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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Mar 2018
National Debt

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what investments they will make in order to reduce the national debt...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Nov 2017
Creditworthiness Assessment Bill [HL]

"That the Bill be now read a second time...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Nov 2017
Creditworthiness Assessment Bill [HL]

"It is a great honour to be talking about poverty again in the House. Whenever I get to the House, I would love to jump up and say that we are not doing enough for the poor; we are not creating the escape ladders for people in poverty. If you …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Nov 2017
Creditworthiness Assessment Bill [HL]

"I thank your Lordships very much for that interesting discussion about what we all agree is an irregularity that happens when you live in poverty. It is one of the many irregularities there. What I found quite interesting about the Minister’s response is that when it comes to a market-based …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Nov 2017
Creditworthiness Assessment Bill [HL]

"God bless you. I am only a new boy. When, or if, we get this Bill through the House, it will benefit all political persuasions in the House because we will all be able to do our job around poverty a little better, but we will also have to make …..."
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Written Question
Literacy
Tuesday 1st November 2016

Asked by: Lord Bird (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Project Literacy campaign, and whether they have plans to support and promote that campaign.

Answered by Lord Bates

The Department for International Development (DFID) share Project Literacy’s view that illiteracy leaves people around the world vulnerable to poverty, abuse and exploitation, and are committed to supporting the Global Goal target of ensuring that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults achieve literacy and numeracy by 2030. The majority of DFID’s education programmes are focused on ensuring all children are able to read, write and count. For example, DFID is helping to increase literacy rates amongst women and girls in Northern Nigeria, where 7 out of 10 women cannot read at all, through the Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises project, which supports 18,000 young women to improve their literacy and numeracy.