Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Oct 2014
Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure
"My Lords, who would have thought that last business on a cold and wet Tuesday could be so significant, so exciting? In fact, I called a rather bemused Table Office at 10 minutes to five on the last day of the summer term when I saw the Measure on forthcoming …..."Baroness Berridge - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 21st July 2014
Asked by:
Baroness Berridge (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds they have allocated for reconciliation work in Iraq in the current financial year.
Answered by Baroness Northover
The joint DFID/FCO/MOD Conflict Pool is used for reconciliation work, amongst other themes. The total Conflict Pool budget for Iraq in this financial year is £2.5 million and £0.3m of this is supporting reconciliation projects.
Written Question
Monday 21st July 2014
Asked by:
Baroness Berridge (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £3 million of emergency aid to Iraq will be allocated to United Kingdom charities, and in particular to the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, operated by Canon Andrew White.
Answered by Baroness Northover
The UK has allocated £2m to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with UK operations who were already operating in Iraq.
DFID has not received a request for funding in response to the current situation in Iraq from the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. For the financial year 2014/15 they will receive £8,070 from the MENA Conflict Pool. This is a project which has been running for a number of years and is not connected to our emergency response.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jul 2014
BBC World Service and British Council
"My Lords, whether the BBC World Service can fulfil its role is dependent on where it is broadcast. The BBC charter states that it should deliver news to,
“audiences with the least access to high quality impartial news”.
Nelson Mandela, Václav Havel and Aung San Suu Kyi are just a …..."Baroness Berridge - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 10 Jun 2014
Sudan: Meriam Ibrahim
"My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for giving way. The UK taxpayer gives millions of pounds each year to fund work in Sudan, including specifically funding the education and training of 20,000 young people. What assurances can my noble friend give to the UK taxpayer that such …..."Baroness Berridge - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Nov 2013
Human Rights
"My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the noble Lord for securing today’s debate, particularly as I chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom or Belief. We specifically added “or Belief” when the British Humanist Association became one of the stakeholders. The issue has for too long been …..."Baroness Berridge - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 27 Jun 2013
Africa: Development
"My Lords, my noble friend the Minister commented on the half of the countries that depend on trade rather than aid. Can she comment on recent reports that there is a growing risk of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and that there are more reports of piracy there than …..."Baroness Berridge - View Speech
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