Speeches by Law.

“With the reforms putting an increased focus on fragility, conflict and violence, how can the Government work alongside the World Bank better to ensure that we improve the help that the World Bank can provide to support displaced people?”

“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?”

“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?”

“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…”

“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 …”

“The British public increasingly feel that development aid has sadly lost its clarity of purpose. While I accept that there are multiple objectives behind aid, and that of course lifting the world’s poorest out of poverty has long been at the heart of the FCDO’s mission, a reset in the social contract around development…”

“6. What assessment he has made of the value for money of official development assistance spending on in-donor refugee costs.”

“Does my hon. and gallant Friend accept that there is increased accountability in the Water (Special Measures) Act through the fact that many companies in the industry are now rewriting their articles of association to ensure that they are accountable not just to shareholders, but to the customers and users of water?”

“My hon. and gallant Friend makes an impassioned case for public ownership—something that, in the right context, I am sure Members on all sides of the House can celebrate. On the point about the cost of financing to the public, though, does he agree that while there are some serious indiscretions in parts of the industr…”

“On this point about national interest, how does that sit against what a lot of people are calling for, which is a localisation agenda or a partnership approach? That has been increasingly prized in the sector.”

“Briefly, is that not our rallying cry and one that perhaps appeals to some of the people who are losing trust in the idea that there is an international system?”

“To follow up on that, I think that tackling downstream migration is something of a collective action problem in the same way as climate change is. Given that, as you rightly said, it is in the UK’s national interest to get a handle on it and tackle it upstream, or perhaps through a Marshall plan sort of idea, how do yo…”

“On this point about national interest, how does that sit against what a lot of people are calling for, which is a localisation agenda or a partnership approach? That has been increasingly prized in the sector.”

“I have a few more questions about the fungibility of these different sources. In your mind, where is it that development finance can step in to fill the void left by ODA, and where can it not do so?”

“Turning to other sources—perhaps philanthropy, or investment—which alternative sources in your mind can be the most effective in replacing some of the efforts that will be lost through traditional ODA?”

“Briefly, is that not our rallying cry and one that perhaps appeals to some of the people who are losing trust in the idea that there is an international system?”

“To follow up on that, I think that tackling downstream migration is something of a collective action problem in the same way as climate change is. Given that, as you rightly said, it is in the UK’s national interest to get a handle on it and tackle it upstream, or perhaps through a Marshall plan sort of idea, how do yo…”

“I have a few more questions about the fungibility of these different sources. In your mind, where is it that development finance can step in to fill the void left by ODA, and where can it not do so?”

“Turning to other sources—perhaps philanthropy, or investment—which alternative sources in your mind can be the most effective in replacing some of the efforts that will be lost through traditional ODA?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”