Written Question
Monday 7th March 2016
Asked by:
Oliver Colvile (Conservative - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health on implementation of the Ross Fund.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Ross Fund is a new £1 billion fund that will be used to support the global fight against malaria and other infectious diseases. Programmes will be led by either the Department for International Development or the Department of Health. By bringing together the range of DFID and DH’s activity into the Ross Fund and ensuring coordination, we can maximise synergies and avoid duplication.
The accountability and responsibility of delivering on the individual programmes within the Ross Fund is with the respective lead department. The teams in each department are working closely together to ensure there is a complementary approach. A cross-government senior officials group (including Department for International Development and Department of Health) is also meeting on a regular basis to provide strategic direction in global health, including for the Ross Fund.
Written Question
Monday 7th March 2016
Asked by:
Oliver Colvile (Conservative - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when investments pledged under the Ross Fund will be made available for research and development into infectious diseases.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Ross Fund is a new £1 billion fund that will be used to support the global fight against malaria and other infectious diseases.
Programmes under the Ross Fund will be led by either the Department of Health or the Department for International Development. Details about the exact nature and timing of investments pledged under the Ross Fund are still under development.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Jan 2016
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
"Thank you, Ms Dorries, for chairing the debate. It is the first time, I think, that I have served under you. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Downs (Nick Herbert) on securing this incredibly important debate. Before I go any further, I must declare …..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 12 Jan 2016
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
"Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that access to clean water through boreholes and the like is also important?..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities...."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions
"As my right hon. Friend might know, I am running a campaign to try to save the hedgehog. Will he ask his Department to provide guidance to local authorities on how to make gardens in new-builds more hedgehog-friendly and ensure that we can have a hedgehog superhighway?..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2015
Sustainable Development Goals
"Does my hon. Friend recognise that it is incredibly important to have good governance in those countries so that we can spend the money properly?..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2015
Sustainable Development Goals
"Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this debate. What a delight it is to serve under your speakership. We have worked together in the past, when you were Chairman of the Backbench Business Committee.
I congratulate my hon. and learned Friend the Member …..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2015
Sustainable Development Goals
"I was there at the beginning, and it was a delight to speak to the Malawian Cabinet at the time.
As I said, in mid-August, we went across to Zambia, after which I went down to Zimbabwe, both of which countries have significant problems with HIV, tuberculosis and malaria—I pay …..."Oliver Colvile - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 19th March 2015
Asked by:
Oliver Colvile (Conservative - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many (a) NHS staff and (b) NHS staff in Plymouth have been involved in operations to control the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.
Answered by Justine Greening
UK-Med is working with the Department for International Development (DFID), Department of Health and International NGOs to recruit NHS volunteers through its International Emergency Medical Register (UKIEMR) to work in a number of DFID-funded Ebola Treatment Centres in Sierra Leone.
To date, UK-Med has deployed 153 NHS volunteers including 3 NHS volunteers from Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
I pay tribute to the bravery and professionalism of the fantastic NHS workers from Plymouth who are helping to defeat Ebola, some of whom I have been lucky enough to meet in Sierra Leone. Their hard work has saved countless lives.