Speeches by Dodds.

“No, it is not part of the ISF.”

“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…”

“Yes, I would be delighted to. I have Jen Haugen and Chris Carter, who are both working at a senior level on nutrition in the FCDO. I am really looking forward to this discussion. Thank you very much indeed for having me, Chair. Do tell me if I am going on for too long because I know you said this needs to be quickfire.”

“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 …”

“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…”

“It is a very good question. The review of development that has been undertaken by Minouche Shafik that we talked about previously in the Committee focused specifically on capability and capacity within the Department. There is a food and agriculture professional cadre of 45 technical experts working specifically on the…”

“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 …”

“I know that the Committee would be well aware of this, but much of that work would be context-dependent. Within situations of severe humanitarian need, we would work with partners around this. That work—and we may come back to this—very upsettingly and frustratingly, in Sudan has got harder because they have not been w…”

“That has been a big part of the kind of reform that we have been pushing as a new Government. We find too often with climate finance that the funds may actually be there but they are very inaccessible for needs. Where we see a greater focus on making these funds more readily available and tailored to the needs of count…”

“It will be as soon as I can. I am sorry that I do not have a precise timescale, but I know that the Committee is really interested in this.”

“That would not be separate from the overall work on value for money. That is ex ante at the stage of the development of concepts and business cases; there is a process of assessment while programmes are ongoing; and there is an ex post assessment as well. I am seeking to ensure that we do a much better job at pulling t…”

“Yes. We are determined to ensure that we have a positive impact on disabled people. Often they will be at the sharp end of food insecurity for a variety of reasons. We are going to ensure that these issues are part of our disability inclusion and rights strategy. I know that that is something that the Committee has bee…”

“We have been determined to make sure that we have coherence around our approach to nutrition. Certainly since I came in, over the last six months, that has been really important for the Department. That started off with our commitment in Rio. I am really pleased that I have Jen and Chris here because they were working …”

“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…”

“There are always challenges with ringfenced funding because it reduces flexibility. However, it can be important. It can be an important signal as well to others; it can hopefully crowd in other countries to adopt similar approaches; and it can send a signal across the whole system that a certain outcome is really impo…”

“We got a little bit into this and we will have more of a discussion about value for money et cetera with the Committee in a wee while. With every such programme, we would be seeking to look at the outcomes of it. That includes nutrition. In relation to our agricultural programming—we may come back to this later—so much…”

“Yes, absolutely. We work really closely together. We now have lead Ministers for disabled people in every Government Department and we meet together and talk about the policies that we are trying to put in place where we are trying to achieve that change for disabled people. For the FCDO specifically, as I mentioned be…”

“That is specifically focused on fragile contexts and trying to develop the resilience within those contexts. As the Committee knows, unfortunately we have seen the number of fragile and conflict-affected states increasing over time. As a Department, we have specific programmes that already operate in different contexts…”

“It means we are working towards setting a target for integration. In terms of whether we would set aside a specific figure of ODA for that purpose for the future, we will not be doing that. We will not be through the spending review by that point, but we are determined to make progress across all of our programmes on t…”

“I am really delighted to say to the Committee that, barring any kind of mishap, which I hope will not happen, I will definitely be at that summit. I am really looking forward to it. I know it is going to be a really important one. I know the Committee had a discussion about this previously with Brieuc Pont, the French …”