Written Question
Tuesday 6th May 2014
Asked by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what research support her Department provides on the potential effect of climate change on sustainability of agriculture in the Peruvian Altiplano.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
DFID supports international agricultural research through a number of channels. For example, it is one of the largest funders of the CGIAR, a global agricultural research partnership. The CGIAR undertakes research through its programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), which includes a component that works with farmers in the Altiplano to understand their strategies for coping with climate variability.
Written Question
Tuesday 6th May 2014
Asked by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the work undertaken by the Sustainable Harvest Group on assisting land husbandry and sustainable crop yields.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
No assessment has been made of the work undertaken by the Sustainable Harvest Group on assisting land husbandry and sustainable crop yields.
Written Question
Tuesday 6th May 2014
Asked by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided to the Rema project to introduce sustainable solar lighting in Ethiopia.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
The UK has not provided any direct support to the projects that have provided solar energy in Rema, Ethiopia.
Written Question
Thursday 1st May 2014
Asked by:
Paul Flynn (Labour - Newport West)
Question
to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent work her Department has undertaken with the Pakistani building and construction improvement programme to deliver sustainable safe stoves and hot water tanks in the remote Pakistani mountains.
Answered by Justine Greening
DFID has not undertaken any work with the Pakistani building and construction improvement programme.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Apr 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"Q11. Some 2,400 jobs have been destroyed in Leicester and Corby, and last Friday 650 in Newport, by one single firm that specialises in cynically buying up firms, degrading the pay and conditions of staff and then abandoning them to unemployment. What protection will the Government give to those blameless, …..."Paul Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"T4. Many billions of pounds of taxpayers money have rightly been spent investing in schools and community centres in Afghanistan. What proportion does the right hon. Lady believe will remain open after the departure of our troops next year?..."Paul Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Afghanistan
"Does the Secretary of State agree with the secret Ministry of Defence document, published in response to a freedom of information request, advising the Government to conceal the news of deaths in Afghanistan and elsewhere in order to make future deaths more palatable? I do not know whether she has …..."Paul Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jul 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"Will the Prime Minister—[Interruption.]..."Paul Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jul 2013
Oral Answers to Questions
"Will the Prime Minister study the precise meaning of the word “question” and the precise meaning of the word “answer”, and consider the need for a link between the two following the record number of unanswered questions and pre-prepared party-political jibes last week at Question Time, which was a demeaning …..."Paul Flynn - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Feb 2013
Syria (Humanitarian Response)
"The right hon. Lady deserves gratitude for her statement and for her work in relieving suffering in Syria. Is she concerned about reports that the most merciless slaughter of women and children has been carried out by the al-Nusra Front, which is linked to al-Qaeda? Given that that group is …..."Paul Flynn - View Speech
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