Speeches by Taylor.

“Lewis, you sort of answered the next question I had, which was whether or not the process of bidding has become easier to navigate since the transition to the ISF. Do either of you want to comment on that?”

“Eva, is there anything you want to add to that point?”

“Noting what you have said there about the fund’s strength being that it was catalytic money that was short term and noting the point you made about long term, but just on that short-term funding that is there, at the moment it is being delivered through a cross-Government funding mechanism. It is under review at the mo…”

“Mike, can I have a better answer?”

“That is a good point, Mike, and one I think that a number of us on the Committee worry about. Yes, it is good to see that Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan are potentially going to have their funding protected, but as a long-term Syria watcher, that is my worry, too: that not only there but other places as well might flare up an…”

“Mike, is there anything you want to add to that?”

“Thanks for your answer, Mike. I want to specifically talk about the project that you just mentioned in Syria. Where we expected to see sectarian violence with the fall of Assad, we are thankfully so far not seeing that, notwithstanding the incident on the coast a few months ago. By and large, we are seeing relative cal…”

“These funds have been integrated across Government. Could you outline for us the advantages of that approach and perhaps some of the challenges of that approach?”

“I thank the hon. Member for Reigate (Rebecca Paul) for securing this debate, and I join her and my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Adam Jogee) in listing a couple of great community pubs. In Hemel Hempstead, they include the best newcomer pub of the year, the Anchor in Bourne End, and 2025 pub of the y…”

“I agree what a good model that is. Does the right hon. Member agree it is a model the Government could consider using for other things? An international finance facility for education has been released in the last few years. Does she agree that the Government could consider adopting this model across a range of differe…”

“4. What steps his Department is taking to support innovation in Hertfordshire.”

“I was fortunate enough to visit the British Standards Institution in Hemel Hempstead recently to see its work helping businesses to deliver better products and drive towards a more sustainable planet. Its research shows that 78% of UK companies increase turnover and productivity because of the BSI’s standards. What ste…”

“In what circumstances would the Government use Magnitsky sanctions against individuals suspected of committing or being complicit in breaches of IHL?”

“I want to ask a question about the balance between multilateral and bilateral spending and where your head is at the moment. Notwithstanding the points that you made about Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine, there is an argument to say that if your focus is on extreme poverty, the MDBs will have more impact if we plough the rest …”

“It is a pleasure to speak under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I rise to speak in favour of clause 78, which tackles the growing scourge of criminals using high-tech devices to steal from hard-working people, because I know how important this is in my community. For 14 years, between 2010 and 2024, crime in my patch double…”

“Yesterday, I wrote to Glastonbury festival, urging it to remove this music group from its line-up because they have allegedly called for the murder of Conservative colleagues in this House, and because we have seen footage of them appearing to show support for Hezbollah and Hamas, including by waving a flag of a proscr…”

“I rise to support clause 96, a necessary update to the law that reflects the reality facing many of our communities. Drug misuse comes in many forms and continues to drive crime, harm and deep personal suffering. Hemel Hempstead has a long-standing drug issue going back several decades. Indeed, drugs were a significant…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. In Hemel Hempstead, antisocial behaviour is regularly at the top of my inbox. Ahead of joining the Committee, I carried out information-gathering exercises in addition to my regular surgery and casework, including a recent public event alongside the polic…”

“My hon. Friend makes an important point. I have spoken about members of my family who have suffered drug abuse; sometimes that did lead to antisocial behaviour and they suffered the penalties of it. It is right that we need to look at dealing with some of the root causes. This issue is a scourge in my community and it …”

“The hon. Member is being a bit unfair. The Bill is not being presented in isolation. As a Government, we are also recruiting 13,000 new officers, a starting point to getting neighbourhood policing back in a fit and proper state. Does he not welcome that move?”