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On Wednesday the 30th of April, David Lammy insisted the UK would still be a force in the world on development

despite making cuts to its international aid budget.

It was just one of the topics up for discussion

when the Foreign Secretary appeared before a Lords committee. Sometimes ministers can be a bit

wary of appearing before parliamentary committees to answer questions, but a Labour peer, Lady Crawley,

reckoned David Lammy must have been pretty happy to receive his invitation.

It's very good to have you here, Foreign Secretary.

You must appreciate having a sit down for an hour and a half without anyone asking you to go anywhere.

Over the course of the next 90 minutes, members of the Lord's International Relations and Defence Committee took David Lamy on a whistle-stop

tour around the globe. The Conservative Chair, Lord DeMauley, started things off.

Can I ask you, what is the UK's strategy for dealing with the US in light of recent developments?

Lord DeMorley didn't mention Donald Trump by name or the reverberations caused by the President's

first 100 days in office.

David Lammy's diplomatic reply stressed the importance of the UK-US relationship.

The truth is on many issues we are aligned, but it is true that sometimes we won't entirely agree. And it is also true that there may be differences

between political perspectives. One differing perspective is on trade tariffs. Donald Trump has

imposed import taxes on goods from countries around the

globe, including the UK. David Lammy said the UK government believed in open trade and was

working with the US on an economic agreement. Lord DeMorley wondered how it was going.

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