Speeches by Law.

“It is interesting to hear some of the very tangible examples of the projects the fund has worked on. Taking a step back, starting with Nic, could you maybe explain a bit more where you would like to see greater clarity around the objectives and overall aims of the now integrated security fund?”

“Briefly, before turning to Mike on the same question of overall aims and focus, what do you think the political impetus is for that increasing focus on the symptoms, as you described?”

“Finally, how does the overall focus of the ISF sit alongside the broader sustainable development goals and the spirit of the ODA rules, do you think? Sorry, there are two quite big questions to answer.”

“Turning back to Nic, on that question of the strategic direction, how have you seen previous national security strategies guiding the use of the conflict, stability and security fund?”

“I will turn to Mike on the same question. Where would you like to see greater, perhaps briefly, clarity in the aims and objectives of the integrated security fund?”

“Will the Prime Minister join me in inviting Conservative Members to celebrate the restoration of access to our British shellfishers, and the reduction in frictions on the 70% of our British seafood that is exported to the EU? Will he encourage those Conservative Members to get out there and help us to deploy the £360 m…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that it is important to ensure that the implementation of EPR avoids unintended consequences for businesses such as pubs, which are already facing huge headwinds? In many cases, pubs already manage their packaging waste through commercial contracts, so they would face double the levy.”

“On the shift from 0.7 to 0.3% of GNI being put towards IDA, will there be an overall impact assessment of this?”

“Minister, on this question of the tone around the idea of aid being charity and the question marks looming over education programming, for example, does a fear of moral hazard play into policy making around development aid for us now?”

“As in if you are assumed to be ready to provide charity to someone, then they will continue to make use of that.”

“What are the timeframes for those impact assessments to be published?”

“Do you think that, in the next kind of 2022 to 2026 strategy, BII is authorised to invest specifically enough in some of those stabilisation activities? Certainly it is addressing some of the underlying challenges, but is it really pinning down these stabilisation points in its investment mandate?”

“Arafat, how far do you think development and humanitarian work can assist displaced people in the medium to long term?”

“At what point should other UN agencies become more engaged?”

“I look forward to more on that in the next session. Mónica, briefly, what services and facilities do women and girls require to viably remain in a particular setting?”

“It is great to meet you, Achim, and we will pick up where we left off. Should responses to displacement be viewed through the humanitarian or development lens or a combination of both?”

“I am sure we will come on to the more preventive discussion shortly. On the cuts and the context around them, I am interested to hear how they affect your own programming in the UNDP.”

“I will bring Colin in on that question. Do you think that BII, our development finance institution, has enough risk appetite to invest in some of the stabilisation programmes that Achim was describing?”

“Do you think that, in the next kind of 2022 to 2026 strategy, BII is authorised to invest specifically enough in some of those stabilisation activities? Certainly it is addressing some of the underlying challenges, but is it really pinning down these stabilisation points in its investment mandate?”

“Arafat, how far do you think development and humanitarian work can assist displaced people in the medium to long term?”