Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 May 2019
Ebola Outbreak: DRC
"My constituent Ben Thomas came to talk to me about this on Saturday. The combination of this terrible disease, in an area with 18 million people dominated by separate groups, as the Secretary of State described, out of Government control, with the conspiracy theories, reads like the nightmarish script of …..."Lord Brennan of Canton - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 17th November 2016
Asked by:
Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support increased investment in decentralised renewable energy projects in developing countries.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The UK Government is playing a leading role in improving energy access in developing countries through decentralised renewable energy, to help meet the basic energy needs of some of the poorest people in the world.
For example, programmes in Kenya and Tanzania aim to stimulate investment in community scale, renewable energy mini-grids, increasing electricity access for millions of people. The Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate Technologies (REACT) challenge fund has provided seed finance for decentralised, renewable energy businesses to grow in countries of East Africa. And the Energy Africa campaign is working with a range of African countries and businesses to accelerate the expansion of markets in Africa so that people are able to buy affordable solar systems.
Written Question
Thursday 28th April 2016
Asked by:
Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department's Graduate Development Scheme will take place in 2016; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID will be running a Graduate Development Scheme for 2016. Recruitment is due to launch in May 2016.
Written Question
Thursday 11th September 2014
Asked by:
Lord Brennan of Canton (Labour - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
The current outbreak of Ebola poses a serious public health risk to West Africa and is deeply concerning. The UK is taking a leading role in working with the countries affected and with the international community to ensure that the current Ebola outbreak is contained and help reaches those in need. In total, over £25 million of British funding is supporting the global effort to contain this disease. This includes £5 million of new direct funding to help partners working on the ground like the WHO, Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières to treat victims and prevent the spread of Ebola. As announced by the Secretary of State for International Development on 8th September, British military and humanitarian experts will set up a medical treatment centre for victims of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, to provide vital treatment to victims of the disease including health workers and medical volunteers.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 18 June...."Lord Brennan of Canton - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"I spoke yesterday to my constituent, Delyth Thompson, who, like the constituents of many colleagues across the House, was anxious because her son’s passport had not arrived on time. Given the dreadful level of service she described to me, she was quite shocked to find that the Passport Office returned …..."Lord Brennan of Canton - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2013
Overseas Aid (Private Sector Contracts)
"Last Friday, I received a group of constituents from the IF campaign, Enough Food for Everyone, who asked me to seek assurances from the Government and the Secretary of State that the commitment to the 0.7% gross national income figure remains as strong as ever, and that she will resist …..."Lord Brennan of Canton - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2012
UK Aid (Uganda and Rwanda)
"I raised the issue of reinstating aid to Rwanda with the Prime Minister on 17 October at Prime Minister’s questions, because of the Rwandan Government’s support for the M23 rebels, who are murdering, maiming and raping in eastern Congo. The Prime Minister said he had spoken personally to President Kagame …..."Lord Brennan of Canton - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Oct 2011
Oral Answers to Questions
"8. What steps he is taking to support reconstruction in Somalia...."Lord Brennan of Canton - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Oct 2011
Oral Answers to Questions
"Does the Secretary of State agree that the recent interception of two young men from Cardiff—one from my constituency, the other from that of my right hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Alun Michael)—shows that it is in our national interest to ensure that we are engaged …..."Lord Brennan of Canton - View Speech
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