Speeches by Anderson.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship for the second time today, Mr Mundell. I welcome this important debate and thank the hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Mr French) for securing it. I declare an interest, as my son is studying construction management at London South Bank University—I hope he will be on…”

“The hon. Member is painting a picture that I do not recognise in my London constituency. Is he aware that, as Mayor of London, Sadiq has averaged 10,000 more new homes completed a year than under Boris Johnson’s mayoralty? He has got house building going in a way that the Tory mayor could not.”

“Professor Watts, I have some more questions about health. You mentioned the Belém health action plan. What is Wellcome doing to engage on that? Is it lobbying at national level? Is it in developing countries? Is it working with the FCDO? How are you working on that, and what do you hope to see as a result?”

“Professor Watts, I have some more questions about health. You mentioned the Belém health action plan. What is Wellcome doing to engage on that? Is it lobbying at national level? Is it in developing countries? Is it working with the FCDO? How are you working on that, and what do you hope to see as a result?”

“How important are water, sanitation and hygiene in this, as one of the places where it joins? Does that come out in conversations enough?”

“There is a climate crisis and a debt crisis. Are they brought together at all? Or do they happen separately and are only brought together in country budgets, when people say, “We would like to do all this adaptation financing, but we can’t because we have the debt crisis”? Do you see COP30 as somewhere where those conv…”

“I, too, reference my registered interests: my visit to COP28, and my visit last week to Copenhagen to study green heating systems, which is very relevant to the answer that you just gave—I saw what can be done. I will ask a question about finance regulation, but first I will ask Clement a question about aid cuts. On th…”

“Clement, is the UK’s governance of the finance sector on climate and nature and the mandatory transition plans more important than aid?”

“Can I ask one more question?”

“In the first part of the question, you listed some places where projects are being cut. Climate and nature is meant to be one of the priorities being kept, even though other parts are being reduced. Is that what you are seeing on the ground or do you think projects are being cut?”

“I, too, reference my registered interests: my visit to COP28, and my visit last week to Copenhagen to study green heating systems, which is very relevant to the answer that you just gave—I saw what can be done. I will ask a question about finance regulation, but first I will ask Clement a question about aid cuts. On th…”

“How important are water, sanitation and hygiene in this, as one of the places where it joins? Does that come out in conversations enough?”

“In the first part of the question, you listed some places where projects are being cut. Climate and nature is meant to be one of the priorities being kept, even though other parts are being reduced. Is that what you are seeing on the ground or do you think projects are being cut?”

“Can I ask one more question?”

“Clement, is the UK’s governance of the finance sector on climate and nature and the mandatory transition plans more important than aid?”

“There is a climate crisis and a debt crisis. Are they brought together at all? Or do they happen separately and are only brought together in country budgets, when people say, “We would like to do all this adaptation financing, but we can’t because we have the debt crisis”? Do you see COP30 as somewhere where those conv…”

“I agree; health is really important and not talked about enough. Relating that to what you were saying earlier about the power of the missions that we have and the work that the FCDO can do on this, how joined-up do you think the FCDO is in this regard? How strong is their health team? For example, with their water, sa…”

“I agree; health is really important and not talked about enough. Relating that to what you were saying earlier about the power of the missions that we have and the work that the FCDO can do on this, how joined-up do you think the FCDO is in this regard? How strong is their health team? For example, with their water, sa…”

“So that offer was there. In the letter to Simon Hoare—”

“I am delighted to speak in this Committee, having campaigned for this legislation for four years. In the UK, over 11 billion wet wipes are used annually—that is probably a conservative estimate; actually, far more are used—and wet wipes cause 93% of sewer blockages and fatbergs. Anyone who has seen a fatberg will not f…”