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78546

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to ensure that particular attention to the most marginalised and people in vulnerable situations is specifically referenced in the language of the targets and goals in the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	206178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK, through our Troika, have made statements in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals on the importance of monitoring progress for marginalised groups across the targets and “leaving no one behind” as an overarching principle for the post 2015 framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The final goals and targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 21/07/2014 12:09:17 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

78547

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support proposals to amend the goal on education to provide free, equitable and inclusive quality education and life-long learning opportunities for all in the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	206179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK supports a stand-alone education goal in the Sustainable Development Goals to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and life-long learning opportunities for all.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The final goal and targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 21/07/2014 12:06:03 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

78075

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Remittances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government has taken to meet the commitment made by the G20 heads of state in the final declaration of the Cannes Summit in November 2011 to reduce the average cost of transferring remittances to 5 per cent by 2014; and what assessment she made of the likelihood of the UK meeting this commitment.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	206031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is contributing to the achievement of the 5% target by supporting the development of payments infrastructure, with a focus on digitisation to reduce transaction costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also support piloting and scaling up mobile banking through a Technology Programme for Branchless Banking which is co-funded with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Master Card Foundation and the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP). As of December 2013, the Programme has helped an estimated 31 million poor people globally to access financial services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 21/07/2014 11:56:40 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

78213

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Africa
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 reduce the cost of sending remittances to Africa.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID is supporting the development of payments infrastructure, with a focus on digitisation to reduce the cost of sending remittances to developing countries including in Africa.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID is also working through the Action Group on Cross Border Remittances to prevent a reduction in competition in UK remittance markets, which could increase sending costs. Information on the Action Group can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-developing-countries-economies-to-grow/supporting-pages/enabling-the-continued-flow-of-remittances" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-developing-countries-economies-to-grow/supporting-pages/enabling-the-continued-flow-of-remittances</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 21/07/2014 12:01:12 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77693

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion of universal health coverage in the goal on health in the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports a post-2015 target on universal health coverage. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.</p><p> </p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:04:56 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77694

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report of the High Level panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, what steps she is taking to ensure that the pledge to leave no-one behind is effectively translated into the target language of the proposed Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK, through our Troika, have made statements in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals on the importance of “leaving no one behind” as an overarching principle for the post 2015 framework.</p><p> </p><p>The final goals and targets in the post-2015 development framework will be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:05:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77697

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a standalone goal on climate change, in addition to targets on environmental sustainability integrated across the framework, accompanied by a measure to keep the rise in global temperatures at 2ºC on pre-industrialisation levels.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports a target to hold the increase in global average temperature below a 2°C rise in accordance with international agreements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will however be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:05:48 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

77698

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will support the inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals of a target on reducing the number of people living on less than $2 a day under the goal on poverty.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	205610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK supports a target to reduce the number of people living on less than $1.25 a day and a target on reducing poverty according to national definitions. This language is included in the most recent draft goals and targets list released by the co-chairs of the Open Working Group (OWG) on 2 June.</p><p> </p><p>The final targets in the post-2015 development framework will however be subject to international negotiations in the United Nations, in which the UK will play an active role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/07/2014 16:06:23 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

76435

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ethiopia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if officials in her Department will meet displaced people from the Gambella region of Ethiopia to discuss forcible removal and abuse in the Ethiopian government's villagisation programme.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	204545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since February 2011, DFID has undertaken several visits to Gambella and to Gambellan refugees residing in Kenya and South Sudan. These visits have included discussions about allegations of abuse and forced movement in relation to the Commune Development Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID, together with partners from the Development Assistance Group in Ethiopia (the ‘DAG'), is planning a further visit to Gambella later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 14/07/2014 16:52:12 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

76436

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Ethiopia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she last discussed the villagisation programme with the government of Ethiopia.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	204549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ministers and officials regularly discuss all aspects of the bilateral programme with the Government of Ethiopia.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 14/07/2014 16:53:01 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy