Written Question
Friday 15th September 2017
Asked by:
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - North Cotswolds)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what (a) short-term emergency and (b) medium-term reconstruction aid her Department has provided to people affected by Hurricane Irma.
Answered by Alistair Burt
The Prime Minister has made available £57 million to support those affected by Hurricane Irma which is being delivered through a co-ordinated response, drawing on expertise from across Government. DFID has sent more than 40 metric tonnes of UK aid to the region including thousands of shelter kits and solar lanterns. More supplies will be arriving throughout the month.
Our top priority is to help with the most urgent needs. But we are also discussing with the governments in the region how best to support them as they begin to get basic services such as health and education running again, and to rebuild their economies and infrastructure.
The Government will continue to do all it can to support those affected. Further details of our work are available on our website https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"Can my right hon. Friend say whether the gap between urban and rural authorities is widening? If it is widening in favour of urban authorities, will not the council tax payers in rural authorities, who are going to see their council tax rise considerably over the next three years, have …..."Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Jan 2015
Sustainable Development Goals
"I am sure the hon. Lady agrees that the coalition’s record on delivering the 0.7% of GNI is one of which we should be extremely proud, on behalf of the whole country. If our constituents are to have confidence in that spending, we shall need to see the maximum transparency …..."Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 6th January 2015
Asked by:
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - North Cotswolds)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will consider funding non-UNHCR programmes that support trafficked and abused North Korean women in China.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
We have no plans to provide funding for non-United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees programmes that support trafficked and abused North Korean women in China. The Department for International Development does not have a bilateral aid programme in North Korea and our bilateral aid programme in China closed in March 2011.
Written Question
Monday 24th November 2014
Asked by:
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative - North Cotswolds)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has for aid in Sri Lanka in 2015-16.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The UK does not have a bilateral DFID aid programme in Sri Lanka. Some programmes working across a number of countries on specific themes will continue to benefit Sri Lanka on nutrition, mine clearance, and improving state-society relations in security and justice provision.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Nov 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"Q4. My right hon. Friend may be aware that my constituents Dr and Mrs Turner’s granddaughter died of the dreadful disease meningitis B. Thirty babies die of this a year. Much more worryingly, 300 babies are severely maimed; indeed, a baby in Bristol at the moment is facing quadruple amputations. …..."Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Mar 2014
Burma
"The hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) and I visited Burma in 2012. One of the Government Ministers there had been given the task of mediating between the various ethnic minority groups. I have a suspicion, however, that the disputes between some of the groups have got worse since …..."Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Jan 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"Having just returned from the Nizip-2 Syrian refugee camp, where the conditions were quite good, I pay tribute to the Secretary of State’s Department for what it is doing there, but what is my right hon. Friend doing to make sure that some of the other camps in front-line countries …..."Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Mar 2013
Overseas Aid (Private Sector Contracts)
"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the public sector is often too large in the poorest countries in the world? Is not the best way in which her Department can help to release people from poverty sustainably to create a climate in which the private sector in those countries …..."Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Feb 2013
Syria (Humanitarian Response)
"I was at a conference over the weekend with both Turkish and Jordanian representatives, both of whom said, independently, that the international community could do more to help with the refugee problems in their respective countries. I say to my right hon. Friend that simple things, such as blankets to …..."Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
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