Oral Answers to Questions

Callum Anderson Excerpts

Tuesday 1st September 2026 Commons Chamber

[Ed Miliband]

I absolutely will take up that case. I know the right hon. Gentleman has a long-standing interest on a whole range of such issues. Because of that interest, I say to him that we will be forthright on human rights when it comes to China, and we will be strong in relation to foreign interference, espionage and on any threats to this country that we find.

[Callum Anderson (Buckingham and Bletchley) (Lab)]

T2. I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s decision to show personal leadership in acting as the UK Governor to the World Bank, given the wildfires that we have seen in Europe across the summer and the flooding in Nepal. Will he tell us how he intends to use the UK’s influence to ensure that adaptation and resilience finance is accessible much more quickly to those countries that need it most?

[Ed Miliband]

My hon. Friend raises a really important point. The reason I took up this role is that I want the World Bank to do more to make adaptation and resilience go further and faster and to make it simpler and more accessible. We know from events around the world how vulnerable countries on the frontline of climate breakdown are, and I undertake to him and to the House that I will make that a top priority.