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Written Question
Palestinians
Friday 5th September 2014

Asked by: Sarah Newton (Conservative - Truro and Falmouth)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what humanitarian and medical support the Government is providing to the population of Gaza.

Answered by Desmond Swayne

The UK is one of the biggest donors to the Gaza crisis, providing more than £17million in emergency assistance since the beginning of the crisis. DFID is providing essential supplies to thousands of families, helping to repair water infrastructure, deliver emergency medical services, protect the civilian population and deal with food shortages.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q7. Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating the England women’s football team on their success in the World cup qualifiers? On and off the pitch, women are delivering for England, with more women in employment and more women setting up businesses than in 2010. Will the Prime …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Afghanistan

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that we must do all we can ahead of next year’s important provisional and presidential elections to support the election commission to register voters, particularly women?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Mar 2013
UK’s Development Work (Girls and Women)

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Sep 2011
Food Security and Famine Prevention (Africa)

"I am pleased to be able to participate in this afternoon’s debate. I know that quite a few Members still wish to speak, as we were a bit later starting this debate than we might have been, so in the hope that everyone who has waited so patiently will have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 15 Sep 2011
Food Security and Famine Prevention (Africa)

"I am very sad that the hon. Lady has chosen to introduce a degree of party politics to this debate. I cannot let her comments stand. This country, quite rightly, should be very proud that it has some of the highest, if not the highest, standards of animal welfare, some …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Mar 2011
Oral Answers to Questions

"From his visits to Cornwall, the Prime Minister will appreciate the high regard for the coastguard service there and around the UK. I am reassured that the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Mike Penning), has said that the current modernisation proposals are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Mar 2011
UN Women

"In respect of both that point and the issue of women’s representation in larger organisations, does my hon. Friend agree that there are two types of discrimination at play: an ageist attitude as well as an attitude against women? Does she also agree that, given that from now on women …..."
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