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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Oct 2019
Britain’s Place in the World

"Countries around the world are judged according to the values for which they stand, and the United Kingdom always advocates for democracy around the world. Does my right hon. Friend agree that if we do not deliver on the mandate that the public gave us in 2016, it will be …..."
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Written Question
Developing Countries: Tuberculosis
Thursday 13th September 2018

Asked by: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department is allocating to the global effort to tackle tuberculosis in the current Parliament.

Answered by Alistair Burt

DFID supports tuberculosis (TB) control through bilateral and multilateral channels. The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is the principal mechanism the UK uses to finance our contribution to combat TB. We have pledged up to £1.2 billion for 2017-2019 to the Global Fund.

Our purely bilateral spending on TB control for 2016, which we publish by calendar year, was £2.6m. Data beyond 2016 has not yet been published.

These figures do not capture all our spending on TB control, which benefits from our sizeable investment in global health research, cross health sector global and country programmes and our large investment in many health UN agencies.

Written Question
Developing Countries: Poliomyelitis
Wednesday 11th July 2018

Asked by: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been allocated by her Department for the eradication of polio globally since 2010.

Answered by Alistair Burt

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative has been an extraordinary success story with cases being reduced from 350,000 a year in 125 countries in 1988, to 22 last year with only 3 countries not yet declared polio-free. The UK has supported this effort with a current spend of £453 million since 2010, and a cumulative investment of £1.3 billion since 1988. The UK continues to be a staunch supporter of the eradication effort.

Written Question
Developing Countries: Poliomyelitis
Tuesday 18th October 2016

Asked by: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on UK support for the global eradication of polio; and what discussions she has had with her counterparts in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on eradication of that disease in those countries.

Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm

The UK is fully committed to global polio eradication and is the third largest donor to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, providing £300million for 2013 to 2019. The UK is also the largest donor to Gavi; which has led the rapid global scale up of Inactivated Polio Vaccine. DFID helps sustain global political commitment and ensures the eradication programme has a strong focus on results and delivering value for money.

The Governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria have shown extraordinary commitment to polio eradication. DFID officials work closely with their counterparts in these three endemic countries to support their national efforts towards this historic cause.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"T6. DFID does a brilliant job in Pakistan on education and health. Will the Minister meet the excellent UK charity, the Noor Foundation, which helps 1,000 people in Pakistan every year with kidney dialysis?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q4. The Prime Minister will be alarmed to hear that a shop in Gillingham selling illicit tobacco was making £25,000—[Interruption.]..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister will be alarmed to hear that a shop in Gillingham selling illicit tobacco was making £25,000 a week, destroying the local economy and damaging people’s health. Nationally, this trade is costing the economy £2 billion a year. Will the Government look at increasing …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q8. In Gillingham and Rainham, youth unemployment is down, overall unemployment is down and business creation is up. Does the Prime Minister agree that this clearly shows that our long-term economic plan is working? Linked to that, will he join me in welcoming the creation of a new university technical …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Apr 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan is due to visit the United Kingdom later this month. Will the Prime Minister discuss with him specifically the reform of the blasphemy laws in Pakistan, which are often used to persecute and prosecute minority communities, including the Christian community? Will he urge Prime …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jun 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. What discussions have been had with the Government of Pakistan to tackle the issues of population growth, lack of family planning and high maternity deaths?..."
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