Speeches by Naish.

“You can ask her here. You were talking about gender, but what about disability?”

“When we were in Nigeria, we heard a lot about the Reserved Seats for Women Bill, which the UK Government, through FCDO, has very much supported. What is the progress with that? What difference do you think it will make, should it pass into law?”

“When do you think you will be being told?”

“Is there a single global leader who does have this high on their radar?”

“When Nick Dyer was here, he told us that the global response to insecurity in the Sahel had effectively failed. What impact is that having, and what impact will it have over the coming months and years, on the instability in Nigeria?”

“I will quickly go to two areas: disability and gender mainstreaming. That decision has been taken, and I think that is happening in Nigeria. To what extent are you concerned that funding reductions will impact those two areas—gender and disability?”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The consultation is being run for a reason. I encourage anyone watching the debate or emailing their MPs about it to go further and engage with the consultation, because I am sure that the Minister is looking forward to review those responses.”

“When do you think you will be being told?”

“With your Africa Minister hat on, what needs to change to unlock that international effort?”

“Is there a single global leader who does have this high on their radar?”

“Yes, and I will talk about that in a moment. There has been cross-party consensus on the need to make changes, but it will fall to this Government to make them. I am pleased that in advance of this debate, we saw that move from the Government, and I trust that there will be proper, meaningful change in due course.”

“Are you saying, Minister, that we will not know the baseline from which to do a true equalities impact assessment across both local and central programming, because of the way work has historically been commissioned?”

“This question may be more for Cynthia. Thinking about displaced people, because obviously millions of people have been displaced within Nigeria as well, what work has been done to understand the impact of that and its potential to further undermine stability within the region?”

“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to place a duty on local authorities in England to produce and maintain local area energy plans; to make provision about the content of those plans and limitations on that content; and for connected purposes. I am proud that before coming to this place I worked in t…”

“Absolutely. I am sure that we will talk a lot about the 10% sales commission, but the hon. Member is right to raise it early on. I am pleased that the Minister leading on the reforms is here. I am sure that he will be listening closely to what Members have to say today. Wherever they are located, mobile home sites are …”

“A lot of what you are describing is what is happening within the boundaries of the Sahel and so on. What is missing at the international level for the international community to be able to get a grip on this issue? What would you like to see?”

“This question may be more for Cynthia. Thinking about displaced people, because obviously millions of people have been displaced within Nigeria as well, what work has been done to understand the impact of that and its potential to further undermine stability within the region?”

“Are you saying, Minister, that we will not know the baseline from which to do a true equalities impact assessment across both local and central programming, because of the way work has historically been commissioned?”

“You can ask her here. You were talking about gender, but what about disability?”

“When we were in Nigeria, we heard a lot about the Reserved Seats for Women Bill, which the UK Government, through FCDO, has very much supported. What is the progress with that? What difference do you think it will make, should it pass into law?”