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“Coming to the UK’s response then, which Dr Brown has just touched upon, how would you describe its effectiveness?”

“Coming to the UK’s response then, which Dr Brown has just touched upon, how would you describe its effectiveness?”

“Dr Rodriguez-Moodie, do you share that view?”

“It was a good thing that we were ineffective—is that what I am being told?”

“The advice changed on the Friday. The hurricane hit on the Tuesday. In hindsight, would you have done anything differently? Do you think that advice and that timeline were the correct ones?”

“Dr Rodriguez-Moodie, what about since then? It seems that the UK’s response was really helpful at the time. How would you describe the response from early November?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate. As she knows, the Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, has put the visitor economy at the heart of her vision for the east midlands region. My hon. Friend may be aware that the Centre of it All marketing campaign was launched last week. Does she agree that Sherwood F…”

“It was a good thing that we were ineffective—is that what I am being told?”

“I have one more question. It is about the balance between the top-down national response and the bottom-up local effort, and empowering local people to move things forward in their local communities. Do you think that balance has been right to date?”

“It was £1.5 million, I think, at first.”

“Is that true of all roads?”

“We would like to turn attention away from the impact to the response, particularly from the international community to start with. Then we will dig into the UK specifically, if that is okay. Starting more broadly with the international community, UnaMay, how would you describe the speed and effectiveness of the interna…”

“A gentleman in my constituency missed a couple of letters about a parking fine, and he has now had a county court judgment against him. He did not have the opportunity to contest the fine in the first place, which he wanted to do, and he now has to deal with the CCJ. This is having real-life consequences, and I am sure…”

“I conducted a survey in my constituency, to which over 700 people responded to raise a whole range of issues around health, finance, legal and other types of communication, but less than 20% of them had contacted Royal Mail itself to say they were having problems. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the Minister needs t…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“The hon. Gentleman mentions Ukraine. Obviously, most Ukrainians will not be eligible for ILR as we are discussing it, and this may be an area where we do need rule changes. A lot of young people who have come over from Ukraine with their families will now know nothing other than our education system and our ways of lif…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way?”

“Thank you. There were a couple of really clear points there. There is a lot of nodding going on from fellow panellists. Sapphire, would you like to add to that, or are there any additional points that you would like to make about what the UK and other countries can do to still have the biggest impact?”

“The UK’s approach to aid will obviously have to change, and other countries are making similar adjustments. How do you think that the UK and others can continue to have a large impact while also making appropriate changes?”

“Thank you, panellists, for your contributions today. If I may ask Chido first—clearly, our conversation today is about the future of UK aid—how do you think that the approach to development of countries like the UK should change in order to maintain a significant impact in the investments that they can continue to make…”