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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 11 Mar 2015
HIV Treatment: Low and Middle- income Countries

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Pamela Nash) not only for calling the debate, but for her leadership of the all-party group on HIV and AIDS since she took over as chair after the tragic loss of our parliamentary colleague David Cairns, who passed away …..."
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Written Question
Developing Countries: Climate Change
Wednesday 17th December 2014

Asked by: Russell Brown (Labour - Dumfries and Galloway)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on the issue of climate change in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Answered by Justine Greening

I am in regular contact with Ministerial colleagues on the issue of climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals. Ensuring that environmental sustainability and climate change are clearly integrated into the Sustainable Development Goals is a key priority for the UK Government.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Jan 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"The green shoots of economic recovery are not being realised across the entire UK. Does he intend to speak to the Governor of the Bank of England to make him aware that, in low-wage economy areas, any increase in inflation would undoubtedly have a devastating impact on many households?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Mar 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Keeping in mind the fact that more than half the refugees in Syria are children, will the Secretary of State tell the House exactly what the Department is doing to support child health, protection and education in this humanitarian disaster?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Mar 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q15. Prime Minister, you gave a promise to protect the defence budget in its entirety, but you did not. The Defence Secretary, who has left the Chamber, promised to balance the budget, but the National Audit Office said he failed. Prime Minister, will you now guarantee that there will be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Mar 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will a commitment be given to protect the defence budget further in this Parliament?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Jan 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q5. Since the Prime Minister came to office, unemployment in Dumfries and Galloway has risen by over 15% and youth unemployment has risen by 9%. My right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition made reference to the Prime Minister’s words “good news will keep coming”, so will the Prime …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Dec 2012
HIV (Developing Countries)

"The Minister mentioned Uganda. Has she had any discussions with any of her Foreign and Commonwealth Office colleagues about making the case in other Commonwealth countries about more legal reform, so that people are not persecuted? I firmly believe we should be doing that...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 26 Nov 2012
Access to Sanitation

"On the commitment given back in April, I appreciate that we are just six or seven months on, but is the Minister in any position at all to tell us what progress has been made towards that 60 million target in 2015? Is progress really being made?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 31 Oct 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"I, too, congratulate the Secretary of State on her new appointment. She told my hon. Friend the Member for Wrexham (Ian Lucas) that officials were consulted and that her predecessor sought their advice. Were other donors and allies who had suspended payments to Rwanda consulted about their views on the …..."
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