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Written Question
St Helena: Airports
Wednesday 21st November 2018

Asked by: Meg Hillier (Labour (Co-op) - Hackney South and Shoreditch)

Question to the Department for International Development:

How many planes have successfully (a) landed and (b) taken off from St Helena's airport since that airport was built.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt

Since the airport opened in April 2016, there have been 278 flights. This consists of 139 arrivals and 139 departures.

Written Question
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation
Thursday 11th October 2018

Asked by: Meg Hillier (Labour (Co-op) - Hackney South and Shoreditch)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken by his Department to tackle the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Answered by Alistair Burt

The UK remains deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and is supporting hospitals and patients through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and addressing critical water and sanitation needs for 2 million people through the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). We are a consistent top-five donor to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which provides basic services to 1.3 million people in Gaza, including basic health care. We are also supporting humanitarian access and enabling reconstruction efforts in Gaza.

In the longer term, the UK will help to address the underlying causes of humanitarian strife in Gaza by focussing on economic development and helping to lift the overall standard of living by increasing trade and job creation, enabling greater movement and access for people and goods and enhancing the supply of electricity and clean water. Ultimately, a political settlement is the only way to ensure lasting peace for Palestinians and Israelis alike.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 22 Jul 2014
Refugee Camps

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Sanders.

I congratulate my colleague the hon. Member for Mid Derbyshire (Pauline Latham) on driving forward the desire to have this debate. She and I visited a refugee camp in northern Rwanda and we were both …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 22 Jul 2014
Refugee Camps

"The hon. Gentleman hits the nail on the head. It was striking that people still believe that there is a chance of going home. We met young people born in the camp I just mentioned, who believed that there was a chance that they would be able to go back …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 22 Jul 2014
Refugee Camps

"Absolutely. It is wise for all of us who sit in this House and have the opportunity to speak about these issues to be moderate in our discussion of immigration. I was a Home Office Minister and I partly dealt with immigration issues. I absolutely believe that we should have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q6. New research shows that the right hon. Gentleman’s Government are trapping low-earning aspirant parents on benefits. His benefit cap is hitting vulnerable children, stopping parents working and costing the taxpayer—is it not time for a rethink?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 21 Mar 2013
Post-2015 Development Agenda

"It is, as ever, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Hugh Bayley) on securing the debate and on corralling the all-party parliamentary groups with a strong interest in this matter to make the important case for the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 21 Mar 2013
Post-2015 Development Agenda

"Of course, that process it is not very green, either. To go back to my comments about climate change, we should be shortening the food chain when it is sensible to do so.

DFID has done some good since it was established, but we need more joined-up government. The post-2015 …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 21 Mar 2013
Post-2015 Development Agenda

"I will leave it to the Minister to take up that challenge.

Even the Home Office could have a role, because immigration policy has an impact on all sorts of development issues. We want people to come to this country with skills that they can contribute. That is part of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 21 Mar 2013
Post-2015 Development Agenda

"We should be proud of what we have achieved in leading the way. Will the hon. Gentleman acknowledge that many of our constituents provide a lot of money through remittances, which are often under-counted? Those remittances are very much an example of charity beginning at home...."
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