Speeches by Law.

“What, in practice, has been the impact of these cuts on your organisation and others undertaking this atrocity prevention work?”

“Matthew, you mentioned that the lack of accountability is one of the reasons why this is such an acute issue in Myanmar. I am wondering to what extent you think that that is the case the world over for atrocities—that it is that lack of accountability through, for example, courts of international law. We are very aware…”

“I think you have probably more than answered my question, although perhaps I could just dig a little bit deeper into some of the difference between your interpretation, Kate, and yours, Nathaniel, which says essentially that there have been failings at the highest level of Government, from Ministers. These are very ser…”

“This is a question to Will, and then one to you, Minister. Very briefly, has the process for risk assessment and escalation been reviewed and changed since El Fasher?”

“Do you expect that advice to be better to Ministers in future or different in any way?”

“Do you expect that advice to be better to Ministers in future or different in any way?”

“Briefly, Minister, do you think the public is sufficiently aware of the concept of diplomatic leverage that you have outlined? Looking back, do you think there are any instances where the UK Government have got that balance wrong?”

“Thank you. Do you see conflict and atrocity prevention as two separate issues?”

“Thank you for being here, and no pressure, given the gravitas of what we have just heard from the previous panel. What is your vision and ambition for the FCDO’s conflict prevention and atrocity work?”

“Last week I visited Newquay Orchard with the Co-operative party to see at first hand how local people have transformed our green space into a thriving community asset that provides environmental education, mental health support, employability services and many more community activities. Projects such as Newquay Orchard…”

“T3. Even ahead of the global instability this spring, the Labour rural research group was calling for a spring push on farm profitability. Since then, our Government have announced a review of the regulation that farmers face and brought the Groceries Code Adjudicator back in-house at DEFRA to help level the playing fi…”

“Q6. The whole country is united in its horror at the tragic death of Henry Nowak. Will the Prime Minister join me once again in paying tribute to Henry’s family for their courage in the face of this tragedy? Will he also join me in calling for recognition of the serious mistakes made by the police, which we must learn …”

“Do you think it is possible for the Government to encourage that private capital that is already at work to take that correct form, consider those adaptation and mitigation requirements, and make those interventions?”

“Professor Ranger, how important is climate finance? In climate finance do we get private sector investment on top of Government public finance?”

“Turning to you on this topic, Dharshan, the Government’s stated shift from donor to investor places that increasing weight on private finance to meet those commitments. What do you think is the Government’s role in maximising the potential of that private sector investment?”

“That is interesting. You think that the financing gap is a bit of a myth then?”

“As you alluded to earlier, that is feeding through to the cash that your farmers take home at the end of the day. You said there is even a sense of guilt there about the pressure that is being exerted on people’s incomes. Similarly, Deborah alluded to that. Why is it that there is a sense of guilt—if I am describing it…”

“Professor Ranger, how important is climate finance? In climate finance do we get private sector investment on top of Government public finance?”

“As you alluded to earlier, that is feeding through to the cash that your farmers take home at the end of the day. You said there is even a sense of guilt there about the pressure that is being exerted on people’s incomes. Similarly, Deborah alluded to that. Why is it that there is a sense of guilt—if I am describing it…”

“It must be a huge pressure on your cash flows.”