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HANSARDIsrael and Hamas: Humanitarian PauseMy right hon. Friend speaks with experience and wisdom, and the answer is yes.27 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperIf the right hon. Gentleman reads with care the chapter to which he referred, he will see that it is one of the most brilliant chapters in it—that is my biased opinion. The reason…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperI thank the hon. Lady for her party’s collaboration and for the tone and content of what she said. She mentioned that the 0.7% figure does not feature extensively in the White…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperI think the D is a good deal less silent than it was. I thank the hon. Lady for what she has said. On the immediate return of the money, she is right; that is the stated policy of…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperI am very glad that my hon. Friend—who is, after all, the Government’s envoy on these matters—has already read the White Paper so assiduously. She will, as she said, have noted…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperI think everyone is praying that a peace process will start as soon as possible. We need to get a political track, and as the hon. Lady will know, we are pressing for humanitarian…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of AMR, and we certainly aspire to be a global leader in that area. As he knows, I spoke about AMR when I was in New York…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work he does as chair of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy. He will know that the team that put together the White Paper looked…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperAs the hon. Lady knows, next year, we will increase bilateral funding to Afghanistan to £151 million. We are able to do that because the budget is much more carefully targeted and…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperMy right hon. Friend speaks with great wisdom; from what we have heard today, her final point is clearly being achieved, which is very welcome. What she says about women’s voices…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperThe hon. Lady makes an extremely good point about the increase in humanitarian need—as she rightly, says, it has increased significantly—that I set out in my statement. That is…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperI anticipate, along with my colleagues, having many such discussions, and not only at COP but in other fora. My hon. Friend is entirely right that the absence of water and hygiene…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperThe hon. Member is right to make it clear that corruption is the cancer in international development spending. That is why we always ensure that, if there is any hint of that, we…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperI am not remotely surprised that my hon. Friend has already read the whole paper—all 148 pages. It is two pages shorter than the White Paper produced in 2009, but I beg to suggest…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperConflict-affected and fragile states are indeed the most difficult places in which to operate, but they are also two of the most important types of place in which to operate. The…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperAmbition is not lacking, but driving these things forward takes an enormous amount of time and is subject to international co-operation, as the hon. Member suggests. However, if…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperThe hon. and learned Member will have seen the huge commitment that Britain has made through the Green Climate Fund internationally. I think that we can be very proud of the…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperThe former Foreign Secretary unveiled Britain’s new women and girls strategy in Sierra Leone this year. It is a very good read—if I may add it to the hon. Member’s reading on…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperThe quote that the hon. Gentleman found from 2014 was made in very different circumstances, but he is right to say that development will almost always fail where there is no…21 Nov 2023HANSARDInternational Development White PaperMy right hon. Friend is right on that, and of course he was one of the 26 Conservative Members who voted not to cut the 0.7%. I hope that he will be energised by the alternative…21 Nov 2023