Speeches by Macdonald.

“It is nice to see you again. Segueing from what Noah Law was saying, you said that there is lots of continuity, which can be a good thing, but unless it delivers actual outcomes, perhaps it does not make much difference if we are not seeing the actual impact on the ground. Think about waking up on 30 March 2025, after …”

“Seventeen?”

“You mentioned the 17 organisations and there are lots of different initiatives. You mentioned the World Bank and the IDA replenishment, and the UK has made some announcements around that. Do you think there is a need to join all these things up? The SDG is a target and a road map, but it does not feel to me that there …”

“Turning to the UK’s role, how can the UK Government support the French leadership at this summit? What are you hoping for from the UK Government?”

“You would like them to turn up with a monetary contribution, too?”

“ODA is an important source of funding, but are you hoping to discuss other forms of funding? You touched on the development banks. France had the big finance summit last year, hosted by President Macron, looking at the financial institutions as a whole. Do you see this linking into that in any way in terms of where the…”

“We could talk about it for a long time. When we had the food crisis in 2009, the UN came in and set up the high-level group on tackling food crises with David Nabarro, and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme came out of that. Do you think the UN could be playing more of a role? I also wanted to pick up o…”

“You could argue that we have had that with Ukraine and what happened to food prices.”

“I should probably declare that I used to work for a hunger campaign, Alliance Against Hunger, just for the record. Ms Mtonga, when a disaster strikes—for example, El Niño and the effect that had in Malawi for droughts—do you see in more of a humanitarian setting that the localisation principles still apply? If a lot of…”

“Thank you.”

“I do not know if I am quite an expert.”

“It is nice to see you again. Segueing from what Noah Law was saying, you said that there is lots of continuity, which can be a good thing, but unless it delivers actual outcomes, perhaps it does not make much difference if we are not seeing the actual impact on the ground. Think about waking up on 30 March 2025, after …”

“Seventeen?”

“You mentioned the 17 organisations and there are lots of different initiatives. You mentioned the World Bank and the IDA replenishment, and the UK has made some announcements around that. Do you think there is a need to join all these things up? The SDG is a target and a road map, but it does not feel to me that there …”

“You would like them to turn up with a monetary contribution, too?”

“ODA is an important source of funding, but are you hoping to discuss other forms of funding? You touched on the development banks. France had the big finance summit last year, hosted by President Macron, looking at the financial institutions as a whole. Do you see this linking into that in any way in terms of where the…”

“We could talk about it for a long time. When we had the food crisis in 2009, the UN came in and set up the high-level group on tackling food crises with David Nabarro, and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme came out of that. Do you think the UN could be playing more of a role? I also wanted to pick up o…”

“You could argue that we have had that with Ukraine and what happened to food prices.”

“I recently met kinship carers in Norwich, who do an amazing job in very difficult circumstances. One of the biggest challenges they face is financial support. Kinship’s recent “Forgotten” report found that children in kinship care are struggling because of an inaccessible and complicated picture of support. Has the Min…”

“7. What steps she is taking to improve support for kinship carers.”