Speeches by Anderson.

“So social media platforms could say, “This is fake” at the bottom of a post and track it. They could say that something was fake even if it was very hard to find out internationally where it came from.”

“Commuter services are extensively disrupted in Putney by the six-year closure of Hammersmith bridge. I will be holding a bus crisis taskforce again tomorrow to look at the impact that the closure of the bridge is having not just on bus services, but on active travel and commuting through Putney. Will the Secretary of S…”

“I welcome the decisive leadership of the Defence Secretary and the Prime Minister in supporting Ukraine. When the Foreign Affairs Committee met the Ukrainian Government, it highlighted the necessity of a strong sanctions regime that is joined up internationally. The actions taken today show just that: a sanctions regim…”

“Following on from there: I have read your response to our inquiry on that, and about the cross-HMG structures. It has a whole section on that, which was very good to see because there are a lot of comments from others who are looking at the Government’s response on disinformation and saying that it is not joined up eno…”

“May I ask a question that joins up a couple of your answers during this session? It comes back to funding. We have seen the role of civil society in investigating and unearthing disinformation in the western Balkans, and we know that is across the world, countering that public information. You have twice mentioned ODA …”

“So it is each Department plus others?”

“I absolutely understand that you cannot say, “These people are in post here,” and what they are doing, but can you give any more reassurance, or is there a way of writing to me afterwards, about the numbers? We do not want to find out, in a year’s time, that the numbers have actually gone down in different units that y…”

“As a follow-up to that, is there a Minister in each of those Departments whose job is identified, and do they all sit on the Defending Democracy Taskforce? Where do they all come together? Is there one meeting of all the Ministers who are the ambassadors within each Department?”

“Back on the funding, you said that if this is warfare, the scale of it is enormous and there is a huge uplift of funding to the Ministry of Defence. Will some of the funding for this work across Government—in the way that the units are shared across different Departments—be able to come out of defence spending, given t…”

“I have one more question on the funding.”

“I commend the Secretary of State for the care that he is taking to work as fast possible for the victims, survivors and veterans families, who need to hear answers, while making sure that this is legally correct. I echo the comments about the South East Fermanagh Foundation quilts, which remind us of the need to get th…”

“Following on from the questions about US policy, there seems to be a pattern of attack by the US Government on British Muslims, and in particular on the Mayor of London. I am a very proud London MP—proud of our diversity, which you mentioned. What would you say about those attacks on our mayor and the false information…”

“You mentioned the peace process and the political process, and it is constantly raised with me and others that there are not enough women involved. When you see the peace talks, there are a lot of men going in and out. The women of Sudan feel that they should be involved. We have very good experience of involving women…”

“I am talking about the potential atrocities. What immediate actions are you taking to ensure that the atrocities witnessed in El Fasher, which you mentioned, are prevented from occurring in Kordofan?”

“With 12 million people displaced, 150,000 people killed in the conflict and over 30 million people requiring humanitarian assistance, we can see exactly why you are putting such priority on this. You mentioned the UAE being part of the Quad; I would like to ask about UK arms export licences. It is alleged that British …”

“What are the blockers stopping that?”

“I welcome the change of approach that the Minister has outlined—a change from a paternalism to partnership—and I welcome the listening way in which it has been done. I am concerned that poverty reduction was not mentioned in the statement—neither were sustainable development goals, or working with local organisations o…”

“I would like to ask about the west bank. Violence is decreasing in Gaza, but to have peace in Palestine there needs to be peace across all the areas. Violence and military operations have increased in the west bank; food prices have tripled, which is extremely destabilising; and 1,000 Palestinians have been injured in …”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. I have also met Hilary, Clarissa’s mum, and heard about her death and the fact that a simple electrocardiogram test can save lives. It is chilling to think that my daughters could face this. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is shocking that exercise can triple the…”

“I thank the Minister for giving way and for the good news about looking into the possibility of rolling out screening across the whole country, especially bearing in mind the evidence from Italy, where the good has been shown to outweigh the potential downsides. I look forward to getting involved in that consultation. …”