Speeches by Champion.

“The Committee met a lot of people working in this field in Indonesia, and they all said, “People in the UK like protecting animals.” What they meant was that protecting the orangutans in Borneo is more sellable than protecting the forests that the orangutans need to survive. Is that your understanding of where the publ…”

“Matt, you were nodding.”

“Thinking about what you said about humanitarian work, that tends to be work with local people on the ground, while we have seen that climate money tends work more with Governments, businesses and larger groups. Is there a less bureaucratic way in which you are trying to get some of that money down to the local people?”

“We already know about the large gaps in funding for climate adaptation. How do you plan to rebalance to the climate finance spending for ICF4?”

“You have made me more nervous about this. It sounds as though your bit of the money is going to the lower middle. Ros, is there a specific ringfence for the lowest income countries?”

“Does that pull you away from African countries, which historically have had the lowest impact?”

“The Minister is being very generous with his time. I want to take him back to the issue of Speciality Steel, because this is not just about the business itself—it is also about the supply chain. For example, the steel that is made in my constituency goes into Formula 1 cars and almost every plane in the sky. I think ma…”

“As you know, Madam Chair, I have been urging successive Governments for over a decade to back the British steel industry, so it is genuinely a pleasure to be here today as the Government do just that. I support this historic Bill. Steel is essential for the UK’s economy. It supports thousands of well-paid, skilled jobs…”

“Does the Minister share my concern and confusion about the comments made by the right hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart)? I was not sure if he was supporting the nationalisation of British Steel but thought that there was not enough money or that there was too much money. However, he seemed to supp…”

“Will the Minister give way?”

“I thank the hon. Member for the reasoned caveats that he lays out, but in the case of Rotherham, the gangs that were grooming and abusing young children in my constituency were predominantly of Pakistani heritage. That mattered because, had we recognised it early on, we might have been able to disrupt and prevent some …”

“Specifically on the single patient record, the explanatory notes say that it will “allow patient information to be shared with patients and their relevant health and social care providers (such as GPs, hospital doctors, social care workers and others involved in their direct care)”. By my maths, that is probably a coup…”

“Lebanon’s humanitarian flash fund secured less than a third of the money that was required. Some 20% of the Lebanese population is currently displaced, and 40,000 housing units have been destroyed. Lebanon is on the brink of economic collapse and social tensions are rising. I thank the Foreign Secretary for the humanit…”

“There are 61 conflicts raging around the world, and I have never known international diplomatic relationships to be more fractured. The FCDO is pushing through 40% cuts of aid and 25% cuts of staff, all under the watch of the permanent secretary, so can I ask the Prime Minister what risk assessment was carried out befo…”

“I welcome this Bill and this Government’s laser focus on supporting victims and survivors, which has been lacking in our courts system for a very long time. I hear what the Minister says about court transcripts. It is incredibly important for the victims and survivors I know to have a physical copy of sentencing remark…”

“I am thinking, for example, that the US has basically put a gagging clause on any agency—state agencies as well as charities—that are working with sexual and reproductive health rights, so it is challenging that when you are at the table with those people.”

“Are you able to do anything to push back against the challenge—if I call it that—of the anti-gender movement, and the backsliding on both women’s and girls’ rights but also LGBT rights? I am also thinking of anti-abortion and anti-maternal health movements. Is there anything that you are able to do on the international…”

“Prime Minister, can I build on Debbie’s point? I have been really shocked at the rapid rate of expansion of the unlawful settlements, so I am really grateful for the sanctions that this Government have put on the worst offenders. I have become very interested in procurement and supply chain transparency, as it seems a …”

“That comes beautifully into my last question. You will have heard today the warning from the UN that basically there is now more CO2 in the air than in the last 2 million years. We see in our oceans and on land the consequence of that. Your Government are cutting £6 billion from the international climate finance fund; …”

“Is it still your priority to get back to more spend on overseas development?”