Speeches by Anderson.

“How will the proposed cuts to the UK overseas development grants impact media freedoms globally? We have talked about the US cuts; what is your assessment of the UK reduction?”

“Will my right hon. Friend give way?”

“Just to follow up on that, is there a unit in the Brazilian Government that deals with this and, from your experience, what makes that effective in identifying foreign disinformation. We heard from the previous panel about foreign malign actors masquerading as local citizens. We were talking about America and the UK an…”

“Yes. What are the best things we can do here in the UK?”

“Could more be done? What other advice would you give?”

“The Committee has received evidence calling for the UK to place China on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme. Do you think that is necessary in the context of combating the transnational repression of journalism?”

“Russia, China and Iran are the three that were mentioned in the previous panels. Who would you say is operating in the UK?”

“Who is doing that? Is it the state actors we have been talking about?”

“That is very concerning. In your experience, who are the main actors responsible for the transnational repression of journalism in the UK, and what are their tactics?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell, in this very important debate. I thank Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s Care and especially the “Movers and Shakers” podcast, whose dedication and campaigning led to the huge number of people signing the petition. I am sure the Minister has seen how many MPs are in …”

“Four years ago I introduced a private Member’s Bill to ban the sale of wet wipes with plastic in them. The previous Government dragged their feet, but these wet wipes cause fatbergs in our sewers, put millions of pounds on our water bills for all our constituents and pollute rivers and seas. This Government promised to…”

“As a Wandsworth MP, my constituents are very concerned about these releases. They have seen years of underfunding of Wandsworth prison. They have also seen more investment by this Government since coming into power than for years and years before that. From visiting Wandsworth prison, I have every confidence in its new…”

“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.”

“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…”

“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…”

“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?”

“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…”

“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?”