Written Question
Monday 13th June 2022
Asked by:
Jeff Smith (Labour - Manchester Withington)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding the UK (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide to support more resilient crops through the Santiago Network.
Answered by Vicky Ford
The UK is committed to supporting efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change, including through our International Climate Finance (ICF), which will total at least £11.6 billion between 2021-2026. As COP26 President, the UK will work with the incoming Egyptian Presidency for COP27 and others to progress the actions set out in the COP26 Decision text. This includes the Glasgow Dialogue which will discuss the arrangements for the funding of activities to avert, minimise and address loss and damage. We are also supporting the process to operationalise the Santiago Network. Decisions on UK funding for the Santiago Network will be taken as this work progresses.
Negotiations continue on the Santiago Network's organizational structure. The focus of the Santiago Network's support will be developed and agreed once the Network is operational. Current FCDO Agriculture Research programmes continue to support climate resilient crops and food systems. These includes our major joint research initiatives with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation supporting work at the Crop Science Centre in Cambridge to sustainably increase yields for small-holder farmers in Africa, and Edinburgh-based research on livestock health.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Executions in Saudi Arabia
"The Minister has said many times now that the Government make representations and have frank discussions. Can she point to a single example of any impact or effect of those representations?..."Jeff Smith - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Draft Local Audit (Appointing Person) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
"It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Mundell, and you will be pleased to know that I intend to be brief in my remarks.
I thank the Minister for her introduction, and I thank the officials who talked me through the regulations last week. The Opposition …..."Jeff Smith - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 25th May 2021
Asked by:
Jeff Smith (Labour - Manchester Withington)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Withington of 30 March 2021 on British citizens currently detained in Syria, reference JS41774.
Answered by James Cleverly
- Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
We have no record of receiving this item of correspondence. My officials have contacted your office and have obtained a copy. We will work to expedite a response.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in the official development assistance budget on poverty in the global south. ..."Jeff Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Mar 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"Britain holds the pen on Yemen, but as the senior country is it not our duty to lead by example, and is not cutting aid by 60% at a time of acute humanitarian crisis a terrible example? The UN Secretary-General said that reducing aid was a “death sentence”. Is he …..."Jeff Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Sep 2020
Occupied Palestinian Territories
"I welcome this debate, and I endorse the principles outlined by my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) in his excellent introductory speech. Like him, I consider myself a friend of Israel and a supporter of the Palestinian cause and Palestinian statehood, and I think a two-state solution …..."Jeff Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Sep 2020
Occupied Palestinian Territories
"I do not disagree. I might phrase it differently, but my hon. Friend makes an important point.
We need to think about how we can practically influence the Israeli Government to abandon the plans. We have talked in this House about sanctions against Governments that break international law, and Crimea …..."Jeff Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Mar 2020
British Citizens Abroad: FCO Help to Return Home
"Given that we are still in a transition period with the EU, can the Foreign Secretary clarify whether UK nationals can access flights operated by EU countries? I understand that a number of them are operating flights and it might be possible and easier to get back to the UK …..."Jeff Smith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Mar 2020
Turkey-Greece Border: Refugees
"The Minister will be as worried as everybody else about the reports of the refugee camp being burned and of the vigilante groups on the ground. What support are the Government giving, particularly to NGOs, to help to de-escalate the situation out there?..."Jeff Smith - View Speech
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