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1177406

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Leprosy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will appoint a Government champion to bring about the end of leprosy.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	14693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>A key aim of the UK’s global health work is to support countries to build and maintain strong health systems, achieve universal health coverage, and to tackle all causes of ill health - working in close partnership with national governments. In September 2019 the UK’s flagship £220 million neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) programme was launched, which will provide treatment and care for NTDs to 200 million people. We have no current plans to appoint government champions on specific NTDs such as leprosy.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/02/2020 14:54:31 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1186511

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Abortion: 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 his Department is taking to ensure that funding from the public purse is not allocated to programmes that support sex-selective abortion overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	32130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK strongly opposes sex-selective abortion. We do not fund programmes which contribute directly or indirectly to sex-selective abortion. DFID has in place several measures to ensure the accountability of all UK aid, including our programmes that support access to safe abortion care. These include due diligence of all primary implementing partners, regular spot checks, a robust monitoring and evaluation system which includes beneficiary feedback and annual project reviews.</p><p>Sex-selective abortion is the result of deep-rooted discrimination against women and girls. The UK supports partner governments’ efforts to prevent this discrimination through our programmes to promote gender equality, girls’ and women’s empowerment and rights.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 25/03/2020 16:40:01 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

155526

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when (a) she and (b) other ministers in her Department plan to visit the Central African Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	214360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>We do not publish future ministerial visits. Past ministerial visits are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations-in-the-department-for-international-development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/11/2014 17:08:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

155528

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the security situation in the Central African Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	214363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>DFID regularly monitors the security and humanitarian situation in CAR. High levels of violence continue across the country, and a million people have been displaced since December 2013. The security situation impacts not only communities but humanitarian workers. The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported 1,120 security incidents since January 2014 of which 10% were directed at humanitarian organisations. In 2014 DFID has provided £18 million to the ICRC, UN agencies and international NGOs to support communities who have suffered from the violence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 20/11/2014 17:49:04 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

171658

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Abortion
	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 for equipment, such as scanning equipment, supplied through funding provided by her Department, either directly or indirectly through other organisations, to be used for the purposes of coercive abortion; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government supports the work of various international organisations and agencies to promote informed choice, sexual and reproductive rights and women’s empowerment. All UK support to improve sexual and reproductive health – including for procurement of medicines and equipment – must be provided in this context.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 08/01/2015 16:56:25 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

171659

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	China
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding has been provided by her Department or indirectly through other organisations which may have been used to support China's one-child policy, for instance through the purchase of ultrasound scanning equipment.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government’s policy on population and sexual and reproductive health is about providing choice, not coercion. We provide support globally to the work of the United Nations Population Fund and the International Planned Parenthood Federation to promote informed choice and better services in sexual and reproductive health, including in China. Both agencies are working to promote and uphold the principles of free and informed choice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 06/01/2015 12:38:51 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

224765

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Children's Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what targets her Department has set for tackling (a) child labour and (b) other children's rights issues internationally; and if she will take steps to ensure such targets are included in the sustainable development goals.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	226121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK is strongly supportive of Sustainable Development Goal 16 as proposed by the Open Working Group on the sustainable development goals. As currently drafted, this includes a target on ending all forms of violence and abuse against children. The UK has been vocally supportive of target 5.3 which includes the requirement to end child, early, and forced marriage and female genital mutilation and the Open Working Group report additionally includes targets on child labour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 06/03/2015 13:51:31 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

225232

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Children: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment and analysis her Department has carried out of the effects and extent of child labour in the regions and sectors where the Department works; and how resources are allocated through its economic development strategy to address that issue.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	226320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>To combat child labour, DFID believes it is essential to work to address the underlying conditions that encourage it, in particular extreme poverty. In Bangladesh, for example, DFID is working with both government and non-governmental organisations to prevent child labour and exploitation. This includes providing education and skills training to vulnerable children, removing children from harmful workplaces and supporting families so that their children do not have to drop out of school to go to work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID also supports action to increase primary-level education for children from poor families and provide social protection for extremely vulnerable children and families.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Plans for programmes under the economic development strategic framework are based on assessments of need and context in the countries in which DFID works.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 09/03/2015 15:26:28 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

416609

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	North Korea: Droughts
	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 in response to reports by UNICEF of a serious drought in North Korea.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>We are not currently responding directly to the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. However, we continue to monitor the situation in DPRK through our humanitarian department and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office network.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 11/09/2015 13:31:50 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

445035

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: International Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the Government's priorities are for the Syria Donor Conference in February 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The core priority of the “Supporting Syria and the Region (London 2016)” Conference is to raise significant new funding to meet the immediate and longer-term needs of all those affected by the crisis within Syria and to support neighbouring countries who have shown enormous generosity in hosting refugees. Both emergency 2016 funding and longer term funding in subsequent years are needed given the protracted nature of the conflict.</p><br /><p>The Conference must also address the longer-term needs of those affected by the crisis through supporting the creation of jobs and providing education, offering those that have been forced to flee their homes greater hope for the future.</p><br /><p>The Conference should maintain pressure on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and respect International Humanitarian Law, highlighting the deliberate and systematic abuses that continue to perpetuate the humanitarian crisis. Looking ahead, it will need to ensure the international community is well prepared to support a coordinated stabilisation effort.</p><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 21/01/2016 16:32:42 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce