Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"I notice that the Foreign Secretary has not said anything about those horrific posters—they are not posters that anyone would want to see, particularly someone who is pregnant, as is my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow.
Last week, Labour reiterated its call to end the rape clause, which forces …..."Diane Abbott - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"How much more dismissive can the Foreign Secretary be of people and families dependent on benefits? We are not talking about a spending spree; we are talking about a system that is fair and just, and which does not subject people to undue humiliation.
Last week, the 100-year-old travel company …..."Diane Abbott - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"Nobody is asking the Government routinely to bail out companies. We are asking the Government why they will not even meet the workers.
Whether it is women Members in this House, women claiming benefits, women’s reproductive rights in Northern Ireland or the failure to support women workers at Thomas Cook, …..."Diane Abbott - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Foreign Secretary has not mentioned the fact that there are over 600,000 more women and girls in poverty now than in 2010. I gently say to him that I was a Member of this House when Tory MPs defenestrated the first female Prime Minister, Mrs Thatcher, and I was …..."Diane Abbott - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Nov 2017
Israel: Meetings
"You would have told the ambassador...."Diane Abbott - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 9th March 2016
Asked by:
Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's expenditure on the Bloodhound Supersonic Car project in South Africa on reducing poverty in that country.
Answered by James Duddridge
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has incurred no expenditure on the development of the Bloodhound Supersonic Car.
Written Question
Friday 29th January 2016
Asked by:
Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2016 to Question 22275, what assessment his Department made of the risk that items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law as defined in the Export Control Act 2002 and the EU Common position when making the decision to grant licences for the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The UK Government takes its arms export responsibilities very seriously and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application including International Humanitarian Law. The Government is satisfied that extant licences for Saudi Arabia are compliant with the UK’s export licensing criteria.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jun 2015
European Union Referendum Bill
"Does my right hon. Friend agree that those of us who were in the House for John Major’s Administration watched the Government party fall apart under the pressure of their rows on Europe, and that we look forward cheerfully to it happening again?..."Diane Abbott - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 8th June 2015
Asked by:
Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the government of Burma regarding implementation of the Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence in the last six months; and at what levels these discussions took place.
Answered by Lord Swire
The then-Minister of State for the Home Office, Lynne Featherstone, visited Burma in January, in her role as UK Champion for Tackling Violence Against Women. She raised this issue with senior members of the Burmese government, including Ministers of the President’s Office, U Soe Thane and U Aung Min, and also with Deputy Foreign Minister U Thant Kyaw.
In our efforts to promote UNSCR 1325 (on Women, Peace and Security) in Burma, in addition to high-level lobbying, the UK has encouraged women’s full participation in the peace process, supported the drafting of forthcoming legislation on violence against women, and funded work to increase women’s participation in the electoral process. We have supported access to justice for the survivors of sexual violence. As one of the largest humanitarian donors to Kachin and Rakhine states, we have funded the coordination of activities to prevent violence against women.