Andrew Mitchell highlights the success of the global vaccination fund, Gavi, which has vaccinated from deadly diseases more than a billion children under five, and presents real value for money to British taxpayers. He asks the Prime Minister to continue Britain’s leadership on this at next month’s replenishment conference.
Former Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell calls for immediate action to implement open registers of beneficial ownership in overseas territories to combat dirty money linked to crime and ensure transparency measures are implemented without further delay.
Former Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell makes it clear that the previous Government would not have agreed to the current deal on the transfer of sovereignty of the Chagos islands to Mauritius and suggests that the Government is hoping the United States will veto the agreement, providing a way out.
Following the Government statement on the situation in Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Andrew Mitchell asks if, during his recent visit, the Foreign Secretary condemned foreign powers using Chad’s President’s private airport to support the RSF and urged the Congolese army to avoid aligning with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda.
Andrew Mitchell welcomes UK Government support for a reformed Palestinian Authority in Gaza that categorically excludes Hamas. He also highlights the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation and the release of hostages, and expresses his concern over the persistence of antisemitism, often manifested as hatred of Israel.
Andrew Mitchell calls on the Treasury to top up the official development assistance (ODA) budget with an additional £2.5 billion to ensure that the Foreign Office and Government can achieve their own international development objectives.
Following the Foreign Secretary’s update to the House of Commons on the deal announced between Israel and Hamas, Andrew Mitchell backs the Government’s cautious optimism and the Foreign Secretary’s comment that Hamas can never again govern that space.
Andrew Mitchell calls on the Government to match the £2.5 billion that the previous Government added to the 0.5% official development assistance (ODA) budget, to cover the costs of first-year asylum seekers which are paid for out of the ODA budget.
Following the United States’ determination of genocide in Sudan Andrew Mitchell tables an Urgent Question to call for British international leadership, as the penholder on Sudan at the United Nations, to confront genocide and crimes against humanity in Sudan and do everything possible to bring this indescribable horror to an end.