briefing I…13 Jan 2026HANSARDGrooming Gangs: Independent InquiryAs you know, Madam Deputy Speaker, I have spent 13 years researching this most evil of crimes. I do not know how or where to start, but let me boil it down to a couple of things.…09 Dec 2025HANSARDSudan: CeasefireThe conflict has now reached 14 of the 18 states of Sudan, and let me be frank: the humanitarian support has been paltry. Two weeks ago, I raised in this Chamber compelling…02 Dec 2025HANSARD Gaza and SudanThis morning, Members received a private briefing on Sudan, at which one of the academics stated: “El Fasher is a slaughter house. Our low estimate is 60,000 people have been…18 Nov 2025