Speeches by Law.

“There has been a huge amount of progress towards what a good devolution settlement for Cornwall should look like, but it is also increasingly evident since Storm Goretti that part of that deal has to be infrastructure resilience. I really welcome the idea that we pilot some of these storm resilience measures, but will …”

“I am delighted to hear that story, for the first time, of St Piran smelting tin. Does my hon. Friend agree that, if St Piran could have a tin smelter in the fifth century AD, it is not too much of a stretch to imagine we could have one today in Cornwall, and that we would once again smelt tin?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for giving way again. I welcome his statement on the Green Book review. It is really important that we get infrastructure investment in place. Does he agree with me that the Labour Government are already doing an awful lot, whether that is record funding for roads or the record local government f…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that Cornwall is not just a proud Celtic nation, but also a functional economic geography in its own right?”

“I greatly welcome the advocacy work of the charities that my hon. Friend mentions, as well as the grassroots work of charities, which are increasingly not funded directly by ODA. I welcome the work that they do; it is really important that we build a coherent view of the financing, investment and donor ecosystem that w…”

“I declare an interest as a former employee of BII. Might I gently share my disagreement with the right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) and my hon. Friend the Chair on this point? Although it is incredibly important that our development finance institutions adhere to the FCDO’s st…”

“The Government are cutting our aid budget by a third, from 0.5% to 0.3% of gross national income, by 2027—the steepest reduction in a generation, driven by the defence spending review. Much has already been said on this matter, and I am not here simply to oppose the cuts or argue that, in the current climate, we must i…”

“Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?”

“Very briefly, Avinash, what do you think of the work of the London Coalition? How looped into that are you, and does it address some of these points that you have raised?”

“Debt reform. I believe there are some climate aspects to those discussions.”

“May, do you have anything to add on how the UK can better adapt its policies to support climate-vulnerable countries to access finance?”

“To both of you: taking stock of what you have said about the UK’s current climate finance approach, how well aligned is it to the needs and priorities of climate-vulnerable countries?”

“Dishon, I was wondering about the challenges you face at grassroots when trying to access this funding. You mentioned direct funding from FCDO but how is it in terms of getting access? What barriers do you face in terms of getting access to that funding?”

“To segue this question back to Avinash, it seems that there is some agreement that our very immediate focus and immediate use of resources should be on adaptation and response, as you mentioned earlier, Avinash, just to check that that is agreed on. Are you then saying that actually for that longer-term mitigation work…”

“I guess that also links to the capacity building needs that we heard about in our earlier session. Avinash, very briefly, do you have anything to add on the barriers to accessing the UK’s climate finance currently?”

“Very briefly, would you describe the ringfencing concept you have just described as a top-down approach?”

“May, do you have anything to add on how the UK can better adapt its policies to support climate-vulnerable countries to access finance?”

“Very briefly, Avinash, what do you think of the work of the London Coalition? How looped into that are you, and does it address some of these points that you have raised?”

“Very briefly, would you describe the ringfencing concept you have just described as a top-down approach?”

“To both of you: taking stock of what you have said about the UK’s current climate finance approach, how well aligned is it to the needs and priorities of climate-vulnerable countries?”