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Written Question
Gaza: Breast Cancer
Friday 21st October 2022

Asked by: Kim Leadbeater (Labour - Spen Valley)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterparts on ensuring women in Gaza are afforded unimpeded access to medical treatment for breast cancer.

Answered by Gillian Keegan

We are closely monitoring the ongoing humanitarian situation in Gaza. The UK Embassy in Tel Aviv regularly raises the importance of access to healthcare, including critical health services, with the Israeli authorities. We are urging the Government of Israel to ensure this access is maintained. The wounded and critically ill in Gaza should be able to access the urgent medical care they need.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Apr 2022
Prime Minister’s Visit to India

"Does the Minister agree that, although we all want an improved trading and diplomatic relationship with India, it should be on the basis of shared values, including religious tolerance and respect for minorities? As the Prime Minister is not here to answer for himself, can she tell us what representations …..."
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Written Question
Ukraine: Fire and Rescue Services
Thursday 17th March 2022

Asked by: Kim Leadbeater (Labour - Spen Valley)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2022 to Question 136706 on Ukraine: Fire and Rescue Services, for what reason that Answer did not include reference to the funding made available to UK fire fighting manufacturers and services to produce and send fire fighting equipment to Ukraine; and what recent discussion the Government has had with Fire Aid on that matter.

Answered by James Cleverly - Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Government is supporting Fire Aid's deployment of donated items of kit and equipment from fire services across the UK to be sent to Ukraine, to support firefighters on the frontline.  These donations include 18 fire engines, thermal imaging cameras for finding victims, generators, lighting, hoses, rescue equipment, and thousands of sets of personal protective equipment. A convoy of 22 vehicles and two lorries of equipment is scheduled to depart the UK on 19 March.

Written Question
Ukraine: Fire and Rescue Services
Monday 14th March 2022

Asked by: Kim Leadbeater (Labour - Spen Valley)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) her Department will provide funding to UK fire fighting manufacturers to produce and send fire fighting equipment to Ukraine and (b) she has had recent discussions with Fire Aid on that matter.

Answered by James Cleverly - Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

The UK has now committed £395 million in aid to the current crisis. This includes £220 million of humanitarian assistance which will be used to save lives, protect vulnerable people inside Ukraine and in neighbouring countries. This funding will help aid agencies respond to the deteriorating humanitarian situation by providing access to basic necessities and medical supplies. UK Government humanitarian experts have also deployed to the region to support those fleeing the violence in Ukraine.

The UK has matched pound for pound the public's first £25 million for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, which has now surpassed £100 million. Donating will help DEC charities provide food, water, shelter and healthcare to refugees and displaced families.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Recognition of the State of Palestine

"This is indeed a timely debate. While our attention is rightly focused on the devastating events in Ukraine, an immediate crisis in one part of the world should not prevent us from addressing a long-running injustice elsewhere. As we wrestle with what we can do to defend the people of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Afghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: UK Response

"As we have heard and seen in the utterly heartbreaking scenes on our TV screens every night, urgent humanitarian aid is absolutely essential, but people in Afghanistan also desperately need access to basic public services. Can the Minister set out what the Government are doing to co-ordinate a global plan …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Feb 2022
2002 Gujarat Riots

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the 20th anniversary of the 2002 Gujarat riots.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I am grateful for the opportunity to open this debate, which is my very first Westminster Hall debate.

The riots took place …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Feb 2022
2002 Gujarat Riots

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I agree 100% with what he has said. We have to learn from the past, and far too often events are not acknowledged and the past is rewritten. We have to find a way to make sure that these things are never …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Feb 2022
2002 Gujarat Riots

"I thank my hon. Friend, and I agree absolutely with him. We have to ensure that we find a way, wherever possible, to live peacefully. I will talk about that in more detail shortly.

As I said, many people lost their lives in the riots. I cannot speak for the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Feb 2022
2002 Gujarat Riots

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for meeting me earlier to discuss these events.

Once again, let me make it clear that I am not seeking to make a judgment from afar. Undoubtedly, inter-communal violence is, sadly, not unique to India; tragically, we see it in many …..."
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