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Written Question
Syria: Humanitarian Aid
Wednesday 27th December 2017

Asked by: Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat - East Dunbartonshire)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that humanitarian aid can be delivered in East Ghouta and other besieged areas in Syria.

Answered by Alistair Burt

Humanitarian access to Eastern Ghouta remains severely constrained by the Assad regime. Our partners are on the ground providing life-saving support, but desperately needed aid supplies are unable to reach them. The UK continues to demand full and sustained humanitarian access into Eastern Ghouta, and to all other besieged areas in Syria.

Written Question
Department for International Development: Staff
Monday 23rd October 2017

Asked by: Jo Swinson (Liberal Democrat - East Dunbartonshire)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many climate and environment advisers have been employed by her Department in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Rory Stewart

DFID’s Climate & Environment cadre currently contains 60 advisers.

The exact numbers fluctuate during the year as advisers are recruited into or leave the organisation or when existing staff are accredited to the cadre.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jul 2017
Humanitarian Situation in Mosul

"I welcome the statement and thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of it. Tens of thousands of children have been without education in Mosul for many years, so it is good news that 750 schools have reopened, but what work is being done to assist schools to tackle …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jul 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"I warmly welcome the coalition Government’s commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income on international development, particularly to help us make progress towards the millennium development goal on reducing maternal deaths, which we are furthest from achieving. Will the Secretary of State outline how UK aid money will be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 May 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"The best guarantee of making women’s health a priority, and ending the barbaric practices to which the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman) alludes, is making sure women are actively involved, and listened to, in the political process. In what ways is the Department working with women’s organisations and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2011
Humanitarian Emergency Response Review

"I warmly welcome the Ashdown report and the Government’s response. May I urge the Government to take an integrated, cross-departmental approach to this that includes the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence as well as DFID, in order to anticipate …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 28 Apr 2011
Sudan

"I congratulate my neighbour, the right hon. Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Mr Clarke), on securing the debate. I appreciate this opportunity to discuss Sudan. The debate is particularly timely at this critical point following the referendum and before southern Sudan takes statehood in its own right on 9 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2011
UN Women

"I share the right hon. Lady’s concern at the lack of women’s voices in the creation of the new structures in Egypt and at the fact that there are no female experts on the constitutional committee. More worryingly, the new draft rules on who can lead the country assume that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2011
UN Women

"I echo the thanks to the Backbench Business Committee for ensuring time in the Chamber for this debate, and particularly thank its Chair, the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Natascha Engel), and the other hon. Lady on the Committee, the hon. Member for Battersea (Jane Ellison). I understand that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2011
UN Women

"We need to do both. We need to make clear our commitment and offer every possible assistance in the swift development of the strategic plan. One of the challenges facing UN Women is to create a range of indicators that can monitor properly what progress is being made on women, …..."
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