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“To press you a bit further on this, do you think you have been clear enough with successive Ministers about that point and with the officials that you work with in the Department to get that message home?”

“So you believe that coherence and reaching strategic goals would deliver better value for money. Does that correctly paraphrase what you are saying?”

“It is interesting that you say that that gets harder as you move down from the programmatic level to the project level. Are you able to describe that dynamic a bit?”

“Despite representing only around 9% of the UK’s economic output, the retail and hospitality sectors contribute around a third of all business rates paid. Does the Minister agree that high streets such as that in St Austell are public goods, and will he ensure that independent small businesses such as those he has descr…”

“To clarify, is that strategic drift with respect to the strategic goal of poverty reduction?”

“With the reduced budget, how do you recommend that the Government maximise the impact and value for money of UK aid going forward?”

“16. What steps he is taking to increase innovation in the defence sector.”

“While I greatly welcome the focus on innovation, cyber-warfare remains one of the areas in which the lines of responsibility may at least appear to be less clear. Given the threats that are proliferating—both abroad, for instance from Russia and the Sahel, and closer to home, even in many of our own in-trays—will the M…”

“While we have heard countless examples of grievances about property service charges today, for many residents, this ultimately boils down to one fundamental issue: disparity. Far be it from me to play devil’s advocate for a broken sector—a market failure—but some residents do face affordable service charges, and benefi…”

“The Leader of the House may have heard my question earlier today to the Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade, my hon. Friend the Member for East Renfrewshire (Blair McDougall), regarding the financing of Cornwall’s industrial potential. Will he meet me and Cornish MPs to discuss how we can bring such issues …”

“Cornwall has a huge role to play in making Britain a clean energy superpower. As Ministers will be aware, much thought has already gone into the making of an industrial strategy for Cornwall. The crucial piece now is to unlock the funding needed for industrial and economic development, particularly in the wake of the s…”

“9. What recent progress he has made on implementing the industrial strategy.”

“Both in Gaza, where grassroots peacebuilders will face the immense task of reconciliation, and here at home, where debate has become dangerously polarised, the peace plan and the two-state solution remain the only credible path forward, and we must all be absolutely clear in condemning Hamas, who have no place in the f…”

“When we talk about maternity and paternity pay, we are also talking about crucial economic infrastructure—the systems that underpin participation, equality, productivity and, crucially, growth. As my hon. Friend the Member for Burton and Uttoxeter (Jacob Collier) put it, it is a public good, not a private indulgence. R…”

“9. What steps her Department plans to take to help increase access to grassroots sport facilities.”

“Access to sport is vital for not only our public health, but fostering a sense of community and reducing antisocial behaviour. Yet in St Austell, many of the astroturf facilities, such as the great one at Penrice school, cannot be used after dark because they lack floodlights. Will the Minister look at how small-scale …”

“To the whole panel, but maybe sticking with Stephanie to start with, it is 25 years since the adoption by the UN of the women, peace and security agenda. What is your assessment of its implementation and the success of that?”

“Thank you. Maybe just briefly, Hanin, is the international community leading by example one of the key changes we need to make here to progress this from warm words and a vision and a commitment to a change in practice? That is what I was getting from Fawzia here.”

“Thank you. Hanin, do you have anything to add on the success of the agenda since its implementation?”

“Fawzia, do you want to comment on the success of the implementation?”