Speeches by Anderson.

“I thank the Chancellor for her Budget, and the whole Treasury team for the conversations I have had with them about aid, our high streets and child poverty. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Harwich and North Essex (Sir Bernard Jenkin), although we absolutely do not agree on the significance of Brexit. Nei…”

“It is estimated that about 4% of homes will be affected in my constituency. I have really looked into this matter, and the surcharge being added to their bills is a fair way of redistributing our tax. This surcharge applies to a very small number of people who are able to afford it. What do we get in return? A fairer s…”

“It is important that we are here together today, as four countries united in support for Ukraine, and we really are. Oleksandr, what more would you ask us to do, such as better, joined-up sanctions? Is there anything you think that the international community can do to join up better on those? Is there anything we can …”

“I join many others here in welcoming the recent progress on the war in Ukraine at the G20, in Geneva and most recently. Putin is continuing to circumvent sanctions via other countries. Will the coalition of the willing work with those other countries, as the Prime Minister has explained will happen, to ensure that that…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for introducing this debate. She has mentioned the number of people who signed the petition, which includes 715 people from my constituency. They will have given money to many of the UK aid agencies that are trying to get this aid in urgently. Does my hon. Friend agree that all the aid getting th…”

“The Minister is a passionate advocate for women’s health. Does she agree that the reason for this disease often being overlooked and for the stigma she has talked about is that women are five times more likely than men to get it? Will she support clear funding, accountability and deadlines within the welcome plan that …”

“That is very concerning. In your experience, who are the main actors responsible for the transnational repression of journalism in the UK, and what are their tactics?”

“That is extremely worrying to hear, and I am sorry for all that you have endured. For a US citizen, or for our constituents here in the UK—perhaps this question is for Jon and for Nina—why do you think people should be concerned about foreign information manipulation and interference? What is the impact on the ordinary…”

“That would be very helpful. You talked at the beginning about the 20 donors that have come together in a coalition. Is that in response to these cuts, bringing together other countries prepared to do that funding to bridge some of the gap? What will be the remaining gaps? You have highlighted eastern Europe as where yo…”

“How will the proposed cuts to the UK overseas development grants impact media freedoms globally? We have talked about the US cuts; what is your assessment of the UK reduction?”

“Do you have any further breakdown of the $30 million of cuts? Which were the main countries that the UK was focusing its support on, in terms of media freedom?”

“The Committee has received evidence calling for the UK to place China on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme. Do you think that is necessary in the context of combating the transnational repression of journalism?”

“Yes. What are the best things we can do here in the UK?”

“Could more be done? What other advice would you give?”

“Russia, China and Iran are the three that were mentioned in the previous panels. Who would you say is operating in the UK?”

“Who is doing that? Is it the state actors we have been talking about?”

“That is very concerning. In your experience, who are the main actors responsible for the transnational repression of journalism in the UK, and what are their tactics?”

“I will come on to talk more about the effect of this in the UK, but first, could you outline what the threats are? With Russia spending so much money on this, what is in it for them? What are they hoping to achieve? What is the problem with all of this? I can understand it, but maybe you can just outline it a bit more.…”

“Just to follow up on that, is there a unit in the Brazilian Government that deals with this and, from your experience, what makes that effective in identifying foreign disinformation. We heard from the previous panel about foreign malign actors masquerading as local citizens. We were talking about America and the UK an…”

“Thank you. That is depressing, but helpful.”