Speeches by Harding.

“While I understand that tension, do you not think that not having the BBC at the table in these soft power summits means that they lose their voice in a way in which they can promote UK soft power? Given what you have rightly said—that investment into that by other countries means that they have influence—do we not und…”

“Can I ask a follow-up question? Diving into the detail of you moving money to Syria, as you said, where did that money come from? Also, as you are seeing more and more conflicts—there are 120 armed conflicts in the world at the moment—are you finding that you are putting more money into that space?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. I would like the Minister to note that Members have spoken about their unease at the fact that workers in the United Kingdom are making such parts. As the right hon. Member for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (Liam Byrne) pointed out, the UK Government have made a c…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I am pleased to be here to discuss these two important petitions, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Cotswolds (Dr Savage) for opening the debate. The Liberal Democrats have been calling for an immediate bilateral ceasefire since November 202…”

“I support my hon. Friend and pay tribute to her work. I agree with her. Let me turn to the second petition, on immediately revoking all arms export licences to Israel. I fully support that proposal, which my party has been calling on the UK Government to implement since April. Tougher controls on UK arms exports are vi…”

“You are doing a very good job at ignoring all the noise outside and concentrating on us, so I want to congratulate you on that. You have talked a lot about what you would do strategically and the outputs that you want to see. Is there anything about the way that ICAI operates that you would consider changing in your te…”

“Minister Doughty, there is no basis in the strategic export licensing criteria to permit export licences for partial compliance with international humanitarian law, but the decision to suspend some licences implies you judge only partial compliance with IHL. How do you square this with your framework for assessing appl…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark, and I thank the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) for securing the debate. I will give some colour on what is happening in Surrey and my constituency of Esher and Walton. My constituent Polly is 16 years old, and because of her SEND she is unable to travel…”

“My constituency has a higher proportion of business owners, entrepreneurs, and high-growth enterprises and start-ups than many others. One of them wrote to me this week to say that they will cut their operations, and that the Budget has crashed any incentive or possibility for businesses to grow. Does the hon. Member a…”

“We share the concerns of Members on both sides of the House about these attacks. I note that the Minister has spoken to her Bangladeshi counterparts, and urge her to continue to do so. The most recent Foreign Office human rights and democracy report lists Bangladesh as a “human rights priority” country and highlights “…”

“Dame Rosalind, I want to turn to our role as penholder on the UN Security Council and the opportunities that that presents for us in the UK for a diplomatic response.”

“Dame Rosalind, I want to turn to our role as penholder on the UN Security Council and the opportunities that that presents for us in the UK for a diplomatic response.”

“I have a question. I know that famine has been declared in one region but there are 40 more on the brink of famine. Can you give us any more information on that? You also talked about aid workers being killed and under threat. Do you have any figures on that or can you give us any more colour on that, please?”

“I have a question. I know that famine has been declared in one region but there are 40 more on the brink of famine. Can you give us any more information on that? You also talked about aid workers being killed and under threat. Do you have any figures on that or can you give us any more colour on that, please?”

“18. What steps her Department is taking with police forces to tackle violence against women and girls.”

“As the hon. Member for Stourbridge (Cat Eccles) pointed out, coercive control is a criminal offence but it is often overlooked, despite research suggesting that it is the third highest risk factor in domestic homicide. In my surgeries in Esher and Walton, victims have told me that there is not a sufficient understandin…”

“Last week I was in the west bank and saw for myself the incursions by settlers into the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Following recent comments from Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who described in explicit terms the active effort to annex the west bank into Israel, does the Minister agree tha…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the Minister for his kind reassurances to those of us serving on a Bill Committee for the first time. The Liberal Democrats are pleased to support the passage of this Bill, which recognises the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Internat…”

“Shall I turn to the CPA?”

“The Bill provides for international organisation status to be conferred on the CPA. It has promoted and strengthened parliamentary democracy since its establishment in 1911, and it facilitates mutual dialogue and learning. The diversity of experience across the 53 Commonwealth countries provides numerous opportunities …”