It must be right to look at this White Paper with an open mind, and I commend the Home Secretary’s willingness to listen. I will make two points for her to consider. First, in Royal Sutton Coldfield we are most concerned that neighbourhood policing—community policing—should be accountable, dependable, reliable and...

It must be right to look at this White Paper with an open mind, and I commend the Home Secretary’s willingness to listen. I will make two points for her to consider. First, in Royal Sutton Coldfield we are most concerned that neighbourhood policing—community policing—should be accountable, dependable, reliable and...

I thank the Home Secretary—who, like me, is a local west midlands Member of Parliament—for her well-judged statement, but is not one of the villains of this piece the police and crime commissioner himself? When we, in government, set up the PCCs in 2010, the aim was that they should...

I thank the Home Secretary—who, like me, is a local west midlands Member of Parliament—for her well-judged statement, but is not one of the villains of this piece the police and crime commissioner himself? When we, in government, set up the PCCs in 2010, the aim was that they should...

I have to say that I think the Minister is right in making the judgment about whether to proscribe the IRGC. I support the comment made by the Chair of the Select Committee, the right hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry). The theocratic regime in Iran has...

I have to say that I think the Minister is right in making the judgment about whether to proscribe the IRGC. I support the comment made by the Chair of the Select Committee, the right hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury (Emily Thornberry). The theocratic regime in Iran has...

My Noble Friend the Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Commonwealth and United Nations (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon) has today made the following statement:

I wish to inform the House that the government have today published the independent public body review of Westminster Foundation for Democracy...

My Noble Friend the Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Commonwealth and United Nations (Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon) has today made the following statement:

I wish to inform the House that the government have today published the independent public body review of Westminster Foundation for Democracy...

I wish to inform the House that the Government has today published the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office response to the independent Public Body Review of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) and the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (MACC), and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) internal Chevening Scholarship Programme.

The...

I wish to inform the House that the Government has today published the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office response to the independent Public Body Review of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) and the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (MACC), and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) internal Chevening Scholarship Programme.

The...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 63915 on Palestinians: Development Aid, what assessment his Department's December 2021 review of the Partnership Principles made of the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to the principle of non-violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2022 to Question 63915 on Palestinians: Development Aid, what assessment his Department's December 2021 review of the Partnership Principles made of the Palestinian Authority’s commitment to the principle of non-violence.

My right hon. Friend is making a characteristically sensible and robust speech. Does he agree that at the moment the international rules-based system is under great pressure but matters hugely to all of us? Is the case of the United States not an example of a totally asymmetric approach to...

My right hon. Friend is making a characteristically sensible and robust speech. Does he agree that at the moment the international rules-based system is under great pressure but matters hugely to all of us? Is the case of the United States not an example of a totally asymmetric approach to...

It is not just a case of lack of reciprocity. The people in the NatWest case, which my right hon. Friend mentioned, had no case to answer according to the British authorities, yet in spite of that they were extradited. That is an appalling abuse of their human rights.

It is not just a case of lack of reciprocity. The people in the NatWest case, which my right hon. Friend mentioned, had no case to answer according to the British authorities, yet in spite of that they were extradited. That is an appalling abuse of their human rights.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 24 June 2020 to the Question 60692, what assessment he has made of whether the two-year timescale in scheduling the legally mandated review of secret court proceedings remains in line with the requirement under the Justice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 24 June 2020 to the Question 60692, what assessment he has made of whether the two-year timescale in scheduling the legally mandated review of secret court proceedings remains in line with the requirement under the Justice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has appointed a reviewer to undertake the review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, as required by section 13 of that Act.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has appointed a reviewer to undertake the review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, as required by section 13 of that Act.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will accord the review of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013 the status of a full public consultation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will accord the review of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013 the status of a full public consultation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce the review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, as required by section 13 of that Act to be begun as soon as reasonably practicable five years after section...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce the review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, as required by section 13 of that Act to be begun as soon as reasonably practicable five years after section...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress his Department has made in establishing an internet-based evidence bank of quality-assessed evidence papers and systematic reviews as proposed in section 2.1(iv) of its most recent business plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress his Department has made in establishing an internet-based evidence bank of quality-assessed evidence papers and systematic reviews as proposed in section 2.1(iv) of its most recent business plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with international aid organisations about the Multilateral Aid Review.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with international aid organisations about the Multilateral Aid Review.

The hon. Gentleman did not listen carefully to my earlier response, which was that the Government are supplying a guarantee to the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands so that they have a period of time in which to sort out their financial difficulties. If all goes well, there...

The hon. Gentleman did not listen carefully to my earlier response, which was that the Government are supplying a guarantee to the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands so that they have a period of time in which to sort out their financial difficulties. If all goes well, there...

If the hon. Gentleman downloads the reviews, he will be able to see the precise figures. The proportion used to be about 50:50, but it will be slightly different in the future. I stand to be corrected but, as I recall it, the multilateral element increases slightly, principally because of...

If the hon. Gentleman downloads the reviews, he will be able to see the precise figures. The proportion used to be about 50:50, but it will be slightly different in the future. I stand to be corrected but, as I recall it, the multilateral element increases slightly, principally because of...

My hon. Friend is right to identify St Helena as an important dependent territory which rightly has our support. He will know that negotiations are ongoing on three key areas which, when they are the subject of agreement, will form the basis of a contract. Those negotiations are ongoing and...

My hon. Friend is right to identify St Helena as an important dependent territory which rightly has our support. He will know that negotiations are ongoing on three key areas which, when they are the subject of agreement, will form the basis of a contract. Those negotiations are ongoing and...

CDC is not one of the organisations that has been assessed as part of the multilateral aid review because we are in the process of reforming the way in which it operates. The point that we have made in a written statement to the House is that widespread consultation is...

CDC is not one of the organisations that has been assessed as part of the multilateral aid review because we are in the process of reforming the way in which it operates. The point that we have made in a written statement to the House is that widespread consultation is...

I can reassure the hon. Lady that we are in very close touch with UN Women. When the plan is produced, I am sure we will be able to fund it. Meanwhile, we have given some hundreds of thousands of pounds in transitional funding to assist the agency to get...

I can reassure the hon. Lady that we are in very close touch with UN Women. When the plan is produced, I am sure we will be able to fund it. Meanwhile, we have given some hundreds of thousands of pounds in transitional funding to assist the agency to get...

My hon. Friend will be able to download the review straight after this statement. UNICEF is doing a brilliant job, and I can assure him that we are going to be able to double its funding in the next two years and support it because of the excellent results that...

My hon. Friend will be able to download the review straight after this statement. UNICEF is doing a brilliant job, and I can assure him that we are going to be able to double its funding in the next two years and support it because of the excellent results that...