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date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	St Kitts and Nevis: Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress the St Kitts and Nevis Government has made in reforming its financial sector; and what support her Department is providing to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to regulate the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	59719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK does not have a bilateral development programme in St. Kitts and Nevis as it is a high income country and therefore not eligible for Official Development Assistance (ODA). However, we are providing technical support through the International Monetary Fund Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) to St. Kitts and Nevis to strengthen financial stress testing frameworks for the insurance sector. CARTAC is also helping to strengthen financial sector regulation and supervision by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank over the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/06/2020 14:58:16 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1204302

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
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: Females
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 6 May 2020 to Question 41953 on Overseas Aid: Females, whether the (a) Strategic Vision and (b) implementation plan have been amended as a result of that NAO report to enable (i) overall progress and (ii) value for money to be better assessed.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	59724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>As acknowledged by the NAO, DFID’s Strategic Vision for Gender Equality is ambitious, wide-ranging and well-researched. The review also set out that our partners would value a long-term, high-level plan that includes the key milestones for DFID’s actions on gender equality between now and 2030.</p><p>We are continually challenging ourselves on how we can increase our impact and deliver even better value for money for the UK taxpayer. We will therefore take forward this recommendation on this important agenda by consulting on and publishing a high-level plan in early 2021. It is critical that we understand the emerging challenges that COVID-19 poses for women and girls globally, across all areas of our Strategic Vision, and address this in the design of the plan.</p><p>The plan will set out measurable milestones that can be tracked. We will also ensure that it is flexible enough to accommodate new priorities, challenges and opportunities at the global and country level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/06/2020 14:59:01 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204303

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
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 27 April 2020 to Question 38888 on Bangladesh: Migrant Camps, what recent representations he has made to his Bangladeshi counterpart on changes to the telecommunications restrictions in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	59725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK continues to raise this issue with the Government of Bangladesh and has requested full lifting of the telecommunications restrictions. The Minister for South Asia, Lord Ahmad, has been raising the issue of internet access in the Cox's Bazar Rohingya refugee camps with the Government of Bangladesh, including with the Bangladeshi High Commissioner in London.  The British High Commissioner in Dhaka has raised the issue on multiple occasions, including with the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 23/06/2020 15:06:18 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204304

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Migrant Camps
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 potential merits of the recommendations on page 13 of the report entitled, The Shadow Pandemic: Gender-Based Violence among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, published in May 2020; and if she will hold discussions with (a) the Government of Bangladesh and (b) NGOs on improving the site-management of refugee camps.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	59726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The International Rescue Committee’s report clearly highlights that despite the tireless efforts of the Government of Bangladesh and international response to scale up humanitarian assistance, women and girls continue to live with the threat of gender-based violence (GBV). We share the report’s assessment that these risks are likely to be compounded by the spread of COVID-19 and steps taken to mitigate the virus. GBV remains a major concern that requires a multi-pronged approach. This is reflected in the priorities and funding appeal of the UN-led Joint Response Plan 2020, and the complementary COVID-19 response planning.</p><p>DFID regularly engages with the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission, humanitarian NGO partners and the Site Management and Development sector group to discuss how site management can be improved. This includes supporting decision-making based on community feedback and particularly the views of women and girls. This has included spotting and rectifying problems such as non-functional street lights. DFID has funded the installation of more than 29,500 street lights in the camps and host communities since 2017. Protection focal points are also embedded in the Site Management and Development sector to ensure protection issues such as GBV are taken into account.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 23/06/2020 15:02:21 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204326

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Brazil: Development Aid
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 ensure that Official Development Assistance spent in Brazil supports the rights of indigenous communities living in the Amazon region.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	59841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Prosperity Fund programme in Brazil will support better public services, more sustainable energy and investment, and more efficient international trade. The programme is evolving to ‘build back better’ after the COVID-19 pandemic, including focusing on vulnerable groups and in the Amazon region, working on issues such as solar energy, primary health, and skills development. All Prosperity Fund programmes follow robust due diligence procedures and take a ‘do no harm’ approach as a minimum standard. The UK is working with indigenous communities across Brazil, including in the Amazon region. The UK supports the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) Early Movers programme, which helps indigenous communities to develop sustainable income sources and strengthen food security: 19,593 families have benefitted so far. Through Partnerships for Forests, the UK also supports almost 2,000 indigenous people to strengthen livelihoods through sustainable forest management. The UK Government is committed to promoting and defending the human rights of all individuals, including indigenous peoples.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/06/2020 14:52:02 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1204359

