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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 May 2019
World Immunisation Week

"Does my hon. Friend agree that the Government’s recently published online harms consultation needs to include the beefing up of this, and that Facebook and others must be held responsible if they allow such anti-immunisation scare stories to be included on their platforms, because, as we are seeing in America, …..."
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Written Question
Commonwealth: Drinking Water
Monday 25th February 2019

Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that there is safe drinking water available in (a) Sri Lanka and (b) all other Commonwealth countries.

Answered by Alistair Burt

The UK is committed to supporting countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 6 target of universal access to water and sanitation by 2030. Since 2015, we have supported 40 million people to gain access to clean water and sanitation. This includes beneficiaries in Commonwealth countries in Africa and Asia such as Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

DFID has also supported Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean. For example, following Hurricane Maria DFID allocated £25 million to Dominica to repair and strengthen the water supply system across the island.

DFID’s bilateral programme in Sri Lanka country closed in 2006 when the country graduated to middle income status, and DFID does not have water and sanitation programmes in Sri Lanka.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 03 Jul 2018
LGBT Action Plan

"The Minister’s announcement today on the banning of so-called gay conversion therapies is obviously enormously welcome. As part of the process, as she looks to legislation or other processes with the Home Office, will she also try to ensure that such disgusting treatments do not go underground? Will she ensure …..."
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Written Question
Haiti: Overseas Aid
Tuesday 20th February 2018

Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has offered to Haiti in the last five years.

Answered by Alistair Burt

Data for all DFID’s spend is available in the Statistics for International Development publication at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-on-international-development-2017

The amount DFID has spent in Haiti is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659763/Table4c.ods

Information on 2017 spend will be published next year.

Written Question
Turkey: Overseas Aid
Thursday 20th October 2016

Asked by: Chris Elmore (Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK aid for Turkey to help address the effects of the conflict in Syria is being used for its intended purposes.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The UK has committed more than €300 million to the €3 billion Facility for Refugees in Turkey to assist Turkey in hosting refugees. The Facility delivers humanitarian and development assistance through existing EU instruments to meet the objectives articulated in the EU Turkey Joint Action Plan of October 2015. The UK is a member of the Facility Steering Committee. Funds will be monitored through existing governance and fiduciary controls.

DFID’s response to the immediate humanitarian crisis in Europe has been a crucial element of HMG’s overall migration strategy. The UK will continue to work alongside international partners to tackle the migration crisis, including through programmes such as the EU-Turkey Facility.