Speeches by Naish.

“What you are saying there about DFID almost being inherited into FCDO—I am not sure that we have quite the same confidence as you that those reporting levels are as strong as they used to be. I will just put that on record. You mentioned a word earlier, which was sustainability, which is not really baked into a lot of …”

“By leaders but not the average person on the ground.”

“6. What steps his Department is taking to support hospices.”

“While I wholeheartedly welcome the £100 million capital funding boost for hospices announced before Christmas, 17 members of staff at Nottinghamshire hospice, which is a large community-based hospice serving my constituency that provides care for family members in their own homes, have recently been told they are at ri…”

“A British flag. It is very crude but—”

“When we talk about soft power for the UK, which is something that people do value coming out of this type of spend, for the people on the ground they would not necessarily see the UK. Would that be fair to say?”

“From the UK’s perspective those are incredible things. How is the role of the UK seen by those who are benefiting from the investment that is obviously being made by UK taxpayers? Is there anything to show and to see or are these just programmes that are being delivered through the Global Fund?”

“Sorry, Jennifer, but can I just jump in and ask, you mentioned there the multi-bis. What do you think the perception is of that approach where money gets tied up within an organisation for a particular country? Is that generally perceived to be a good thing or are there disadvantages to that for those larger organisati…”

“A final question from me. You mentioned trends going more and more towards multilateral over bilateral. I think that is what we are seeing here as well. I think the FCDO has us up at around 42% of the Department’s ODA budget now being spent through multilateral channels and 33% through bilateral spending. Does that bal…”

“So if you just flip that then, those are the strengths of the multilateral organisations. What should we be achieving through bilateral aid that the multilateral approach cannot achieve?”

“I will start with Abdoulaye, if you do not mind. We talk a lot about bilateral and multilateral aid and the appropriate balance between the two. From the OECD’s perspective, how do you see the importance of multilateral aid and the effectiveness of it?”

“That is easy therefore to demonstrate value for money with a smaller budget.”

“I want to look at the distinction between DFID and the FCO and their relative levels of performance. I think we are all here saying and listening to the fact that you would say DFID was a top performer. The FCO, by comparison, was rated one of the least transparent spenders on foreign aid, 38th out of 47, as late as 20…”

“Finally, Jennifer, anything that you would add?”

“Enhancing, yes. Jennifer, Abdou, do you have thoughts on that?”

“Have you seen other countries choosing to do that as opposed to going down the grant route?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Furniss. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) for bringing this debate to Westminster Hall today. I am proud to represent the constituency of Rushcliffe, which includes large swathes of rural Nottinghamshire. From …”

“I want to clarify the point about empowering local councils to make a difference. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we need to remove the shackles from the funding packages that the previous Government give local authorities and empower local decision makers to make decisions in the interests of those locations?”

“I absolutely agree. I am strong supporter of the Pharmacy First initiative, and it is essential that as a Government we look at ways to expand that scheme, so that more and more people use their pharmacies and the pharmacies are therefore more sustainable. On average, 29 pubs close every week in the UK, and in many cas…”

“My constituent Matthew and his mum Catherine, alongside Emma Murphy and Janet Williams, have campaigned for many years to get compensation for families affected by the epilepsy drug sodium valproate. Twelve months on from the Patient Safety Commissioner’s report on this matter, those harmed are still waiting for the re…”