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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2017-07-17
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 more like this
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development remove filter
hansard heading Developing Countries: Abortion more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which Government funding to Marie Stopes International is used by that organisation to provide elective abortions in (a) Uganda and (b) other countries where such abortions are illegal; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency North Antrim more like this
tabling member printed
Ian Paisley more like this
uin 5618 remove filter
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-20more like thismore than 2017-07-20
answer text <p>By helping the world’s poorest women access modern contraception, we will prevent an estimated 6 million unintended pregnancies and 3 million abortions on average each year.</p><p>Family planning reduces, but on its own does not eliminate, the backstreet abortions that kill women. So, where this is not against local law, the UK will consider supporting access to safe abortion in the world’s poorest countries. UK aid cannot be used to fund illegal services.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Alistair Burt more like this
grouped question UIN
5606 more like this
5619 more like this
5620 more like this
5621 more like this
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less than 2017-07-20T16:23:00.287Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-20T16:23:00.287Z
answering member
1201
label Biography information for Alistair Burt more like this
tabling member
4129
label Biography information for Ian Paisley more like this