Speeches by Law.

“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?”

“T8. Industrial communities such as St Austell and the clay country have been stifled in recent years by soaring energy costs. What steps is the Secretary of State taking to ensure that industries such as the proud china clay industry are internationally competitive?”

“Given the willingness and readiness of other parties, including one conspicuously absent from this crucial debate, to throw our fish under the bus and make fishing fleets again a political football, will my hon. Friend join me and our hon. Friend the Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Ben Coleman) in calling on our Governm…”

“Children adopted from care or living under special guardianship are currently disproportionately at risk of entering the criminal justice system later in life if early trauma goes untreated. Given the recent changes in the adoption and special guardianship support fund, what steps is the Lord Chancellor taking alongsid…”

“The strength of our democracy lies in its people—their voices, concerns and participation. The Labour party that I know has always been a party of the grassroots, particularly in Cornwall, and of real individuals engaging with real communities. We are not the party of faceless bots, anonymous profiles or foreign interf…”

“It is not only important to make the distinction between fact and fiction; does my hon. Friend accept the distinction between the real and fake people who operate in some of these spaces?”

“I am sure that the children of Pondhu primary school and their families are delighted to welcome the investment in the nursery announced by the Secretary of State, not least because St Austell Central has sadly become the second most deprived ward in the whole of Cornwall. What impact does the Secretary of State expect…”

“If that is truly the cost and it is spread across 70 million people, that is $300 a head or thereabouts. As much as we have said that addressing root causes is not necessarily good value for money, clearly addressing this issue, writ large, is extremely good value for money because the opportunity cost you have mention…”

“I want to come back in before we move on from the economics of displacement, which we have discussed in some detail. Louis, you mentioned the $21 billion figure. I am sorry, I am going to fixate on that a little bit.”

“Understood, thank you.”

“Just a quick clarification, Louis. You mentioned this figure of $21 billion globally, which first struck me as perhaps a little bit low. Is that the total cost of hosting internally displaced people? If so, is that like for like with the figures that we have seem for inbound refugee costs in the UK of £3 billion to £5 …”

“Thank you, those are very interesting and perhaps fresh perspectives on an issue that has been talked about a lot but perhaps with a lack of focus. You have also said that funding shortages have led to a back-to-basics approach, and that that has come at the detriment of resilience and stabilisation funding. Where do y…”

“Why is that? Is it because the determinants of displacement are so multifaceted, or is it simply because, in the end, people’s reasons for being displaced are idiosyncratic? Which of the two is it?”

“Jessica, you have been critical of the Government’s approach to tackling the root causes of displacement. How would you encourage them to better focus their efforts?”

“Can I press on that briefly? To some extent, it is important. How do we recognise where we have skin in the game—leverage, soft power, whatever you want to call it? What I am getting is that we can be dramatically more effective in our responses where we recognise where we have that, rather than just taking a “let’s ap…”

“Can I follow up briefly? We have discussed declining soft power, particularly in terms of the UK’s bilateral commitments, but what you have just mentioned is also the ability of the FCDO primarily—correct me if I am wrong—to influence the discourse in how business is done at the World Bank and elsewhere. Can the UK, de…”