Written Question
Thursday 1st December 2016
Asked by:
Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on (a) a proposed revision to the 2009 NGO Policy Regulations by the government of Sierra Leone and (b) the views of civil society organisations on that proposed revision.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The Government of Sierra Leone is consulting on revising the NGO policy guidelines. The DFID team in Sierra Leone is talking to the government, other development partners and civil society organisations. Civil society organisations we have engaged accept that government should have adequate oversight of their work, particularly where they are being funded to support government programmes and objectives. They are keen to work with government to ensure that new administrative requirements, fees and taxes are appropriate and proportionate. It will be important that the guidelines strike the right balance.
Written Question
Thursday 30th June 2016
Asked by:
Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is giving to Eastern Kachin and Northern Shan states in Burma.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The UK has provided over £18.1 million in essential humanitarian and health assistance in Kachin and Northern Shan states from 2012 until the end of the last financial year, and plans to spend at least a further £5 million this year. DFID is the biggest contributor to the multi donor funds working in these areas to improve food security, and to provide maternal, new-born and child health care services including immunisation, prevention of HIV among people, Malaria testing and treatment. DFID also provides significant support to education in Kachin and Northern Shan, through UNICEF and the Myanmar Education Consortium.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2016
Syria Crisis: UK Response
"Words cannot convey the impotence and the anger that we, as politicians, feel at the lack of progress in the peace process. I understand the contribution made by the Government, but we are seeing an awful humanitarian crisis develop today at the border with Turkey. Mrs Angela Merkel has made …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Nov 2015
Humanitarian Aid: Refugees in Greece and the Balkans
"The Secretary of State is usually very sympathetic, but I do not like the way she has dismissed the claims of children, particularly unaccompanied children who have been separated from their relatives. Has she had any discussions with EU Ministers about what happened in Italy last year, when of the …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"Will the Minister confirm that migrants from Eritrea are no longer going to be described as economic migrants, since some of the worst human rights atrocities are taking place in that country?..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"As the Minister knows, I have a particular interest in this subject, as I changed and tightened up the law in 2003. The Easter holidays are coming up, and many young girls will be taken out of the UK to their countries of origin in the school holidays to have …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 4th February 2015
Asked by:
Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided to reform the security sector, the judiciary and the prison system and to upholding the rule of law in Ethiopia to support that country in meeting its international obligations in these areas.
Answered by Justine Greening
In 2014/15 the UK will provide £4million of funding to independent agencies working to make the security and justice sector fairer and more accountable in Ethiopia. No DFID funding goes to Ethiopia's police or security services.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"Question 2, Mr Speaker...."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Feb 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"T2. I will take my moment, Mr Speaker. Over 30 years ago, this country was very generous in response to the Ethiopian famine, but now, over the last three years, we have given £1 billion in aid—despite the fact that the security forces in Ethiopia are raping, torturing and killing. …..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Dec 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"What happened to the 700 women and children who were abducted some months ago? There was a big fuss about that in the Chamber. What has happened to them and what is your Department doing about it?..."Ann Clwyd - View Speech
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