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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend to her place. Women refugees often suffer violence on their journeys to safety, and the practice of registering only the head of the family in asylum processes often leaves their needs neglected. Will the Secretary of State reassure the House that at the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Jun 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the Secretary of State reassure the House that following the withdrawal of our overseas aid portion given through the EU, the absolute percentage that we spend on the world’s poorest people will be maintained?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 13 Jun 2016
Foreign Aid Expenditure

"On that point, does my hon. Friend not think that one of the problems is that the public have difficulty conceiving what 0.7% of GNI really means? It is a fact that the value of the food we throw away is more than 0.7% of GNI. The amount we spend …..."
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Written Question
Eritrea: Refugees
Monday 6th June 2016

Asked by: Caroline Spelman (Conservative - Meriden)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has provided to (a) the UNHCR and (b) other organisations to support Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia in each of the last three years.

Answered by Nick Hurd

Over the past three financial years DFID has disbursed £16,999,196 to UNHCR in Ethiopia (of which £7,010,225 was in 2013/14, £9,896,334 in 2014/15 and £91,637 in 2015/16).

From this total, £1,108,571 was allocated for child protection services for Eritrean refugees (£368,068 in 2013/14 and £740,503 in 2014/15).

A further £1,846,027 from this total was allocated over the three years in question for core relief items (basic household goods) for all refugees in Ethiopia, including Eritreans.

Funding for Eritrean refugees was not provided directly to any other organisation in Ethiopia.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Apr 2016
Violence against Women and Girls (Sustainable Development Goals)

"Does the hon. Gentleman agree that in order to ensure that girls can be taught safely in Afghanistan, security is absolutely key? Will he urge the Minister to look at the situation in the federally administered tribal areas of Pakistan, the buffer zone between Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the Pakistani …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Apr 2016
Violence against Women and Girls (Sustainable Development Goals)

"I congratulate the hon. Member for Foyle (Mark Durkan) on securing this debate, and I thank the men who have come to speak. It is very important that men speak up for women; it is great to see that.

I had the pleasure of representing this country at the United …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Mar 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Some of us met a delegation of Yazidis yesterday who explained the plight of almost 2,000 women still held captive. Would the Minister be willing to meet that delegation to hear at first hand of the difficulty they have in reaching help?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 16 Mar 2016
UNHCR: Admission Pathways for Syrian Refugees

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Crausby, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) on securing this debate.

I commend the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. As with other aid and relief organisations that are working in this …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 16 Mar 2016
UNHCR: Admission Pathways for Syrian Refugees

"My hon. Friend makes a very important point. I think a number of us have challenged a number of Ministers about this issue, asking, first, what is the cause of the under-registration of religious minorities in the camps and, secondly, how do we go out and find the people who …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 16 Mar 2016
UNHCR: Admission Pathways for Syrian Refugees

"My right hon. Friend makes a very important point. My very last remark before his intervention was to say that we must be careful that one religious group is not privileged over another.

Religious literacy is incredibly important in this discussion. In a moment, I will speak about another minority—a …..."
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