20 false Biography information for Liz McInnes 1 International Development Heywood and Middleton Department for International Development Liz McInnes House of Commons 2019-06-11T16:48:09.183Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison false 2019-06-11 Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison <p>In 2018, 513,962 children (187,082 girls and 326,880 boys) were unable to continue their education due to the closure of over 1,000 schools related to security reasons in Afghanistan. According to UNICEF this marks a fourfold increase to the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>DFID has invested in the Education Cannot Wait Global Fund which supports the Education in Emergencies Working Group led by the Ministry of Education in Afghanistan. Its aim is to ensure every child in Afghanistan can learn without fear and in safety, and to enable them to reach their full potential.</p> 2019-06-03 International Development To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will make an assessment of the security situation for schools in Afghanistan. Afghanistan: Schools 259254 Hendon Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord Yemen: Humanitarian Aid 259949 International Development To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure (a) roads through Taiz and Ad-Dhale remain open to humanitarian supplies and (b) humanitarian convoys in that area are protected. 2019-06-04 1 false 2019-06-11T16:42:54.047Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison false 2019-06-11 <p>We are concerned about the deterioration of humanitarian access in Taiz and Ad-Dhale, following the recent escalation of fighting. We are closely engaging with the UN’s Humanitarian Co-ordinator and organisations delivering humanitarian assistance to establish the severity of the operating conditions they are facing.</p><p> </p><p>The UK continues to call on all parties to the conflict to comply with UN Security Resolution 2451 to facilitate safe, rapid, and unhindered access for humanitarian actors. We are clear that there can be no military solution to this conflict. A political settlement is the only way to provide long term stability to Yemen and address the worsening humanitarian crisis. We encourage further constructive engagement from both parties to achieve this.</p> International Development Department for International Development Dr Matthew Offord 20 International Development 1 Dr Matthew Offord false 2019-06-04 Department for International Development Hendon 259950 To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to internally displaced people in Yemen. 2019-06-11T16:43:41.48Z 2019-06-19T10:00:52.67Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison true 2019-06-11 South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison <p>The UK is providing a range of support to displaced people in Yemen in response to the displacement of 3.3 million people since the conflict began in 2015. Last financial year (2018/19), for example, we <del class="ministerial">provided</del> <ins class="ministerial">contributed to the provision of </ins>food assistance to over 490,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) and since June 2017 we have helped over 40,000 IDPs receive psychosocial support and provided over 35,000 with life-saving health care.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has also supported the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide primary healthcare and mental health services, legal assistance, child protection and support to survivors of gender-based violence. We are supporting IOM and UNHCR with £9 million this financial year (2019/20) to allow them to continue providing these vital services.</p> International Development 20 Yemen: Internally Displaced People false Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2019-06-04 Gaza: Travel Restrictions West Ham Foreign and Commonwealth Office Lyn Brown To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the human rights implications of travel permit restrictions between Israel and (a) Gaza and (b) all other areas in the Occupied Palestinian Territories which result in parents being separated from their children while their children are in medical care. Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown 2019-06-12T14:30:48.38Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison false 2019-06-12 <p>The British Embassy in Tel Aviv regularly raises the matter of medical permits with the Israeli authorities. Israeli restrictions severely restrict the movement of medical professionals, patients and families from Gaza, hampering the provision of quality health services, as well as impacting Palestinians in the West Bank. The situation in Gaza is particularly acute, and is compounded by frequent closure by Egypt of the Rafah crossing, preventing urgent medical cases from seeking treatment in Egypt. We are clear that Israel's occupation of Gaza is not sustainable. That is why we need a lasting peace agreement which ensures that all those who are in need of medical attention and their families have unimpeded access to healthcare provisions.</p> 16 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1 259919 2019-06-04 Palestinians: Schools Lyn Brown Foreign and Commonwealth Office false West Ham 259920 To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of reports that prefabricated classrooms in the Occupied Palestinian Territories funded by EU aid have been removed and are to be sold at auction by the Israeli authorities. Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2019-06-12T15:12:10.487Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison false 2019-06-12 <p>​The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah have written to the Israeli authorities, calling on them to 'return the confiscated items to their intended beneficiaries without precondition as soon as possible; otherwise to provide compensation without delay for the dismantled and confiscated assets'. Alongside other EU member states, the UK continues to raise these issues with the Government of Israel.