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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Oct 2018
Government Overseas Aid Commitment: Private Investment

"As the Secretary of State will know, hundreds of millions of people around the world have been brought out of extreme poverty by global trade and investment, so it is bizarre to hear it attacked today. Does she agree that proper aid policies, teamed up with sustainable investment and good …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Apr 2018
Syria

"I welcome the statement by the Secretary of State, not least what she said about the work that we are doing with our allies given the way that, on the one hand, Russia and its apologists across the world have been saying that we should respect the UN, while, on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Mar 2018
Counter-Daesh Update

"It is very encouraging to hear this statement and it is quite a vindication for those of us who accepted the reasoning put forward for the UK to be involved in military action back in 2015, which was so eloquently set out at that time by the right hon. Member …..."
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Written Question
Africa: Bubonic Plague
Wednesday 28th February 2018

Asked by: Kevin Foster (Conservative - Torbay)

Question to the Department for International Development:

What steps her Department has taken in response to the recent outbreak of plague in Africa.

Answered by Harriett Baldwin - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)

DFID supported the World Health Organisation to send 114 experts, mobilise 1.2 million doses of antibiotics and establish nine treatment centres to assist the Government of Madagascar, where the plague outbreak occurred. Three experts from the UK’s Public Health Rapid Support Team also provided vital support to contain the outbreak.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 20 Feb 2018
Aid Sector: Safeguarding

"Given the heroism of many aid workers in difficult circumstances, it is literally tragic to hear of a handful who decided to exploit such a situation to fulfil their own sexual proclivities. Will my right hon. Friend reassure me by telling me what work her Department’s new safeguarding review unit …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jul 2017
Humanitarian Situation in Mosul

"I am sure that the Secretary of State will agree that the liberation of Mosul is a vindication of those on both sides of the House who were prepared to vote to give our allies on the ground the military support that they needed, rather than those who only wanted …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 02 Dec 2016
Aid Reviews

"I welcome the publication of the two reviews. Reading the “Multilateral Development Review”, I was interested to note how working with UNICEF on bulk orders of medicines via the Gavi programme had not only saved, potentially, the lives of 4 million to 5 million children, but saved £900 million that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 16 Nov 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"On a point of order, Mr Speaker...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2016
Yemen

"I have been listening with interest to the right hon. Gentleman’s speech. He made reference to the Houthis firing on a US naval ship. Does he agree that one of the things that is so worrying about the conflict is the possibility of threating some of the key shipping routes …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Feb 2016
Zika Virus

"To defeat such horrible illnesses, we need to tackle them at their source, as we saw with the Ebola crisis and outbreak. Given the success of Operation Gritrock in Sierra Leone in fighting Ebola, has DFID had any discussion with the Ministry of Defence about potentially supporting any operations, if …..."
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