Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Apr 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"14. What recent assessment her Department has made of the human rights situation in Rwanda. ..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Apr 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"According to the Foreign Office’s own website, homosexuality remains frowned upon by many in Rwanda, and LGBTQ+ people can experience discrimination and abuse, including from local authorities. LGBTQ+ Rwandan refugees have been forced to flee the hostility and dangers they have faced there. What account will the UK Government take …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Apr 2022
Prime Minister’s Visit to India
"This too might be a tough question for the Minister to answer, but has the Prime Minister insisted on specialists in human rights and environmental matters being included on trade delegations to India during the ongoing free trade negotiations?..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to refugees from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds leaving Ukraine.
Answered by James Cleverly
- Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
The UK is committed to the principle of non-discrimination on any grounds, including on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or race. Combating violence and discrimination against minorities forms an important part of our wider international human rights work. We have pledged £395 million of aid to the current crisis, which includes £220 million of humanitarian assistance and deployed UK humanitarian experts to support Ukraine's neighbours, who are receiving and supporting refugees fleeing Ukraine, through providing logistics advice and analysis of needs on the ground.
Written Question
Tuesday 15th March 2022
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ease customs red tape and reduce paperwork requirements for people trying to deliver aid to Ukrainian refugees in EU countries.
Answered by James Cleverly
- Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
The UK Government advises people to donate cash through trusted charities and humanitarian partners, rather than donating goods. Unsolicited donations, although well-meaning, can obstruct supply chains and delay more urgent support from getting through. Trusted humanitarian partners are working with the Government of Ukraine and countries in the region to assess needs and deliver the assistance most required. It is usually more efficient for aid organisations to procure required items themselves, and locally, than to process, store, and distribute donated goods.
Written Question
Tuesday 15th March 2022
Asked by:
Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ease customs red tape and reduce paperwork requirements for people trying to deliver aid to Ukraine.
Answered by James Cleverly
- Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
The UK Government advises people to donate cash through trusted charities and humanitarian partners, rather than donating goods. Unsolicited donations, although well-meaning, can obstruct supply chains and delay more urgent support from getting through. Trusted humanitarian partners are working with the Government of Ukraine and countries in the region to assess needs and deliver the assistance most required. It is usually more efficient for aid organisations to procure required items themselves, and locally, than to process, store, and distribute donated goods.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jan 2022
Elections Bill
"I rise to speak to my new clause 18, and I declare an interest as a member of the all-party parliamentary group on electoral campaigning transparency.
The Bill has almost nothing to say about the acute issue of secretive campaign finance filtering into British politics. The use of unincorporated associations …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" What progress the Government have made through international co-operation on tackling climate change. ..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"It is vital that climate action does not come at the cost of further crushing debt for developing world countries. Debt cancellation would be one fast way for those countries to free up resources, achieve the sustainable development goals, and tackle the climate crisis. Will the COP26 President and UK …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 May 2021
Violence in Israel and Palestine
"The covid-19 pandemic has hit Palestinian communities disproportionately hard, but despite Israel’s having the world’s highest covid-19 vaccination rate, it remains the case that fewer than 150,000 Palestinians have been vaccinated in the occupied west bank and Gaza. What are FCDO Ministers and their representatives there doing to rectify that …..."Deidre Brock - View Speech
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