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HANSARDHedgehogsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Twigg. It is also a pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale),…05 Jul 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilMy right hon. Friend mentioned his constituency, where he has been and is much loved for many, many years, and he says that he thinks that his advocacy may or may not convince his…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilMy hon. Friend is making an interesting speech. I am not absolutely certain that he absorbed all the lessons from our visit to Rwanda, on which I remember that he was a tremendous…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilThe hon. Lady makes an extremely good point. We cannot understand international development unless we see it through the eyes of girls and women. My second point, which has…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilI draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee and, indeed, the International Development…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilMy right hon. Friend is making a brilliant speech on the link between defence and development. In the case of Yemen, we have a very complicated relationship, because of course we…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilMy right hon. Friend talks about the convening power of the British Government, and he is absolutely right, but does he also think that by breaking our promise, and being the only…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilDoes my right hon. Friend realise that the position is far worse than was set out when the so-called merger took place? What has happened is that DFID has been completely…30 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development Assistance and the British CouncilMy hon. Friend is already making a brilliant speech. Does he agree that vast amounts of our humanitarian support and development aid do go to Commonwealth countries, because…30 Jun 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy right hon. Friend is among the most forthright defenders of the rights of this House and an eloquent supporter—perhaps the most eloquent supporter in this House—of the…24 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsHas my right hon. Friend had a chance to review the recent Foreign Office announcement that Britain is to cut its support for tackling neglected tropical diseases by a staggering…23 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsMy right hon. Friend’s significant success at the G7 last weekend has sadly been dented by the fact that Britain is the only G7 country cutting vital aid and is doing so in the…16 Jun 2021HANSARD EthiopiaHear, hear!14 Jun 2021HANSARD EthiopiaI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) on securing this urgent question, and I echo the comments of the Foreign Affairs Committee Chair that many…14 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetMy hon. Friend is making an extremely good and sensible speech. May I thank him for the immense amount of hard work and leadership he has undertaken in advancing this argument and…08 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of the 0.7% official development assistance target. I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’…08 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and he puts it enormously eloquently. I end my remarks by saying that that story from Karamoja in northern Uganda has lived with me from the day…08 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetMadam Deputy Speaker, I thank you and Mr Speaker for granting this Standing Order No. 24 debate today. I urge the Minister here today, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, to hear…08 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetMy hon. Friend mentions China, and that is a very good point because we should not be spending any aid in China. It was cancelled on my first day in office 10 years ago, unless it…08 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. Obviously, she and I do not fully agree on this. Would she like to speculate on why Britain alone of the wealthy nations…08 Jun 2021