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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2016-09-15more like thismore than 2016-09-15
answering body
Department for International Development more like this
answering dept id 20 remove filter
answering dept short name International Development more like this
answering dept sort name International Development more like this
hansard heading Yemen: Armed Conflict remove filter
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, which of the recommendations made by the APPG for Yemen in its report, Conflict in Yemen, the forgotten crisis, published in October 2015 have been adopted by her Department. more like this
tabling member constituency Leicester East more like this
tabling member printed
Keith Vaz more like this
uin 46610 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-10-10more like thismore than 2016-10-10
answer text <p>We share the APPG’s concern about the serious humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and welcome the recommendations for DFID in the report.</p><p>The Secretary of State recently co-hosted an international event on Yemen at the UN General Assembly to shine a spotlight on the crisis. At the event, donors pledged over $100 million in additional funding to the Yemen crisis and UN agencies committed to improving the delivery of humanitarian aid on the ground.The Secretary of State announced an extra £37 million for Yemen at the event, bringing the UK’s total funding for Yemen to £109 million for 2016/2017.</p><p>We have continued to lobby at all levels for rapid, safe and unhindered commercial and humanitarian access. Since May, we have provided £1.4 million to the UN Verification and Inspection Mechanism (UNVIM) to facilitate commercial shipping to Yemen, crucial to ensuring adequate supplies of food and fuel.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Penrith and The Border more like this
answering member printed Rory Stewart more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-10-10T16:07:54.457Zmore like thismore than 2016-10-10T16:07:54.457Z
answering member
4137
label Biography information for Rory Stewart more like this
tabling member
338
label Biography information for Keith Vaz more like this