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156021

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Somalia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to adopt the UN monitoring group on Somalia's calls for a moratorium on the new oil and gas deals until appropriate constitutional, legislative, fiscal and regulatory provisions had been clarified and agreed to by the federal government and its regional authorities; and if her Department will take steps to discourage new oil deals in Somalia.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	214459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>We have stressed to the Somalia authorities the need to agree resource and revenue sharing arrangements with the emerging federal states in Somalia, and put in place appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks for the management of Somalia’s natural resources. We are funding the World Bank to support a Somali-led process leading to agreement on revenue sharing, and to providing technical assistance to review the legal and regulatory framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/11/2014 17:51:33 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

156022

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Somalia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK's position will be on the future of its donor commitments and requirements at the conference on Somalia taking place in Copenhagen on 19 and 20 November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	214457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Copenhagen conference on 19-20 November took stock of progress in the first year of implementation of the Somali New Deal Compact. We called for political stability, continued progress on building peace and stability and the avoidance of further conflict. We also called for greater transparency and accountability in public financial management and the awarding of concessions, and a focus on resource sharing agreements as a key building block of the state formation process required to establish a stable Somali federation. We also emphasised the importance of ensuring the full inclusion and empowerment of women and girls in Somalia and improvements in access to justice. These requirements will provide the framework for our aid relationship with Somalia as we move forwards into the second year of the implementation of the compact.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/11/2014 17:50:05 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

156023

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Somalia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a copy of the needs assessment report on Government support for the Somalia extractives sector; what steps the Government is taking as a result of that report; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	214458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>A copy of the needs assessment report on the Somalia extractives sector has been placed in the Library. In response to the report, and following discussions with the Federal Government of Somalia, we are funding the World Bank to support a Somali-led process to reach agreements on revenue sharing. The project will also provide technical assistance to review the legal and regulatory framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 24/11/2014 17:51:06 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

442379

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to implement all of Sustainable Development Goal 5 to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; and what steps she is taking to meet target 5.2 to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	20845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK worked hard to secure a comprehensive standalone goal on gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment in the Global Goals, and to integrate gender equality throughout the remaining goals. The new Global Goals will help us to influence others, achieve even more, and are critical to achieving transformational change to the lives of girls and women across the globe. The UK has put women and girls at the heart of our international development and humanitarian work. The UK is committed to helping 6.5 million more girls to go to school over the next 5 years. This programme of work will include tackling the difficult issues that keep girls out of school like FGM and child marriage.</p><br /><p>The UK led efforts across the globe to ensure that a target to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) formed part of the Global Goals. We are now focused on seeing this target implemented. This includes stepping up DFID action to build the evidence base for what works to prevent violence, which will help to convince others that effective action is possible. It also means DFID working with international partners to ensure financial and technical resources are mobilised to tackle VAWG, and working with national and local partners in developing countries to transform social norms to tackle the discriminatory attitudes and behaviours that are the root causes of VAWG.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/01/2016 14:37:16 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

433843

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of (a) 1.5, (b) 2, (c) 4 and (d) 6 degrees of global warming on (i) countries belonging to the Climate Vulnerable Forum and the Alliance of Small Island States and (ii) the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	18469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has produced detailed assessments of the effect of global warming. Its study on Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability contained in the 2014 Fifth Assessment Report (available here: <a href="http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg2/" target="_blank">http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg2/</a>) makes clear how the impacts of climate change are expected to slow down economic growth, erode food security and make poverty reduction more difficult. The report notes that higher levels of warming increase the chance of severe and pervasive impacts.</p><br /><p>The poorest and most vulnerable will be hit first and hardest by climate change and the World Bank has estimated that without action to address climate change it could result in an additional 100 million people living in extreme poverty by 2030. The UK Government is committed to tackling poverty and climate change through its International Climate Fund, which the Prime Minister has announced will increase by 50% over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/12/2015 16:59:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

453336

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: HIV Infection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to ensure that HIV prevention is fully integrated into her Department's work on sexual and reproductive health and rights; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	27367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK continues to work with partners to ensure that HIV prevention services are fully integrated and embedded within our work on sexual reproductive health and rights, family planning, maternal and new born health and broader health and development priorities.</p><p>For example, DFID’s integrated Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights programme in Zimbabwe is designed to help reduce maternal mortality, HIV incidence and violence against women through the delivery of better integrated services. Through our focus on women and girl’s empowerment we are also supporting the generation of new evidence to improve outcomes for women and girls, including supporting the development of female initiated HIV prevention technologies, while strengthening health systems and tackling the broader drivers of the epidemic such as stigma, discrimination and gender inequality.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/02/2016 09:41:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

453337

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken or plans to take to build the capacity of communities to (a) engage with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and (b) hold their governments to account for engagement on that issue.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	27366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK is the third largest donor of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, pledging up to £1 billion between 2014 and 2016, subject to a 10% donor share cap. This is improving the lives of millions of people, saving approximately 580,000 lives by preventing 8.4m new malaria, HIV and TB infections.</p><p>The Global Fund encourages active participation of communities at all levels, from grant design, implementation and oversight at country level through country coordination mechanisms, to the Global Fund Board.</p><p>DFID is a founding supporter and pledged up to £9m to the Robert Carr Civil Society Networks Fund. We are also amongst the top five funders of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) which was created in 1996 to respond to the growing HIV/AIDS crisis. Both of these are critical in building the capacity of networks of inadequately served communities to engage with the Global Fund and hold governments to account.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/02/2016 14:28:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

479661

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: HIV Infection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2016 to Question 27367, in which countries her Department has integrated HIV and sexual reproductive health and rights programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	31659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK puts the empowerment of girls and women at the heart of everything we do. We are the second largest funder of HIV prevention, care and treatment, and have pledged up to £1 billion to the Global Fund. In 2013 an adolescent girl was infected with HIV every two minutes - this is not acceptable, so this is a priority for us with international partners.</p><p>Examples of our approach and countries which DFID has integrated HIV and sexual reproductive health and rights programmes can be found in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/search?q=Towards+Zero+Infections" target="_blank">“Towards Zero Infections-Two Years On”</a> and on the department’s development tracker, both available on DFID’s website.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/03/2016 15:55:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

101480

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK has (a) pledged for and (b) deposited in the UN Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund; and how much such funds represent as a proportion of the amount requested by the UN.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	212269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>As part of the UK’s £205 million commitment to the Ebola response, £20 million has been pledged to the UN Ebola Multi-Partner Trust Fund, in response to the UN’s call for almost $1 billion to tackle the crisis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 03/11/2014 11:37:27 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

156024

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Public Private Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial or other support is provided by her Department to the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	214415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>DFID does not currently provide any funding to the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 24/11/2014 15:55:47 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas