Speeches by Mathew.

“I completely agree with the right hon. Lady and thank her for raising that point. A third of children under five in El Fasher are suffering from acute malnutrition, and some are resorting to eating animal feed and plant waste to survive. I would hope that everything possible will be done to allow humanitarian corridors…”

“Yes.”

“Yes, and to what extent that is valued by development partners.”

“I want to take this in a slightly different direction—although I appreciate that last question—in terms of the way ICAI works with development partners and hears from them how things are going. Institutional memory is incredibly important, and that usually resides among the partners, rather than FCDO.”

“At your pre-appointment hearing, you said that you would seek to increase ICAI’s impact. What plans have you put in place to increase ICAI’s impact?”

“Moving on to upcoming reviews, in the first report of this commission, ICAI said that it would look at specific issues across multiple reviews. On which specific cross-review issues will ICAI focus during this commission and why?”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments, and I agree with him. Will the Government do for Tawila what was not done for El Geneina, Zamzam, or El Fasher, and recognise its precariousness before it is too late? Will the Government use every diplomatic pressure and avenue available to secure guarantees that humanitari…”

“I heartily agree with the hon. Member. Humanitarian workers are also under threat, and I commend the work being done as we speak by groups like Doctors without Borders—MSF—and the International Committee of the Red Cross. MSF has been treating hundreds fleeing El Fasher over the last week, including men, women and chil…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. I thank the hon. Member for Crawley (Peter Lamb) for securing this important debate. The statistics are stark—as stark as bright light coming around the corner at night on a dark country road. The RAC tells us that four in five drivers complain of bright vehicl…”

“1. What steps the Church of England is taking to help support persecuted Christians in other countries.”

“Next month marks the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, when congregations across the world will pray for those persecuted for their faith. That includes those in Sudan, where many Christians have been abducted and killed and more than 100 churches have been targeted for damage in recent years. I as…”

“It might be useful to hear from you on that as well, Mr Falconer, because you are FCDO—you are the diplomat in the room.”

“Could I go back to the point that I mentioned earlier? There may be much more common ground with those other partners than the US over this, and collectively you may have more impact in affecting the United States. My question is, will you look at that question and engage in at least a conversation with the other partn…”

“That is pretty much it from me.”

“On that point, as I understand it the partners are the US, the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada and Norway. You mentioned that article 7.1 says “would contribute to or undermine peace and security”; I think I can broadly say that we get the importance of the F-35. Looking at the list of partners, I can ima…”

“It is a pleasure to speak under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for presenting this important petition debate. The fact that the petition has more than 122,000 signatures, with 244 from my own constituency, is an indictment of our current system. We a…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Derby North (Catherine Atkinson) for introducing this really important debate. In my maiden speech over a year ago, in a railways debate, I spoke about the state of the railways in my constituency and the need to open a station—Devizes Gateway—to bring back a service to the town lost since t…”

“A workshop taking place in Bath this morning brings together key stakeholders from the rail industry and local authorities. It focuses on the development of rail services in Wiltshire, and will include the case for building a Devizes gateway station and increasing services in Melksham. Following Network Rail’s Wiltshir…”

“It is an honour to speak under your chairship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy (Melanie Ward) for bringing this vital debate to Westminster Hall. Before I try to address some of the many important points made in today’s debate, I would like to say that this matter is very close to my …”

“As the Member for Melksham and Devizes, I represent many rural villages and communities, a number of which I visited over recess. I have long been struck by the importance of the village pub as a hub of community—a place for good conversation and friendly banter, and for connecting with friends and neighbours, which is…”