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Equality
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 effectiveness of public-private sector partnerships for improving gender equality in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	59727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>Working with the private sector can crowd additional finance to benefit women and girls including through more productive jobs. DFID’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/work-and-opportunities-for-women" target="_blank">Work and Opportunities for Women</a> is advising British multinational companies to secure better paid and secure work for 400,000 women in global supply chains. Our co-financing of the G20 <a href="https://we-fi.org/" target="_blank">Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative </a> will help reach 115,000 women entrepreneurs in developing countries and mobilise additional public and private sector resources of $2.6 billion. CDC has co-led a collective commitment by the G7 Development Finance Institutions to mobilise $3 billion of public and private investments advancing gender equality in developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/06/2020 15:01:27 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1204460

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 ensure that programmes funded by her Department can be adapted to respond to the covid-19 pandemic and progress on development does not stop as a result of it.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	59798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>We are maximising the UK’s efforts to tackle COVID-19 by adapting and scaling up existing programmes where they can respond to the crisis. In country, we are working quickly to pivot our programming to support the COVID-19 response, reinforcing health, humanitarian, social protection or economic support programmes.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/06/2020 14:52:46 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1204461

registered interest
date	16/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Yemen: Development Aid
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 is taking to ensure that aid to Yemen is received by people who need it most.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	59799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government has a zero-tolerance policy to the diversion of UK aid funds and seeks to minimise the risks, to ensure our life-saving assistance (such as food, clean water and medical support) reaches those vulnerable Yemenis who need it most.</p><p>We do this by only channelling our support through organisations with a strong record of delivering and monitoring assistance, such as UN agencies and international NGOs. We also subject our partners to rigorous due diligence processes and regular reviews (including independent third-party verification of delivery).</p><p>We also continue to actively call on the Houthis and all parties to the conflict to immediately end all restrictions on aid agencies and comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2451 by allowing safe, rapid, and unhindered access for the humanitarian response and commercial supplies.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 23/06/2020 14:49:05 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1203598

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	World Health Organization: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will support the ACT Accelerator and its grantees to work with the World Health Organisation’s Covid-19 Technology Access Pool.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	59474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK has welcomed the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator since its launch on 24 April 2020. We look forward to further engagement with this collaborative initiative and continue to support the work done under the ACT Accelerator to develop new vaccines, treatments and tests, and to accelerate global access to these essential health technologies for everyone. The UK has also long supported affordable and equitable access to essential medicines through our funding. We have committed over £313 million of UK aid to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), supporting equitable access to COVID-19 medical technologies.</p><p>We are seeking additional detail from the World Health Organisation on how the COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) will fit into the wider global governance for development of COVID-19 medical technologies (including the ACT-Accelerator). The UK supports the work of the Medicines Patent Pool as an existing mechanism to facilitate pooling and IP sharing. We remain committed to collaborating with public and private partners on additional arrangements to support equitable and affordable access, including options for non-exclusive voluntary licensing. We believe that a voluntary approach to intellectual property has advantages over mandatory approaches, and creates a sounder basis for long-lasting, beneficial relationships, and incentives to create new much-needed innovations.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 18/06/2020 16:31:13 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1203603

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Carers
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 list of the workplace benefits that her Department provides to its staff with caring responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	59344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>DFID encourages managers to take a positive, proactive approach in working together with employees to agree arrangements for caring, taking account of both caring and business needs. DFID has signed up to the Carer’s Charter and encourage managers and employees to record caring arrangements on our HR systems.</p><p>In terms of workplace benefits, DFID offers:</p><ul><li>Flexible working to enable carers to combine their work and caring responsibilities. For those looking to move to working on a job share basis, we also promote use of the Civil Service job-share finder.</li></ul><ul><li>Access to various forms of leave for those who need it over and above annual leave (either on a short or longer term basis): short term discretionary leave; long term unpaid discretionary leave; parental leave.</li></ul><ul><li><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-eap.com%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cmonica-cook%40dfid.gov.uk%7C2fff96ed68754115089e08d811fed003%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C637279133392370577&amp;sdata=TiQM%2FC27MrTCWAWzEKwTyJFu2ko93r5ITBJ%2F1yzY42Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Employee Assistance Programme</a>: offers support for a range of scenarios. For caring, they can advise on sources of help and advice and provide counselling should people require it.</li></ul><p>To strengthen our support and learn from best practice, we have also recently signed up to <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.employersforcarers.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cmonica-cook%40dfid.gov.uk%7C2fff96ed68754115089e08d811fed003%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C637279133392380567&amp;sdata=CGH%2FsEoiaEXDuyccEUzXLymxFjLbl6md3Q0CuyISTas%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Employers for Carers.</a></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 22/06/2020 16:56:30 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey