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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q8. Cheshire schools in areas of rurality and areas of high deprivation will receive some of the lowest per-pupil funding rates in the country under the new proposed funding formula. Does the Prime Minister agree that these discrepancies must be addressed to ensure that Eddisbury pupils get the best possible …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. What steps her Department is taking to support education for girls in the developing world. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"In Afghanistan, adult women are more than twice as likely as men to be illiterate, with a literacy rate of just 24%, compared with 51% for men. Does the Minister agree that there is much work to be done to close the gap between girls and boys in developing countries, …..."
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Written Question
Developing Countries: Education
Wednesday 29th June 2016

Asked by: Antoinette Sandbach (Liberal Democrat - Eddisbury)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support the education of girls in developing countries.

Answered by Desmond Swayne

The UK is strongly committed to providing education for girls. The UK’s flagship Girls’ Education Challenge (GEC) programme is the world’s largest global fund dedicated to girls’ education. UKAID has supported over 6.6 million girls in developing countries to receive a quality education, of whom 1.6 million were at particularly high risk of missing out.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 May 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"14. Somalia was recently judged to be the most corrupt country in the world by the independent watchdog Transparency International, yet in 2014 it received £124 million in aid. Does the Secretary of State believe that the entirety of that sum went towards helping the country’s poorest and most needy?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Right to Buy does not apply to rural exception sites. Does the Secretary of State therefore agree that affordable housing in rural areas is absolutely key?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q10. A lone parent in my constituency has described as “appalling” her experience of the Child Maintenance Group. She talked of a lack of communication, being passed from pillar to post, a failure to act on evidence and not progressing with enforcement. Will the Prime Minister arrange for the Secretary …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2016
Syria: Madaya

"I welcome the Secretary of State’s condemnation of those who are refusing to let the convoys through. What action is her Department taking to ensure that there is proper documentation, so that the International Criminal Court can step in and send a clear signal that those who breach international law …..."
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