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Written Question
Bananas: Conservation
Monday 16th July 2018

Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the extinction of the banana plant.

Answered by Harriett Baldwin - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

DFID is investing in technologies to identify ways to control the spread of banana diseases, including Panama Disease, in Africa and Asia, as part of a global effort to tackle this problem.

DFID is major funder of the international research organisation, the Consultative group on International Agricultural Research (CCIAR), which is currently working to address Panama Disease (TR4) as well as other emerging disease and pest threats in developing countries.

Although the disease cannot currently be eradicated, this research aims to develop effective control measures and to identify banana varieties that are not susceptible to the disease. These are being tested in countries like Mozambique and Myanmar that are already affected by Panama Disease.

Written Question
West Africa: Ebola
Monday 1st December 2014

Asked by: Andrew Jones (Conservative - Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much aid has been given to countries affected by the Ebola epidemic in each of the last three years.

Answered by Justine Greening

The UK has provided £65.7 million in 2011, £73 million in 2012 and £82.4 million in 2013 of direct, bilateral Official Development Assistance to countries affected by Ebola (Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea). Additional aid to these countries has been provided by the UK through the multilateral aid system.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"T3. What is my right hon. Friend’s Department doing to promote the business skills of developing countries so that they can promote their own economies?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jul 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What steps her Department is taking to end aid dependency through jobs and economic development...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jul 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that poverty can only be reduced in the long run through economic development, and that DFID can play a major role in helping companies to grow and get people into work so that they can raise their own tax revenues to fund their own …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2013
Overseas Aid (Private Sector Contracts)

"I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, and I noted her mention of my former employer, Taylors of Harrogate, in both her speech this morning and in the House this afternoon. Does she agree that trade and partnership, thus creating sustainable economic growth, is the key to taking people out …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Mar 2013
UK’s Development Work (Girls and Women)

"I congratulate my right hon. Friend on her excellent and very encouraging statement. Does she welcome the warm endorsement that Kate Allen, the head of Amnesty International, gave to the Government’s policies on women and girls on Monday?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Sep 2012
Afghanistan

"I thank my right hon. Friend for her statement. Please can she explain what role the UK is playing in improving governance in Afghanistan?..."
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