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“Finally, coming back to Ms Park, what role can the UK play in encouraging a more pragmatic approach to working with the Taliban administration on these returns and migration matters?”

“Finally, coming back to Ms Park, what role can the UK play in encouraging a more pragmatic approach to working with the Taliban administration on these returns and migration matters?”

“Very briefly, you have said that engagement is not endorsement, but perhaps you could outline any further concrete suggestions for how we might strengthen that collaboration and perhaps even influence the situation for the better.”

“Does the Minister share my disbelief that the Tories continue to trot out the line that the Government are auctioning off wind power at a high price, while simultaneously neglecting to mention the levelised cost of electricity for thermal power, which is at least as high but takes a lot longer to deploy? Let us bust th…”

“9. What assessment he has made of the level of threat from Russia.”

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“As we have heard, we are in a new era of modern warfare, in which cheap drones, costing thousands of pounds, can knock out systems costing millions. The defence investment plan reflects that new reality, and I welcome the £5 billion set aside for drones, but what steps is the Minister taking to invest in the fightback …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Murrison. I declare my interest as a member of GMB union, and of Unite, which represents so many of the china clay workers in my constituency. That is one reason I welcome so warmly this Government’s £120 million package for the ceramics industry. I particularly wel…”

“As my hon. Friend the Member for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon) pointed out, the critical minerals industry lacks wider support through the British industrial competitiveness scheme and the supercharger scheme, but so does upstream china clay production. That is a huge concern for a supply chain industry that suppo…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that a proper regulator for the property management sector, far from being anti-growth, would be a pro-growth measure bringing transparency and good functioning to these incredibly opaque markets that exploit leaseholders and renters?”

“The shadow Minister speaks of the need for ambition, but does he not agree that there is little that is more ambitious than breaking the link between the cost of gas and electricity, which so many of our constituents have called on us to do in recent months?”

“Thank you for the clarification. We have heard that private finance is not a panacea, obviously, so what is the FCDO’s assessment of the risks of depending on that private capital to meet the UK’s climate finance needs?”

“In the light of the ODA cuts, have there been any attempts to shift that proportion even further so that even more non-ODA sources contribute to the £11.6 billion, to free up ODA for other uses?”

“That is something we have heard from a lot of witnesses in this inquiry. You mentioned that you try to manage that risk, but are there any guardrails that you use to ensure that you get sufficient private capital mobilisation? For instance, there will be a mobilisation ratio required at the BII level, but how much do t…”

“Can I push you a bit further? Speaking candidly, I think you are probably the first person I have ever heard describe the African Development bank as dynamic, but that is very heartening to hear. On that trade-off between multilateral and bilateral investment, I totally hear what you are saying about our negotiating le…”

“Perhaps a clarification from officials is best on this question anyway. The figure of £6.7 billion of mobilisation was mentioned. Is that aligned with our £11.6 billion climate finance commitment? Are those two equivalent? If so, it strikes me as a rather low mobilisation ratio.”

“You have sort of answered my next question, which was about how we get better collaboration among some of those climate finance tools, but could you give a few more practical examples? We know that BII and UKEF will be delivering the lion’s share of climate finance—I do not know if you would call it that. Could you giv…”

“Minister, coming back to Monica Harding’s point about the UK’s assets at work in developing countries, does it not concern you that it is not more front of mind for the FCDO during this shift from donor to investor that those are the British public’s assets at work, and they will not just disappear off into the ether—w…”

“We would certainly like to hear more about the Ethiopian example, if you would be able to write to us. Coming to the ethics of this, private finance is not subject to the same safeguards as public spending—we have very strong safeguards in place for a lot of our development finance institutions—which can worsen inequal…”

“Very briefly, if we are doing that and communicating it better, even if we are not recouping the capital, if it does remain in place, remains at work and grows over time, is there not a case that that potentially reduces our obligation to spend in future years? Do you find that a compelling argument to make to the publ…”