Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2015
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"Is it not time to recognise the fantastic work that firefighters do in dealing with floods, and to make it a statutory duty for fire and rescue services to respond to flooding?..."Nicholas Dakin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2015
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"T9. What discussions has the Secretary of State had with the Business Secretary to explore how councils in steel communities can use imaginative and creative approaches to business rates to support the steel industry through this difficult time?..."Nicholas Dakin - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 20th November 2015
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Nicholas Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)
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to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to embed the Family Test into its policy making.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The Family Test does not apply to DFID's work as its scope is limited to domestic policy areas.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Mar 2015
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"9. World Vision tells me that there are 168 million child labourers worldwide. An investigation by The Guardian has revealed that child labour was used in a DFID-funded project in Nepal. Will the Minister tell us whether that is correct and indicate what will be done to ensure that it …..."Nicholas Dakin - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 3rd November 2014
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Nicholas Dakin (Labour - Scunthorpe)
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to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department gives to (a) the European and Devoloping Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, (b) other innovative financing partnerships to develop new global health commodities for diseases of poverty including HIV/Aids and tuberculosis, (c) the TB Alliance, (d) the International Aids Vaccine Initiative and (e) other product development partnerships.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) leads the UK Government relationship with the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP). Over the period 2013-2018, DFID will provide £10 million to EDCTP through the MRC. In addition DFID support for product development research is counted as a Member State contribution to EDCTP.
DFID contributes to a number of innovative product development partnerships (PDPs) for the development of drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other technologies for diseases of poverty. Funding of £138 million for 2013-2018 was announced in August 2013 and includes support for the TB Alliance, the International AIDS vaccine Initiative and eight other PDPs (details of the awards were published in August 2013 and can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dfid-invests-to-save-millions-from-deadly-diseases). In addition over the period 2012-2017, DFID will provide £6.5 million for the Saving Lives at Birth programme in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, US Government, Norwegian Government and Grand Challenges Canada. This programme is supporting new technologies to prevent mothers and babies dying at birth.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Apr 2014
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"3. What recent steps she has taken to ensure the future funding and effectiveness of the GAVI Alliance. [R]..."Nicholas Dakin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Apr 2014
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"May I draw attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests? To reach every child with immunisation requires not only vaccines but staff. Do the Government support the GAVI 15% to 25% spending target on health strengthening in the international community?..."Nicholas Dakin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Mar 2014
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"T8. Notwithstanding the Secretary of State’s answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams), will the Government support the inclusion of a specific target to increase women’s participation and influence in public life in the post-2015 international development framework?..."Nicholas Dakin - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 10 Dec 2013
HIV and AIDS
"I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Pamela Nash) on securing this timely and important debate. Given that last year, 320,000 HIV-positive people died from TB, which is the leading cause of death in people with HIV, does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is crucial …..."Nicholas Dakin - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Dec 2013
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"7. What progress has been made on the most recent replenishment round for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria...."Nicholas Dakin - View Speech
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