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Written Question
Developing Countries: Children
Wednesday 29th March 2017

Asked by: Mims Davies (Conservative - East Grinstead and Uckfield)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle child exploitation in developing countries.

Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm

Protecting children is at the very heart of my department’s work. We have increased our efforts to directly tackle the exploitation of children, combatting the worst forms of child labour as part of the Prime Minister’s Modern Slavery agenda, and seeking to prevent violence and abuse against children in every setting.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Mar 2017
Counter-Daesh Update

"I thank my right hon. Friend for the welcome update, her unstinting personal commitment to the cause, her Department’s work and all that the humanitarian co-workers and NGOs are doing on the ground. The news of the possible famine brings into focus our commitment to what we deliver in areas …..."
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Written Question
Developing Countries: Renewable Energy
Wednesday 22nd February 2017

Asked by: Mims Davies (Conservative - East Grinstead and Uckfield)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of its work to increase renewable energy (a) investment and (b) consumption in developing countries.

Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm

All DFID projects are monitored for value for money and results through annual reviews, which are published on the development tracker section of the DFID website. In programming new activities, DFID works with its partners to identify and deliver priorities across the energy spectrum, from generation to transmission, distribution and end-consumption, covering on-grid as well as decentralised off-grid renewable energy.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 02 Dec 2016
Aid Reviews

"For young women around the world, inequality often starts with the inhumanity of a lack of sanitation, making additional privacy more difficult. Will my hon. Friend welcome the words of the chief executive of WaterAid, a charity that is doing fantastic work around the world, in welcoming DFID’s decision this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. What steps his Department is taking to support communities in setting up neighbourhood plans...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for his important answer. Having failed to deliver the first time, the Liberal Democrat-led Eastleigh borough council is now consulting on its new and somewhat controversial draft local plan document. Does the Minister agree that the best possible solution for my constituents is to have a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Oct 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"10. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Many women and girls come to our shores to escape evil and barbaric oppression abroad. Will the Minister update me on what the Department is doing through our aid programme to fight the practice of female genital mutilation around the world?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Sep 2015
Humanitarian Crisis in the Mediterranean and Europe

"Thank you for allowing me to join this important debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. I welcome the considered remarks from across the House, particularly those from the Secretary of State. I was particularly interested in the views of my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Richard Graham) on post-war Bosnia. I …..."
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