Speeches by Mathew.

“Leading on from that, how do you ensure that your subcontractors adhere to FCDO’s value for money and MEL requirements?”

“Leading on from that, does Palladium subcontract its work or has it contracted from the FCDO to other organisations?”

“I am not so much interested in your institutional memory, I am more interested in the partners’ institutional memory in the developing country.”

“William, muli bwanji, bwana? Could you tell us what support would make the biggest difference to the Moving Windmills Project?”

“William, muli bwanji, bwana? Could you tell us what support would make the biggest difference to the Moving Windmills Project?”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the USAID funding pause and its impact on UK international development. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank everyone who has come this morning either to participate or to observe. Although a decision about an American Government Department’…”

“I completely agree with my hon. Friend, and I will cover many of those points. I find the cut totally indefensible and counterproductive. Apart from the soft power that our aid programme offers, it is a betrayal of principles we hold dear: reducing poverty and assuring global security. On a personal note, aid cuts hit …”

“I completely agree with the hon. Member. An ActionAid project in Zambia safeguarding women from sexual exploitation was forced to close almost overnight. Oxfam says that, thanks to the cuts to USAID, 95 million people could lose access to basic healthcare, potentially leading to 3 million preventable deaths a year, and…”

“I thank everyone who has spoken today; I am minded of the words of Jo Cox, who said that there is more that unites us than divides us. If we look back to the formation of the original Overseas Development Administration, that was under a Labour Government, as was the Department for International Development. But it was…”

“I thank the hon. Member for her comments, and I will continue with more figures that emphasise those points. During the 90-day freeze, an estimated 11.7 million women and girls have been denied modern contraceptive care. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that that will lead to 4.2 million unintended pregnancies and 8,…”

“Next week, I will be meeting the families of some of the remaining Israeli hostages. I am sure that the whole House wants to see their safe return, and wants peace at last for the Palestinian population of Gaza and the west bank. The killing, the misery, the starvation and the genocide have gone on for far too long. Wi…”

“You have set out that tackling climate change is one of your priorities. To what extent is climate-induced displacement an aspect?”

“The Chinese have done a lot on de-desertification in China, but there are also some works in the Sahel. Presumably we could be doing more there to help people to survive the changes?”

“I guess the many other pressing problems around the world at the moment will also be part of that. Going back to the issue of the climate, can you share any examples of climate adaptation programmes that the UK funds in order to prevent displacement?”

“The situation you were mentioning was in Syria, and many of those refugees are in Jordan. What is happening now in terms of helping those refugees who went to Jordan to come back to Syria? Is that part of the programme?”

“Well, in the past you have done a lot of work such as co-funding NGOs’ work. There is also the issue of PwC and the work that it does with women and girls. There has been a big cut in aid, so has some thought been given to how you can better deliver what desperately needs to be delivered?”

“Have the Government considered the role that philanthropic organisations can play in developing value for money across its development priorities?”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for securing this important debate. In my constituency, an estimated 1,638 people are living with dementia, which is above the national average. However, beyond those numbers are the stories of individual people, each with their own unique experience o…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I thank the hon. Member for Milton Keynes Central (Emily Darlington) for introducing this vital debate. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has saved over 65 million lives since its inception. It remains one of the most effective mechanisms…”

“I would like a further clarification on the 0.3%. Will UK refugee illegal immigrant costs still be taken out of the 0.3% and, if so, what proportion?”