Speeches by Naish.

“The Minister knows that I really admire the work she is doing in this space, and my intervention is more of a query than anything else. She has mentioned the warm homes plan; is a sense emerging of how many of the 5 million properties we are targeting through that plan might be fed by district heating and associated te…”

“On that point, could the Government not help the industry by also ensuring that there is an overarching geothermal regulatory regime, which I think it is fair to say we do not really have yet in the UK? Would the hon. Gentleman support that being brought forward?”

“I would be looked on badly if I did not briefly mention the British Geological Survey, which is based in my constituency. The hon. Member talks about what is happening in Europe, but does he agree that in the British Geological Survey in this country we have one of the world’s experts in studying geology and geothermal…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her work as Chair of the International Development Committee, on which I sit. Earlier today, I had the privilege of meeting representatives from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to hear at first hand about its lifesaving work. Gavi has, of course, played a pivotal role in ensuring that millions of…”

“It is worth reflecting on the fact that UK service personnel are obviously key to the defence of our country, and those cuts started during the time when the Liberal Democrats were in government. The hon. Member talked about his party regretting the actions of this Government. Does he regret the decision to start cutti…”

“To follow up on that, we do not yet have clarity from the Government as to where the cuts will fall. We have heard them talk about essentially—although they have not used these words exactly—protecting aid spend to Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, but that of course leaves countries like yours that are not being talked about i…”

“Katy, we want to turn our attention specifically to children. I think 30% of the world’s population are children, but 40% of all forcibly displaced people are children. That has been growing over time. How do you ensure that you meet the growing need of displaced children to continue to receive an appropriate education…”

“What other broader services or support mechanisms are required for those children for them to be able to access those life skills as effectively as possible? Counselling might be an example. What other things need to be done to make sure that these children are able to access the broader skills and education offer?”

“Practically then for those children, what form does that protection take?”

“Before I switch across, I will ask you about direct cash assistance. Is that something that you are involved with, Katy? What do you see is working well and what are some of the challenges associated with that?”

“Tinebeb, do you share that view? Where would you see cash working or maybe not working as effectively with these communities?”

“ActionAid obviously does development work and humanitarian work. How is your time split between the two? Does that change depending on the types of groups that you are working with?”

“To follow up on that, we do not yet have clarity from the Government as to where the cuts will fall. We have heard them talk about essentially—although they have not used these words exactly—protecting aid spend to Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, but that of course leaves countries like yours that are not being talked about i…”

“Katy, we want to turn our attention specifically to children. I think 30% of the world’s population are children, but 40% of all forcibly displaced people are children. That has been growing over time. How do you ensure that you meet the growing need of displaced children to continue to receive an appropriate education…”

“What other broader services or support mechanisms are required for those children for them to be able to access those life skills as effectively as possible? Counselling might be an example. What other things need to be done to make sure that these children are able to access the broader skills and education offer?”

“Practically then for those children, what form does that protection take?”

“Before I switch across, I will ask you about direct cash assistance. Is that something that you are involved with, Katy? What do you see is working well and what are some of the challenges associated with that?”

“Tinebeb, do you share that view? Where would you see cash working or maybe not working as effectively with these communities?”

“ActionAid obviously does development work and humanitarian work. How is your time split between the two? Does that change depending on the types of groups that you are working with?”

“I want to come back to the embassy. I have been contacted by several constituents on this matter. At 700,000 square feet, it would be China’s largest embassy in Europe. As we know from the incident at the Manchester consulate in 2022, such an embassy would be contributing to the transnational repression that Hongkonger…”