Speeches by Rushworth.

“9. Whether the Church of England is taking steps to help ensure that its ownership of mineral rights to lithium in Weardale contributes to economic growth in that area.”

“I thank my hon. and gallant Friends the Members for North East Derbyshire (Louise Jones) and for Leyton and Wanstead (Mr Bailey) for their questions. Can the Minister confirm that this agreement will close potentially dangerous routes for irregular migration? Is that possibly one of the reasons the Conservatives opened…”

“I have seen for myself the access beyond where the state can go, in work that I did before I was an MP. Would you say that using local organisations to provide access imposes additional risks to their safety?”

“A question about localisation, firstly to you, Bethan. What advantages do you find in working with local organisations when helping displaced people?”

“A lot of people who work for you on the ground are former soldiers, part of DDR programmes. It is rumoured that thousands of them have been put on notice due to cuts. Is that correct and what is the impact of that?”

“Yes.”

“May I ask one more question?”

“Does that include the clearance of landmines?”

“What are the obligations of assistance?”

“I want to ask about the international legal framework, particularly to you, Hélène. We are looking for solutions, so is there anything that you think we should be promoting?”

“You pre-empted my last question, which is whether you will let us know if you see examples, because it is so important that this Committee and the Government understand the human costs of our decisions.”

“I appreciate that.”

“Could I pick up on a point that Beth Lewis made in her first response? Beth talked about the need to ensure that funding was more easily available for some of these local organisations. I presume that they may be on the frontline of the cuts that we are seeing many countries in the world introduce. Is that your experie…”

“When a larger international NGO is engaging local actors, who is responsible for their safety? Is it left to their own risk assessments and evaluations, or does the NGO play a more active role in evaluating that risk?”

“I have seen for myself the access beyond where the state can go, in work that I did before I was an MP. Would you say that using local organisations to provide access imposes additional risks to their safety?”

“Daphne, building on that, can you think of any examples where the information that local organisations can provide assists with the UK’s diplomatic and humanitarian response?”

“A question about localisation, firstly to you, Bethan. What advantages do you find in working with local organisations when helping displaced people?”

“Yes.”

“This is another issue that gained quite significant support: 30 MPs signed the application, including MPs from the Conservatives, Lib Dems, Reform, three different Irish parties and quite a lot of Labour MPs. Why does this matter? It is important to our constituents and it is also very personal to me. In the UK, on ave…”

“We let people know that as well. When we were asking for signatures, we did explicitly say, “Please do not just put your name to it if you are not willing to come.” Sam Rushworth made representations.”