Speeches by Harding.

“The hon. Member is entirely right, and I will shortly come on to the forgotten stories of this war. From the mud of Flanders to the deserts of the middle east, from the jungles of East Africa to the mountains of the Balkans, Commonwealth soldiers were present in almost every theatre of the conflict. Their bravery and r…”

“The hon. Member is making such a powerful speech. I wish to draw attention to Princess Alice hospice in my constituency. It receives 20% of its funding from the Government, and the rest through selling woolly jumpers. Most constituents are not aware of this, but the hospice says that it can provide only a quarter of th…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Ilford South (Jas Athwal) for securing this important debate. I, like him, want to start by sharing the story of Khudadad Khan for his extraordinary courage in holding off wave after wave of German infantry in 1914. He became the first soldier of Indian origin to receive the Victoria Cross. …”

“I want to express my thanks to the FCDO and officials for their hard work helping British nationals overseas during the conflict in Iran and the middle east, including helping my own constituents get home. This debate comes at a moment of extraordinary global crisis. More than 130 conflicts are active, 120 million peop…”

“I would love to, and I will come back to the hon. Member with those at another point, but I am up against the clock at the moment. As I go through my speech, there may be some examples. Aid is not charity, as the Minister for International Development suggested to the International Development Committee. It is a strate…”

“To Avinash first, what does UK climate finance do least and most effectively, relative to its international counterparts?”

“To Avinash first, what does UK climate finance do least and most effectively, relative to its international counterparts?”

“You say that that is an area that the UK could lead but you seem to be also saying that it is something we are bad at. Are we starting from a low base, but could make great strides because there is nobody else doing it? What is the thinking behind that?”

“Compared with other countries on that loss and damage, where does the UK sit? Are you seeing it in terms of multilateral assistance that the UK could lead?”

“You say that that is an area that the UK could lead but you seem to be also saying that it is something we are bad at. Are we starting from a low base, but could make great strides because there is nobody else doing it? What is the thinking behind that?”

“Compared with other countries on that loss and damage, where does the UK sit? Are you seeing it in terms of multilateral assistance that the UK could lead?”

“I understand. May, we have already heard from Avinash about the implications of the suggested cuts in climate finance allocation. Given the UK’s constrained resources, how can it maximise the impact, quality and effectiveness of its climate finance in climate-vulnerable country settings?”

“I understand. May, we have already heard from Avinash about the implications of the suggested cuts in climate finance allocation. Given the UK’s constrained resources, how can it maximise the impact, quality and effectiveness of its climate finance in climate-vulnerable country settings?”

“Will the Prime Minister confirm the exact limits of defensive operations and guarantee that those limits will not change, and will the UK withdraw consent to use our bases if there is proof that they are being used by the US to carry out offensive missions?”

“Children with SEND do not conform to neat packages and definitions, and those with complex needs require fluctuating levels of support. There is real fear among my constituents that the Government’s proposals will downgrade the level of support available to those with high needs, and may not be flexible enough to respo…”

“Any contribution to this debate must surely start with a tribute to the remarkable courage of the Ukrainian people. Four years ago, at the start of Vladimir Putin’s brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many people expected Russian tanks to be on the streets of Kyiv within days. They did not come because brave Ukraini…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Jeremy. I thank the hon. Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) for securing the debate and for bringing his expertise to this issue. More than two years of devastating conflict has left Gaza in ruins. Over 70,000 Palestinians have lost their lives. More than 1 million people r…”

“My right hon. Friend is talking about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s role as a trade envoy. When I was working overseas for the British Council, Mountbatten-Windsor came to an exhibition I had put on about Dolly the sheep, which was a fine example of British scientific innovation, but he stood up in front of Japanese dig…”

“I want to speak about transparency and accountability in public life and how the system we find ourselves in has been maintained and got us to where we are. In the early noughties, I was working overseas with the British Council, as I have said. Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor visited us as part of his role as a UK trade en…”

“Can I come back to the difficult questions that the UK should be asking of allies? I take Rosalind’s point that this expands beyond the UAE to all the proxies or to all the regional actors. I understand that we should push the conversation towards the long-term security of the region, and that that would be better for …”