Speeches by Daby.

“Good afternoon. I will come to Finian first. I can hear your passion, and I know that you serve in many roles to do with advocating and empowering young people. You have talked about some of the aims you have—the three aims in particular—and the young population in Nigeria. I will come to the other panellists as well, …”

“Thank you for that. I want to raise one more thing. When I was in my teenage years, the Bob Geldof song “We Are the World” was released, with lyrics that said, “We are the world. We are the children. We are the ones who make a brighter day.” There is something about language and how we use it that can bring people toge…”

“Sometimes that is the elephant in the room, so it is nice to get that out there.”

“Bel, you mentioned that when people have more information, they are more attuned to and aware of development relief and aid and are therefore more likely to be sympathetic to it. This is a question to you and others. Do you think that if more information were available to the public, they would have a different respons…”

“Thank you—that’s very helpful. The vulnerability to climate change, storms and hurricanes in the Caribbean is extremely alarming, and it is great that the young people are finding a space to make an active contribution. I hear you on all those points exactly, so thank you for that. Chido, would you like to come in?”

“That is helpful, in particular around funding and medium to long-term support in that area. Chido, Sapphire, was there anything you wanted to add?”

“Can you hear me now?”

“I will be a lot more succinct than I was just then. Finian, how do you feel the UK can best support young people in the causes that you are fighting for? How would you empower them, and what part could the UK play in offering support?”

“Thank you for that. I want to raise one more thing. When I was in my teenage years, the Bob Geldof song “We Are the World” was released, with lyrics that said, “We are the world. We are the children. We are the ones who make a brighter day.” There is something about language and how we use it that can bring people toge…”

“Sometimes that is the elephant in the room, so it is nice to get that out there.”

“Bel, you mentioned that when people have more information, they are more attuned to and aware of development relief and aid and are therefore more likely to be sympathetic to it. This is a question to you and others. Do you think that if more information were available to the public, they would have a different respons…”

“Thank you—that’s very helpful. The vulnerability to climate change, storms and hurricanes in the Caribbean is extremely alarming, and it is great that the young people are finding a space to make an active contribution. I hear you on all those points exactly, so thank you for that. Chido, would you like to come in?”

“I will be a lot more succinct than I was just then. Finian, how do you feel the UK can best support young people in the causes that you are fighting for? How would you empower them, and what part could the UK play in offering support?”

“That is helpful, in particular around funding and medium to long-term support in that area. Chido, Sapphire, was there anything you wanted to add?”

“Can you hear me now?”

“I am pleased to hear the Minister’s offer. It would be great to have you come back with some type of communication strategy, plan or draft. It would be really helpful.”

“I want to impress here that the public perception of aid is really important, and there is a need for the Government to have some type of communication strategy around this to improve public confidence. This is taxpayers’ money, and obviously ODA is at 0.3% but we need it to increase. You have mentioned some really pos…”

“In terms of the shift to expertise, what will you be putting in place to monitor its effectiveness or successes? What are your plans?”

“Libraries and community centres are central to communities like mine in Lewisham East, and they make an excellent contribution to the local area. Can the Minister say whether there are any planned changes to their business rates and tell us how else they can be supported in our local community?”

“Q4. Mr Speaker, I am sure that you, and I hope others across the Chamber, will agree that we need to recognise and celebrate achievements. I say that because across the country knife crime offences are going down. Of course, more needs to be done, and more should be done, but this week’s figures have shown that London …”