Speeches by Taylor.

“How important do you see development education being, and what is the current state of it in the UK school system? What needs to be done to improve it? My personal view is that those cuts 10 years ago undermined public support—maybe not immediately, but in the years since. Where is the new generation of people coming f…”

“Could you just reiterate the stats you mentioned earlier—the numbers that we are talking about?”

“What is the panel’s assessment of the Government’s record on communicating the results of UK aid and development with the British public, including the implications of the cuts that were made to development education many years ago?”

“What is the panel’s assessment of the Government’s record on communicating the results of UK aid and development with the British public, including the implications of the cuts that were made to development education many years ago?”

“I want to follow up on the cuts overseas. It would be great if you could elaborate on what you think the implications of these will be.”

“How important do you see development education being, and what is the current state of it in the UK school system? What needs to be done to improve it? My personal view is that those cuts 10 years ago undermined public support—maybe not immediately, but in the years since. Where is the new generation of people coming f…”

“Could you just reiterate the stats you mentioned earlier—the numbers that we are talking about?”

“I want to follow up on the cuts overseas. It would be great if you could elaborate on what you think the implications of these will be.”

“I associate myself with the remarks of my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion), the Chair of the Select Committee—of which I am a member—and the remarks of others who have spoken about the horrors unfolding in front of our eyes. We have heard reports that Tawila is next. There are 650,000 people there,…”

“I welcome today’s announcement. I want to ask about the transfer to council and mayoral oversight in the context of a challenge I have locally. I have an amazing local police force in Hemel police. Officers often encounter instances of individuals and families who are responsible for antisocial behaviour affecting thei…”

“I associate myself with the remarks made by my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (John Slinger) yesterday. He noted that in previous conflicts, concerted efforts had been made to bring in some form of UN peacekeeping force, but unfortunately, that does not seem very popular in today’s world. I will forgive the Minister …”

“On that point, will the Minister give way?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Peter Lamb) for securing this important debate, for bringing this issue to national attention and indeed—forgive the pun—for shining a light on it. [Hon. Members: “Ooh.”] I know, I could not resist; I apologise…”

“But how?”

“I agree, and we do not spend enough time on it in Parliament either. The point about the length of time is really valid, because what alarms me, and I am sure others, is that we heard some of the reports about arms being smuggled in months and months ago, yet the situation has not changed. The warnings that we are gett…”

“Thank you, Minister; it is good to see you again. Just to pick up on some of what the Chair has said, the reports coming from some of these NGOs are suggesting another Srebrenica. Many of us in the room signed the memorial book for that; I really hope that we will not be signing memorial books for what is happening in …”

“But how?”

“I agree, and we do not spend enough time on it in Parliament either. The point about the length of time is really valid, because what alarms me, and I am sure others, is that we heard some of the reports about arms being smuggled in months and months ago, yet the situation has not changed. The warnings that we are gett…”

“Thank you, Minister; it is good to see you again. Just to pick up on some of what the Chair has said, the reports coming from some of these NGOs are suggesting another Srebrenica. Many of us in the room signed the memorial book for that; I really hope that we will not be signing memorial books for what is happening in …”

“But how?”