</p> 16 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1 2019-06-06 261203 Department for International Development 2019-06-13T15:30:33.187Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison false 2019-06-13 <p>The commitments of the UN High-Level Meeting on TB included ambitious targets for TB control, prevention and treatment. As the largest international funder of tuberculosis programmes, the Global Fund has a key role in meeting these commitments, and a full replenishment in October will be essential. The Global Fund’s work will necessarily complement that of national governments, which retain primary responsibility for protecting their citizens from tuberculosis. Since the High-Level Meeting, the UK has worked with others to develop an accountability framework for delivering on the commitments, which has now been finalised.</p> Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 20 Nic Dakin To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of whether the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria has adequate resources to successfully treat 40 million people with TB by 2022, as set out in the commitments of the UN High-Level Meeting on TB; and what progress has been made toward meeting those commitments. 1 Biography information for Nic Dakin International Development International Development false Scunthorpe 261204 false 20 Department for International Development 2019-06-06 2019-06-13T15:32:17.357Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison false 2019-06-13 <p>The Global Fund has a key role to play in ending the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and achieving universal health coverage. To reach its ambitious $14 billion target for the Sixth Replenishment, it will be necessary for donors to step up from both public and private sectors. As part of the G7 Health Ministers’ Declaration in May 2019, the UK affirmed its commitment to support the success of the Sixth Replenishment and to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of the Global Fund’s programmes. Since then we have remained in close contact with our international counterparts to encourage them to ensure the replenishment is a success.</p> Scunthorpe International Development International Development Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Nic Dakin 1 To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to promote the allocation of additional funding for the sixth replenishment of the Global Fund. 2019-06-06 261205 Developing Countries: Tuberculosis 20 International Development International Development 2019-06-13T15:33:41.517Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison false 2019-06-13 <p>The UK Government recognises that strengthening TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment contributes to preventing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and strengthening health systems.</p><p> </p><p>Drug-resistant TB currently accounts for one-third of all deaths from AMR. The UK is leading work on development of new antibiotics and treatment combinations and new ways to rapidly test for drug resistance. DFID’s support to the Global Fund helps to ensure rapid rollout of new tools. For example, UK funding has helped to roll out a new multi-drug-resistant TB treatment regimen in 30 countries where the Global Fund operates.</p><p> </p><p>Strengthening TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment also contributes to strengthening broader health systems. The UK’s investment in the Global Fund is building national capability to deliver quality health services and contributing to Universal Health Coverage and to ensuring that no country and no person is left behind.</p> Department for International Development false Nic Dakin 1 Scunthorpe To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of strengthening TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment on (a) rates of antimicrobial resistance and (b) health systems around the world. Biography information for Andrew Rosindell Oman: Detainees 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 16 2019-06-14T13:38:03.353Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison false 2019-06-14 <p>​We monitor human rights in the Middle East and North Africa closely. We are aware that a number of individuals have been arrested under Oman's national security laws and our Ambassador in Muscat raised the arrests with the Omani authorities, most recently on 27 May with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Omani authorities have since given us the strongest assurances that the individuals arrested in Musandam were treated with respect and given full access to their families as well as to legal assistance and recourse, in accordance with Oman's Basic Statute of the State and International laws and Conventions.</p> 261149 Andrew Rosindell Foreign and Commonwealth Office Romford false 2019-06-06 Foreign and Commonwealth Office To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Government of Oman to ensure the fair treatment of the Shuhuh 6. International Development Central Bank of Yemen 20 Leicester East 2019-06-14T13:35:10.347Z South West Wiltshire Dr Andrew Murrison false 2019-06-14 <p>The UK welcomes the recent UN-mediated talks between the Central Bank of Yemen Aden and Sana’a branches on enacting the revenue-managing elements of the Stockholm agreement. We recognise that closer collaboration between the branches of the Central Bank will be vital in bringing economic stability to Yemen.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage both parties to continue to constructively engage with Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and meet again to discuss this issue to ensure Stockholm agreements are implemented, helping improve Yemen’s fragile economy and ensure the payment of public sector salaries across the country.</p> International Development Biography information for Keith Vaz 261473 false 2019-06-07 Department for International Development Keith Vaz 1 To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to recent UN-mediated talks in Amman between officials of Yemen’s Central bank what steps he is taking to support further such meetings. 1 0 2382 10