Written Question
Tuesday 22nd July 2014
Asked by:
Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the current cost is of transporting a container of goods to St Helena; and what estimate her Department has made of such a cost once the RMS St Helena is decommissioned.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
Costs of transportation depends on volume and place of origin. Expressions of interest for ocean freight services are currently being reviewed by the Saint Helena Government.
Written Question
Monday 16th June 2014
Asked by:
Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Burundi.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
Burundi is affected by food insecurity, although harvests were above average in 2013. Burundi is also currently host to 121,560 refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) as well as 33,000 Burundian returnees who came back from Mtabila camp in Tanzania following its closure at the end of 2012. Burundi's high population density creates a challenge for the Government of Burundi to find durable solutions for reintegration of IDPs and returnees. DFID will continue to monitor the humanitarian situation and in particular rainfall levels in the north of the country.
Written Question
Monday 16th June 2014
Asked by:
Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with her US counterpart on conditionality of future US development aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo on adherence to constitutional term limits in that country.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
UK ministers have discussions with their counterparts on a wide range of issues. The terms of US development aid is a matter for the US government.
Written Question
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Monday 28th April 2014
Asked by:
Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what projects her Department has in Lesotho.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
Lesotho does not receive any direct development funding from the UK, but does benefit through DFID's Southern Africa Regional programmes. UK support to Lesotho is mainly delivered through Civil Society Organisations such as Gender Links, Commonwealth Business Council and Common Ground Initiative, a joint fund with Comic Relief.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"In a bleak region, will the Minister commend the work of Mr Mustapha Ben Jafar in securing the constitution to which he just referred? Does he accept that Tunisia can be a beacon across the region as a broad, inclusive democracy that can achieve real progress?..."Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Dec 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"T6. In Sierra Leone, good administrative arrangements are in place to combat corruption. What can the Secretary of State do to assist with political momentum to improve governance and root out corruption among politicians there?..."Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"T5. Yesterday’s failure to sign a Congo peace accord in Addis Ababa is very serious. [Interruption.] Will the Government carry out an immediate assessment of development projects in eastern Congo in view of the failure to resolve the situation on the ground?..."Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"Q15. David Burslem is severely disabled and has a medical need for an extra room in his home. Why are the Government led by the Prime Minister taking £676 a year away from him in order to pay for a tax cut for the richest?..."Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2012
UK Aid (Uganda and Rwanda)
"The M23 rebels, who the United Nations experts say are being directly supported by named individuals in the Rwandan Government, are attacking Goma as we speak. Far from our Government “jumping the gun”, as the Secretary of State unfortunately said a moment ago, is it not the case that people …..."Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 31 Oct 2012
Oral Answers to Questions
"1. What recent assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian implications of Rwanda’s support for militia activity in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo...."Ian C. Lucas - View Speech
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