Speeches by Gilbert.

“Overnight, the Israeli Government have issued one of the largest evacuation orders seen in the last 20 months. The Minister with responsibility for the middle east, my hon. Friend the Member for Lincoln (Mr Falconer), has appeared before this House to make statements and respond to questions on numerous occasions. Howe…”

“A lot of these budgets are about to be replenished in the near future, including the Global Fund, which the UK is hosting. Will the UK’s contribution remain or will that be reduced as part of the ODA cut?”

“Just because if that is the evidence base for the change of direction, I think it is very important that we know that—”

“Can I press you further on that? On the figures, you are saying 18% of what, 18% of how many people that were taking part in the survey?”

“I just wanted to press you a little bit. You said in some of your opening remarks when you were talking about charity and aid that this is a conversation with the public and this is evidenced. I wanted to press you a bit further on that. Can you tell me about why you think that is the public’s perception and what evide…”

“I am happy to jump forward there. Given the limited avenues for holding perpetrators to account at an international level, would you support an amendment to domestic legislation to provide for the exercise of universal jurisdiction over international crimes such as war crimes?”

“I have one further question on that. Will the £2 billion that the UK committed to the World Bank International Development Association be maintained?”

“I want to go back to multilateral and bilateral spending. You have touched on some of it and you said that none of these budgets will be protected. Is that correct?”

“A report on the economic impact of the University of Edinburgh found that its education exports alone amounted to £1.8 billion in the 2021-22 academic year. What engagement will my right hon. Friend have with the university to ensure that the proposals brought forward today do not have any adverse impact on our world-c…”

“Thank you both for your contributions. I heard what you said about having a new staff team who are getting to know your style, and that all takes time to develop. That has been helpful, and things are improving—you can see that. You also spoke about better communications to new MPs so that we are better equipped to dea…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his statement following yet another appalling turn of events towards Gaza by the Israeli Government. In a Westminster Hall debate in February, I said I feared that “if the occupation continues, it will become increasingly difficult to apply international law to the situation on the ground.”—[…”

“Are the Liberal Democrats supportive of the views in the Cass review? I do not think that that has been stated on the public record as yet.”

“Dr Cass was clear in her review that the model of care for people with gender incongruence, and particularly for children and young people, needs to be changed to take into account their holistic care needs. Will the Minister update us on her Department’s progress in implementing those findings?”

“Yes, by default.”

“This is similar to the question I put to your colleagues. Given that we now have more women MPs—about 40%—and the three Deputy Speakers are all women, do you still think it is important to have a process in place to secure at least one woman as a Deputy Speaker or Speaker?”

“Yes, by default.”

“I will touch on a point that you raised. With this Parliament having the highest number of women MPs—at 40%—and with the three Deputy Speakers all being women, do you think that there should still be a requirement to keep the balance of having at least one woman voted in?”

“This is similar to the question I put to your colleagues. Given that we now have more women MPs—about 40%—and the three Deputy Speakers are all women, do you still think it is important to have a process in place to secure at least one woman as a Deputy Speaker or Speaker?”

“I will touch on a point that you raised. With this Parliament having the highest number of women MPs—at 40%—and with the three Deputy Speakers all being women, do you think that there should still be a requirement to keep the balance of having at least one woman voted in?”

“Does my right hon. Friend agree that there is an opportunity for significant economic growth in Scotland from getting right a just transition from oil and gas to clean power? In my constituency, the landing space at the port of Leith previously used by the oil and gas sector has been transformed by investment from Fort…”