Speeches by Harding.

“My constituent Alison runs Stepping Stones nursery school, which has been operating in my constituency for 30 years, offering wraparound care to busy families. The increase in employers’ national insurance contributions alone will cost it £16,000 a year and it is still struggling with an increase in utility costs, whil…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Lewell-Buck. I thank the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (John Lamont), who secured this debate, and I thank those who signed today’s petition. I would like to point out, as other Members have done, the unintended consequences of this policy, whi…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright) for organising this important debate and for his continued work scrutinising this legislation. The Online Safety Act was a landmark step towards making the internet a …”

“Can the Minister explain what she meant when she said that Ofcom had to ensure that the codes were as judicial review-proofed as possible? Surely Ofcom’s approach should be to ensure that the codes protect vulnerable users, rather than be judicial review-proofed.”

“Thank you very much, Chair. I am here to speak to an application on behalf of the International Development Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee for an estimates day debate on the spending of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Both Committees are travelling on visits this week, so the Chairs are u…”

“The former United States Defence Secretary Jim Mattis once said: “If you don’t fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately.” Can the Prime Minister not see that funding this uplift through official development assistance is short-sighted and a strategic and moral mistake, because prev…”

“Yes. I do not think this will go away.”

“T6. President Trump and Elon Musk slashing US aid was a great day for Russia and China. Will the Foreign Secretary avoid giving them another great day by committing to protect the UK’s development budget, even as we raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP? As he knows, preventing wars is cheaper than fighting them.”

“As a parent of four teenagers, I do battle on screen time every single day—so much so that my children actually thought I was coming into Parliament to give screen time to the nation. I think it is grossly unfair to blame parents or attribute responsibility to them when most parents are having this battle every single …”

“I am proud that more than 600 Ukrainians have been hosted in my constituency through the Homes for Ukraine programme. Three years on, my constituents stand with Ukraine. They know that Ukraine has protected Europe’s frontline for three years. They know that Ukraine’s fight is one that affects us all, and that if Ukrain…”

“Given the efficacy that you have outlined of the Global Fund and your value for money five-star rating that you also outlined, which was excellent, do you feel optimistic about the replenishment from the UK?”

“This is a question for Jennifer. Can I ask you, given that a donor country will be removed from the outcome of a multilateral spend how does that align with their objectives regarding value for money?”

“Can I ask what you said on this muddying of secondary and primary objectives and how that filtered through to the culture of the organisation? Therefore, managers who were looking at value-for-money programmes and how they measured them.”

“Could you talk about the value for money benefits of flexible funds, such as the Integrated Security Fund?”

“That is brilliant, thank you. Jennifer, coming back to you, what is the impact of rigorous value for money assessments on delivery partners and local organisations on the ground?”

“Abdou, I see you nodding. Is there anything you want to add to that?”

“Jennifer, this is a question for you. The FCDO has not performed a widescale review of multilateral aid since 2016 so what factors should be considered if a new review were to be commissioned?”

“3. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the UK’s leadership on global health and immunisation.”

“The NHS and the UK reap the benefits of our work in global health. Gavi is one of the UK’s greatest success stories: it has inoculated 1 billion children worldwide, but it has also strengthened our health security, keeping us safe from diseases such as Mpox and Ebola. What leadership will the Secretary of State and his…”

“Twenty years ago, Nelson Mandela stood in Trafalgar Square waging a war on poverty. As my hon. Friend will know, he was also the first chair of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, which has inoculated more than 1 billion children and saved 18 million lives. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Labour Government must fulfil their…”