Speeches by Rushworth.

“We see in the bodies of children increased stunting, with the average 10-year-old 1 cm shorter than they were in 2010. How does that square with what the Minister is saying? We see a malnutrition crisis.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for the speech he is making and for putting child poverty at its heart. On educational outcomes, does he agree that auto-enrolling children would mean that schools could take advantage of many of the gateway supports that are premised on how many children at a school are on free school meals? I a…”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Dr Arthur) for bringing the Bill to the House, and join him in paying tribute to our hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Dame Siobhain McDonagh) for her campaigning, and for her powerful speech calling for a revolution in attitudes. I also thank my …”

“As the hon. Lady is explaining very well, invasive lobular breast cancer is not classed as a rare cancer. I am concerned that it would not come within the scope of this Bill, so I gently ask if it could be widened at the next stage. As she says, lobular breast cancer has many characteristics of a rare cancer.”

“I am sure that the Minister shares my wish to see a bit more humility from Conservative Members, given their failure to get the agricultural budget out of the door. [Interruption.] I would ask the Minister—if I could hear myself think—to ensure that every penny in SFI arrangements will be paid to farmers, and also that…”

“Before I was an MP, I used to work in your world, so I am very interested in the issues that you are raising. I am interested to understand, when you were initially working in that situation, what sort of steps your organisation took to prepare you—or firstly to assess and analyse the risks but also to prepare you for …”

“Do you think we are reaching a point, though, in those situations where some NGOs and agencies are just saying, “Do you know what, we just can’t function in this setting any more because we are a target”?”

“They are not doing the de-confliction?”

“If we turn that question around to the level of NGOs and agencies, we are seeing an increase in attacks on aid workers. I think there is a sense that sometimes there is something quite cynical behind that, which is that if you hurt a few aid workers you will get people to pull out of an area. We have also seen examples…”

“What effect, if any, is the increase in aid worker casualties having on the willingness of staff, local or international, to be deployed in insecure environments? That is to either of you, but we will start with Mr Novakovic.”

“Just to be clear, we are not the Government.”

“Thank you. I appreciate that.”

“Steve made a very interesting point that sparks a question. In your experience, do you feel that there is a difference between the way that local and international staff are treated by an international NGO for risk?”

“Are you still working in that world?”

“So it is not just the aftercare? There was very little training beforehand, and little awareness among staff of the situations that you might encounter.”

“Before I was an MP, I used to work in your world, so I am very interested in the issues that you are raising. I am interested to understand, when you were initially working in that situation, what sort of steps your organisation took to prepare you—or firstly to assess and analyse the risks but also to prepare you for …”

“Do you think we are reaching a point, though, in those situations where some NGOs and agencies are just saying, “Do you know what, we just can’t function in this setting any more because we are a target”?”

“They are not doing the de-confliction?”

“If we turn that question around to the level of NGOs and agencies, we are seeing an increase in attacks on aid workers. I think there is a sense that sometimes there is something quite cynical behind that, which is that if you hurt a few aid workers you will get people to pull out of an area. We have also seen examples…”

“What effect, if any, is the increase in aid worker casualties having on the willingness of staff, local or international, to be deployed in insecure environments? That is to either of you, but we will start with Mr Novakovic.”