Speeches by Dodds.

“We have had many conversations with the Health Secretary about this, because it is unacceptable that women were let down because of the lack of action by the previous Government. We are overhauling women’s healthcare and placing women’s equality at the heart of our agenda, including by investing an extra £26 billion in…”

“The Government’s position on relations with the MCB has not changed.”

“We think we need to shift our approach in response to our partners in the global south and their concerns around nutrition and food security. First of all, we think we have to push hard for reform and shifting the international systems on this so we have more effective investment where it is actually needed. We talked …”

“After the announcement of the ceasefire, we saw radical scaling up of the number of trucks that were going in. There were 600 trucks getting in, rather than the far lower number that we had seen previously. We have been clear, however, that there must be a resumption of trucking commercial supplies into Gaza. That has …”

“No, it is not part of the ISF.”

“Those cuts were damaging particularly, of course, because they were unplanned. This was a chaotic period. The previous International Development Minister is on the record as saying, for example, that this led to food being taken off the plates of children in Yemen. Those were his exact words. This had a direct impact o…”

“We are working hard on this. We created a new resilience fund that is focused particularly on fragile contexts to try to make sure that we are supporting in that way. That is quite flexible funding that is available to posts to use in order to support in these kinds of circumstances. That is in addition to the work tha…”

“I have been in discussion with Tom Fletcher, the emergency relief co-ordinator, around the planning overall of the UN system around this. I am sure that colleagues will also be aware of the Government’s general diplomacy in relation to what is taking place. We are seeing a reduction in food insecurity compared with the…”

“That is a really interesting question. We have the key moments to try to focus the world’s attention on nutrition and food security. Clearly, the Paris summit is going to be very important in that regard. I have to praise Brazil’s leadership on this, because I think the global alliance was a really significant measure,…”

“This boils down to that point around integration that we are seeking to push forward at the Paris summit. Unless we make sure that we are sensitive to nutrition and, yes, that there is the specific focus where it is needed, we will end up with some of these matters not being properly integrated into programming and pot…”

“I do not think that the Committee will be surprised to hear me say that there was quite a large amount of trailing of different elements of President Trump’s agenda before the election. The Department was well aware of this, as with every other upcoming election, and we have a number of them in fact coming up that may …”

“That work has been really important. I would also mention the Pirbright lab. I believe that there is an Edinburgh-based initiative called GALVmed as well that has worked on livestock vaccines. This is clearly absolutely fundamental work that also contributes to other Government goals. I was just thinking while you were…”

“Yesterday I set out a number of measures that we are seeking to take in relation to debt. I called on particularly the private sector to work with the UK on the take-up of majority voting provisions and other changes that we want to see. We want other countries to be much more transparent in their lending as well, as t…”

“With respect, I do not think that there is an assumption necessarily, so maybe I misunderstood the question. In every Department, there is an assumption that there needs to be a really thorough review of budgets and indeed zero-based budgeting where possible, so that there can be that really thorough analysis about whe…”

“I just spelled it out to you. I can repeat it again if you like. We have been really clear that we want to see a successful replenishment of Gavi, as with the Global Fund. We have been working with Gavi on this. We continue to have those discussions. I am aware that, ultimately, Gavi delivers good value for money for t…”

“As the Committee would expect, we are currently working to assess the implications of the US funding pause across development sectors. There is still a lot that is unclear, as you will have noted, I am sure, as well, but we are actively gathering information. We are also carefully calibrating our engagement with the US…”

“I do not know whether previous government commitments around recruitment in this area have been fulfilled. I know that, more broadly around capability and capacity, when I came into role as Minister I worked with officials to ensure that we had a programme to increase our capability and capacity. That has included a re…”

“Generally there is sharing of knowledge, but there is always more that can be done. When I was in Indonesia, I visited a forestry management programme that involved elements that were based in-country and from centrally managed programmes too. I felt that it was a really good example of bringing together the broader ex…”

“Yes, of course. We are really determined that there must be successful replenishments, whether we are talking about Gavi or indeed the Global Fund. There are a number of replenishments that are coming up. When we are talking about multi-year commitments, of course we have to consider the context with the spending revie…”

“We are assessing all of this currently. These decisions are decisions that have been taken by President Trump and his Administration. He was elected by the US population, as we know, with millions of votes. It is ultimately a US policy decision.”