Speeches by Mathew.

“What thematic or geographical areas of UK ODA spending do you see as priorities for scrutiny, and why?”

“I thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement and for the UK’s work at the UN Security Council this past month. The Liberal Democrats welcome efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sudan and join Members from all sides of the House in condemning Russia’s attempts to stop one. The UK should not accept that the conse…”

“At this point can I bring in Dr Ferguson? What is your assessment of the FCDO’s capacity for this kind of engagement? We have had many constructive suggestions.”

“Yes. Where could improvements be made?”

“Five years ago there seemed to be a real chance for a peaceful, democratic way forward in Sudan. There seemed to be a flowering of something, which so many of us felt was exciting. Then that bird flew. Hopefully one day we will get back to that, but in the meantime we are where we are and there is this God awful civil …”

“At this point can I bring in Dr Ferguson? What is your assessment of the FCDO’s capacity for this kind of engagement? We have had many constructive suggestions.”

“Yes. Where could improvements be made?”

“Five years ago there seemed to be a real chance for a peaceful, democratic way forward in Sudan. There seemed to be a flowering of something, which so many of us felt was exciting. Then that bird flew. Hopefully one day we will get back to that, but in the meantime we are where we are and there is this God awful civil …”

“I have a further question: have any other countries’ responses worked well that the UK could learn from?”

“I have a further question: have any other countries’ responses worked well that the UK could learn from?”

“Can I ask a question about the drone thing specifically? When they are shooting at people, are these single shots or machine guns? Are they targeting individual people with a one-off shot? How does it happen?”

“Sorry to labour the point, but it is quite an important one.”

“How do people collect the water? Do they go with small buckets?”

“Thank you for painting that picture. Rohan, could you outline the current state of healthcare facilities across Gaza?”

“Thank you. Sam, what has been the long-term impact of people going without their medicine and routine treatment?”

“I have some questions on healthcare facilities. Before we move on to that, Sam, can you tell us a little about the basic water supply and how that is dealt with? Are you dealing with desalination? Are you dealing with water that is pumped from Israel? How is water getting to the people?”

“Sorry to labour the point, but it is quite an important one.”

“How do people collect the water? Do they go with small buckets?”

“Thank you for painting that picture. Rohan, could you outline the current state of healthcare facilities across Gaza?”

“Thank you. Sam, what has been the long-term impact of people going without their medicine and routine treatment?”