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348570
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-04more like thismore than 2015-06-04
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 more like this
hansard heading Developing Countries: Family Planning more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department takes to ensure that UK aid is not provided to coercive family-planning schemes or to organisations that are complicit in such schemes. more like this
tabling member constituency Stoke-on-Trent South more like this
tabling member printed
Robert Flello more like this
uin 1151 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-09more like thismore than 2015-06-09
answer text <p>The UK Government supports the work of various international organisations and agencies to promote informed choice, universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and women’s empowerment. All UK support to improve sexual and reproductive health – including for family planning – must be provided in the context of informed choice.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield remove filter
answering member printed Grant Shapps more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-09T15:40:47.337Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-09T15:40:47.337Z
answering member
1582
label Biography information for Grant Shapps more like this
tabling member
1569
label Biography information for Robert Flello remove filter
348571
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-04more like thismore than 2015-06-04
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 more like this
hansard heading China: Family Planning more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 20, whether any UK funding is provided to multinational organisations that assist organisations that are closely involved with China's one-child policy. more like this
tabling member constituency Stoke-on-Trent South more like this
tabling member printed
Robert Flello more like this
uin 1152 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-09more like thismore than 2015-06-09
answer text <p>No organisations the UK funds, who work in China, promote the one-child policy. The UK Government supports the work of various international organisations and agencies to promote informed choice, universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and women’s empowerment, including voluntary family planning.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield remove filter
answering member printed Grant Shapps more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-09T15:41:27.15Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-09T15:41:27.15Z
answering member
1582
label Biography information for Grant Shapps more like this
tabling member
1569
label Biography information for Robert Flello remove filter
348572
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-04more like thismore than 2015-06-04
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 more like this
hansard heading Abortion: Sex Selection more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2015 to Question 20, what the evidential basis is for the statement that sex selection is not caused by the availability of abortion services or technologies; whether her Department considers that antenatal scanning equipment facilitates sex-selective abortion; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Stoke-on-Trent South more like this
tabling member printed
Robert Flello more like this
uin 1255 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-09more like thismore than 2015-06-09
answer text <p>The World Health Organisation document “Preventing gender-biased sex selection. An interagency statement”, available online, includes more information and extensive references on these issues.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield remove filter
answering member printed Grant Shapps more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-09T16:35:16.227Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-09T16:35:16.227Z
answering member
1582
label Biography information for Grant Shapps more like this
tabling member
1569
label Biography information for Robert Flello remove filter
346992
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-05-27more like thismore than 2015-05-27
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 more like this
hansard heading Asia: Abortion more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons remove filter
question text To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of sex-selective abortion on the gender balance in China and India; what assessment her Department has made of whether UK-funded equipment is not used to carry out sex-selective abortions in countries which receive UK aid; and on what evidence her Department has made that assessment. more like this
tabling member constituency Stoke-on-Trent South more like this
tabling member printed
Robert Flello more like this
uin 20 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-06-01more like thismore than 2015-06-01
answer text <p>The UK Government does not promote or support abortion on the grounds of gender. The practice of sex selection is not caused by the availability of abortion services or technologies but is a consequence of deep rooted discrimination against women, poverty and cultural preference for sons. Our work on girls' education, women's empowerment, skills and jobs aims to increase the ‘value’ of girls and women in society and therefore tackle the pressures and incentives that drive preferences for male children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK has never supported or funded the one child policy and closed its bilateral aid programme to China in March 2011. In India, our partners are strongly committed to implementing India’s 1994 National Pre-Conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Regulation Act, which bans the use of medical technologies for sex selection purposes.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield remove filter
answering member printed Grant Shapps more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-06-01T14:07:33.863Zmore like thismore than 2015-06-01T14:07:33.863Z
answering member
1582
label Biography information for Grant Shapps more like this
tabling member
1569
label Biography information for Robert Flello remove filter