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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are making representations as often as we can. There are limits to what we can do, but we are seeking to stretch those limits as far as possible. I spoke to the Ugandan Foreign…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is entirely right. I was recently in Mozambique, where they had managed to cut malaria infection by 50%, but we saw that climate change is now leading to its…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right to identify climate change as the great existential crisis of this era. Two weeks ago we had the hottest temperature seen in the world ever on the Monday;…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right. The British Government and the whole House are appalled by the law that has been passed by Uganda. We make very strong representations, our high…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend, who knows a lot about the subject, can rest assured that we are looking at all possible sanctions and other measures that we can take. She refers to…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is entirely right in the language that she uses about the atrocities taking place in Sudan and Darfur. That point has been extensively ventilated at this question…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend for his comments. As he knows, we will hold a summit specifically on stopping children starving to death in November. I hope that…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are working incredibly closely with the UN agencies, in particular the World Food Programme. We are conscious of, have investigated, and I think have now dealt with the issue…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI fully understand what my hon. Friend is saying about Darfur. She will know that I first went there with David Cameron in 2006 and saw what was happening on the ground—what…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to assure the hon. Lady that we will do everything we can to make sure that there is not a culture of impunity in the dreadful civil war in Sudan. Together with our allies,…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on getting the letters of the agreement in the right order. He will know that the agreement spans 12 economies across Asia, the Pacific and now…18 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary is at the United Nations in New York for a meeting of the Security Council under the UK presidency. Since the last oral questions, we…18 Jul 2023HANSARDFood Security: Developing CountriesThe hon. Gentleman is right to point to the importance of international development in tackling these problems upstream. He will have seen yesterday’s publication of the very…18 Jul 2023HANSARDFood Security: Developing CountriesI can give my hon. Friend that assurance. In November, Britain will host a major event in London focused on preventing children from starving to death, and on preventing…18 Jul 2023HANSARDFood Security: Developing CountriesWe committed in the integrated review refresh, published in March, to lead an 18-month campaign to improve global food security and nutrition, and to mitigate the risk of famine.18 Jul 2023HANSARDUN Convention against TortureThe hon. Member makes a point about cluster munitions, and the position of the British Government is very clear: we have signed the treaty against their use. Other countries’…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUN Convention against TortureThe UK is a state party to the United Nations convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, and works closely with partners to…18 Jul 2023HANSARDAfghanistan: Rights of Women and GirlsThe impact assessment is truly horrific. The effect of the Taliban’s decision is absolutely appalling and we are working with other countries to press the Taliban to reverse its…18 Jul 2023HANSARDAfghanistan: Rights of Women and GirlsWe condemn the Taliban’s decision to restrict the rights of women and girls. We are working with international partners to urge the Taliban to reverse its decisions to ban women…18 Jul 2023HANSARDClimate Finance CommitmentsThe hon. Gentleman will have heard my response to the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas). I can tell him that we are committed to tripling our adaptation finance…18 Jul 2023