Information between 18th October 2024 - 7th November 2024
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6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 371 Noes - 77 |
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6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 450 Noes - 120 |
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6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 454 Noes - 124 |
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6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 455 Noes - 125 |
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6 Nov 2024 - Budget Resolutions - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 383 Noes - 184 |
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29 Oct 2024 - Great British Energy Bill - View Vote Context Monica Harding voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 68 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 96 Noes - 353 |
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Tuesday 5th November Cuts to the International Development Budget 30 signatures (Most recent: 18 Nov 2024)Tabled by: Monica Harding (Liberal Democrat - Esher and Walton) That this House expresses disappointment at the cut to international development spending in the Budget; notes that conflicts in the Middle East, the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and Ukraine mean the United Kingdom's support is needed more than ever; recognises that overseas aid spending is at its the lowest … |
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Business without Debate
0 speeches (None words) Monday 28th October 2024 - Commons Chamber |
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Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [Lords]
44 speeches (19,005 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 22nd October 2024 - Commons Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Adam Jogee (Lab - Newcastle-under-Lyme) Member for Esher and Walton (Monica Harding) noted, 33 of the Commonwealth’s members are small states - Link to Speech 2: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) Member for Esher and Walton (Monica Harding), has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the ICRC. - Link to Speech 3: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Member for Esher and Walton (Monica Harding) to her place and thank her for her party’s support for the - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 12th November 2024 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The humanitarian situation in Gaza At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Professor Nizam Mamode - Professor of transplant surgery At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Nebal Farsakh - Spokesperson at Palestinian Red Crescent Society Emina Ćerimović - Associate Director, Disability Rights Division at Human Rights Watch Rohan Talbot - Director of Advocacy and Campaigns at Medical Aid for Palestinians Sam Rose - Senior Deputy Director for UNRWA Affairs, Gaza at UNRWA View calendar |
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Wednesday 13th November 2024 9:25 a.m. Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill [HL] - Debate Subject: To consider the Bill View calendar |
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Tuesday 26th November 2024 1:30 p.m. International Development Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The situation in Sudan At 2:00pm: Oral evidence Will Carter - Country Director, Sudan at Norwegian Refugee Council Alsanosi Adam - Coordinator at Emergency Response Room Claire San Filippo - Emergency Coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières At 2:45pm: Oral evidence Dame Rosalind Marsden - Associate Fellow at Chatham House Dr Kate Ferguson - Co-executive director at Protection Approaches Dr Eva Khair - Director at Sudan Transnational Consortium View calendar |
| Select Committee Inquiry |
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5 Nov 2024
In Development International Development Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 9 Dec 2024) In Development: call for potential topics of inquiry The International Development Committee has today launched an open call for potential topics of inquiry in the area of international relief and development. The Committee invites proposals on what it could investigate next and why, including what action is needed from the Government. Up to 10 individuals will be selected and invited to present their pitch to the Committee, either online or in person. The role of the Committee is to examine how the Government’s policy and spending supports lower-income partner countries in efforts to eradicate extreme poverty and improve development. A wide range of policy issues fall within our ‘international development’ remit, but the underlying thread is that they are funded by Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding. Areas include: poverty reduction; humanitarian assistance; conflict, stabilisation and mediation; good governance, rights and equality; education; energy, climate and the environment; global health; food security and nutrition; migration; investment, building trade capacity and exchanging expertise in areas such as science and technology; and the availability of international finance to help meet countries’ development goals. The Committee seeks ideas to feed into future inquiries from: civil society organisations, including relief and development NGOs, refugee and asylum charities, faith and community groups; academia, research institutions and think tanks; professional services; international organisations; and the wider public. It welcomes applications from the UK and overseas. We particularly want to hear from those who are typically underrepresented in policy debates on international development, such as those with direct experience on the ground, the more vulnerable in society, or those who bring an interdisciplinary approach to their research. Join the conversation on X using @CommonsIDC |
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13 Nov 2024
The FCDO's approach to value for money International Development Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 7 Jan 2025) In November 2020, the Government announced a reduction of Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI), a “temporary measure” until a set of certain fiscal rules were met. In the 2024 Autumn Budget, the Government confirmed that the FCDO would be held to the previous government’s fiscal rules, with the OBR confirming that these rules, and therefore a restoration of the aid budget, are not expected to be met during the life of this Parliament. With the UK’s aid budget being under further strain due to Home Office spend on in-donor refugee costs, it becomes increasingly important that the FCDO ensures Value for Money on its programme spending. In 2011, the former Department for International Development (DFID) published its Value for Money framework, setting out how the Department defined Value for Money, and how this was integrated within its work. This framework set out that Value for Money in DFID’s programme meant “maximising the impact of each pound spent to improve poor people’s lives”, and outlined the intention of DFID to “improve the Value for Money of all aid”, not just DFID’s own. No similar framework has been published by the FCDO since DFID merged with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2020. This inquiry will consider not just how the FCDO defines Value for Money and how this is implemented within its programming, but also its use of financing instruments to ensure that ODA achieves maximum impact. Join the conversation on X using @CommonsIDC |