Speeches by Harding.

“The previous Government announced that the FCDO would scope a separate fund of up to 15% of FCDO bilateral humanitarian provision. Is that the kind of figure you are looking at?”

“Will the Department implement the resilience and adaptation funding that was announced in the previous Government’s White Paper?”

“And down to adolescent girls?”

“Did you say that it does cover gender?”

“That is useful, but what about the people that interact with your programmes at the other end? How do you collect that data? As far as I understand it, you are looking down and seeing, “They need some help. We’ll design a programme around them,” but what about collecting data about the people you have helped? What data…”

“What forms of data does the FCDO collect on the displaced people who interact with your programmes?”

“How would you personally define the term value for money?”

“I will come back to that definition in a minute, but sustainability is not included within the FCDO’s value for money principles. Why is it not? You just referred to it.”

“Our evidence from Action for Global Health and Oxford Policy Management seems to suggest that sustainability should be included within your framework, and that it should go beyond the five Es to include sustainability.”

“The programme operating framework defines value for money as value to the taxpayer, not maximising the impact of those living in poverty. What is your reflection on that?”

“Do you think that reducing poverty should be explicitly mentioned as a central tenet of the approach, as it was in DFID value for money?”

“Thank you, Minister, for sharing your distress. I think we all share the same distress, and it is day after day, as you and the Chair said. When we are talking about days, what timeframe are the Government waiting for in order to make their next move?”

“Minister, do you feel that you are pulling every lever?”

“So we should not view this as a harbinger of what is to come, or where the priority is.”

“Yes.”

“At first glance, the estimates seem to show a rebalancing away from multilateral aid to bilateral aid. Is that replicated in the priorities?”

“In this Chamber in September, I called for Thames Water to be put into special administration in order to protect my constituents. A portion of the bills they have paid since then has gone on lawyers and consultants to put together a deal that has collapsed. The Liberal Democrats—unlike the Conservatives, who continue …”

“I would like to concentrate not just on purely rural areas, but on places like Surrey. In my constituency, the 514 bus connects Esher and Molesey, two important centres of our community, but it runs only twice on weekdays and once on a Saturday. On Sundays it is never to be seen. The service was severely cut back in 20…”

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. I also pay tribute to the humanitarian workers in Gaza, who are risking their lives to help the Palestinian people. The very powerful words by our own UN humanitarian chief have already been referenced. He said that 14,000 babies need food within the next 48 hours or they w…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Milton Keynes Central (Emily Darlington) on securing this debate. This year, as both Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Fund conduct their funding replenishments, it is more important than ever that we consider the…”