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date	03/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans his Department has to attend the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in March 2020; and what his Department's objectives are for that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	11630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>Gender equality is a top development priority for the UK. Girls and women across the world are held back by systematic and entrenched inequality and discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>This year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women is particularly important: 2020 marks the 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the foundational international agenda for women’s empowerment agreed in 1995, and five years since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals. DFID will be attending the event.</p><p> </p><p>Our engagement with CSW will reinforce the UK’s bold leadership on gender equality, in the face of an increasingly coordinated and effective opposition to women’s rights globally.</p><p> </p><p>DFID is working across government and with like-minded partners to drive forward our international priorities for girls and women including: negotiating a progressive and forward-looking Political Declaration, championing the critical role of civil society in collaborating with governments, the UN and other key actors, and standing firm against the attempted rollback of the international framework.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/02/2020 14:06:54 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1174844

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether tackling the (a) production and (b) trafficking of illegal drugs are conditions of the allocation of Official Development Assistance to developing countries.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	10469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of tackling the illegal production and trafficking of drugs seriously. UK Aid currently support developing nations to strengthen their law enforcement and criminal justice capability, enabling them to tackle serious organised crime more effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Most evidence concludes that attaching conditions to aid does not bring about policy changes that governments were not already prioritising. Instead DFID works closely with partner governments to make a positive, evidence-based case for change.</p><p> </p><p>Our assessment of a government’s commitment to reducing poverty, achieving the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, along with respecting human rights and other international obligations is used to inform our overall strategy for engagement in all countries in which DFID has a bilateral aid partnership.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 06/02/2020 14:07:56 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1174859

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Audit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what occasions his Department's audit committee has formally reviewed the adequacy of its audit arrangements for grantees and recipients of official development assistance since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	10426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>DFID implements robust controls to ensure that partners’ UK aid programmes deliver value for money, reflect our values and comply with relevant laws. DFID’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee meets at least five times each year and reviews the strength of these controls on an ongoing basis. The Committee draws on audits conducted by DFID’s Internal Audit Department and the National Audit Office.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 04/02/2020 16:23:39 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1174961

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Armenia: Gold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has made an assessment of the International Finance Corporation decision to support the Amulsar gold mining project in Armenia.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	10298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK is a shareholder of the International Financial Cooperation (IFC) and has a single seat on its Board. Our membership and support for international financial institutions like the IFC helps to advance sustainable and inclusive growth in developing economies. The IFC has robust environmental, social and governance safeguards, which it assesses all projects and investments against. The UK uses its seat on the IFC Board to ensure these standards are met and will take this into consideration when deciding whether or not to vote in favour of a particular project. The IFC has not been involved in the Amulsar gold mining project since 2017</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 04/02/2020 16:26:00 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett