Speeches by Anderson.

“So it is each Department plus others?”

“Back on the funding, you said that if this is warfare, the scale of it is enormous and there is a huge uplift of funding to the Ministry of Defence. Will some of the funding for this work across Government—in the way that the units are shared across different Departments—be able to come out of defence spending, given t…”

“I have one more question on the funding.”

“I commend the Secretary of State for the care that he is taking to work as fast possible for the victims, survivors and veterans families, who need to hear answers, while making sure that this is legally correct. I echo the comments about the South East Fermanagh Foundation quilts, which remind us of the need to get th…”

“I welcome the change of approach that the Minister has outlined—a change from a paternalism to partnership—and I welcome the listening way in which it has been done. I am concerned that poverty reduction was not mentioned in the statement—neither were sustainable development goals, or working with local organisations o…”

“I am talking about the potential atrocities. What immediate actions are you taking to ensure that the atrocities witnessed in El Fasher, which you mentioned, are prevented from occurring in Kordofan?”

“With 12 million people displaced, 150,000 people killed in the conflict and over 30 million people requiring humanitarian assistance, we can see exactly why you are putting such priority on this. You mentioned the UAE being part of the Quad; I would like to ask about UK arms export licences. It is alleged that British …”

“Following on from the questions about US policy, there seems to be a pattern of attack by the US Government on British Muslims, and in particular on the Mayor of London. I am a very proud London MP—proud of our diversity, which you mentioned. What would you say about those attacks on our mayor and the false information…”

“What are the blockers stopping that?”

“I would like to ask about the west bank. Violence is decreasing in Gaza, but to have peace in Palestine there needs to be peace across all the areas. Violence and military operations have increased in the west bank; food prices have tripled, which is extremely destabilising; and 1,000 Palestinians have been injured in …”

“You mentioned the peace process and the political process, and it is constantly raised with me and others that there are not enough women involved. When you see the peace talks, there are a lot of men going in and out. The women of Sudan feel that they should be involved. We have very good experience of involving women…”

“I thank the Minister for giving way and for the good news about looking into the possibility of rolling out screening across the whole country, especially bearing in mind the evidence from Italy, where the good has been shown to outweigh the potential downsides. I look forward to getting involved in that consultation. …”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. I have also met Hilary, Clarissa’s mum, and heard about her death and the fact that a simple electrocardiogram test can save lives. It is chilling to think that my daughters could face this. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is shocking that exercise can triple the…”

“I mean those things that are not strictly military but are security related.”

“Yes. Is there a live conversation with the MOD about that?”

“I am just wondering about the security development interface, which you mentioned. In the past, there has been a transfer of ODA money to the Home Office for asylum costs; have there been similar discussions about a budget transfer with the MOD, about increasing security costs that might not need to be paid for out of …”

“I think we will ask about where you have got to on that in the future, when you have done that review.”

“Could you go into how you are doing the restructuring and how that is mapping on to the ministerial aims of the Department? Will you explain about the migration and conflict directorate which, I understand from the press, is being cut. I do not have in front of me a map of how you are taking the number of directorates …”

“I want to follow on from the questions about staffing, and the risk of losing people with development expertise. It is widely reported that morale is very low among development experts because of the cuts. There is a risk of losing expertise on making bilateral payments—so the understanding of the organisations in-coun…”

“That could mean increasing expert staff—”