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HANSARDFemale EducationIt sounds to me like the hon. Gentleman has just given himself a job to help me to draw up the plan that we want to bring together, which is exactly as he mentioned. If the focus…04 Mar 2020HANSARDDepartmental FundingI am absolutely committed to 0.7% and I am committed to spending it in value-for-money terms for the British taxpayers who are funding it and, most importantly, to ensuring that…04 Mar 2020HANSARDDepartmental FundingI thank my right hon. Friend for his question, and for the enormous amount of work that he has done in previous iterations of his posts in this Department and others. He is…04 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsTalent is spread around the world but, sadly, opportunity is not. Twelve years of quality education is a key priority, and I am proud that between 2015 and 2019 we supported 14.3…04 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that the great challenge is to be able to provide support to those countries where their health systems are weakest, should they need that…04 Mar 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Foreign Secretary is in the region at the moment, continuing to work with regional leaders to try to find ways to move forward supporting the Turkish communities who are…04 Mar 2020HANSARDDepartmental FundingMy apologies: I am short on voice today, about which many in the House will no doubt be very relieved. The Government’s 2019 spending review allocated sufficient funding to ensure…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFemale EducationI agree absolutely that education is a right for all, but especially for girls. We all know that if a girl is educated, that community gains so much more than just that education.…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFemale EducationExcuse me, Mr Speaker. My cold is a demonstration, if I may say so, of joint working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as it is the Foreign Secretary’s cold, which he has…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFemale EducationI thank my hon. Friend for raising the excellent work done by her local charity, Afghan Connection, and I look forward to hearing more about the work it is doing. Perhaps we can…04 Mar 2020HANSARDFemale EducationI thank my hon. Friend for his service to education before coming on to the green Benches, and I know that he will support our commitment to educating girls. Girls in emergencies…04 Mar 2020HANSARDLeaving the EU: Defence ExportsDefence exports will continue to be supported, not just by the Ministry of Defence but by other Government Departments including the Department for International Trade, after the…21 Oct 2019HANSARDOutsourced Departmental ContractsThe Ministry of Defence routinely monitors the performance of all contractors, including those who provide outsourced services. Performance against contract targets is regularly…21 Oct 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Defence ExportsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his optimism that anything so big as that project could be done in a year, but I will certainly take up the challenge. I have been described by some…21 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsSadly, I cannot speak about the procurement of other Departments, but I can reassure the hon. Lady that, in my new role, I take how we do procurement, who we do it with, and how…21 Oct 2019HANSARDOutsourced Departmental ContractsYou know that your comments may go to my hon. Friend’s head, don’t you, Mr Speaker? I thank him for his question. Indeed, one of the most exciting things that I have had the…21 Oct 2019HANSARDOutsourced Departmental ContractsI thank the hon. Lady for her question. I have had a chance to look a little at the Reform think tank’s paper, which highlights some issues. All of us would agree that contracts…21 Oct 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI welcome the opportunity to meet my right hon. Friend to discuss the Eastriggs site in his constituency. I am aware of the aspiration of Rail Sidings Ltd to develop its railway…21 Oct 2019HANSARDOutsourced Departmental ContractsI am sorry, but I did not quite catch the start of the hon. Gentleman’s question. In relation to call centres and Capita, we have to remember that those who are applying, who are…21 Oct 2019HANSARDOutsourced Departmental ContractsI refer the hon. Gentleman to the multiple answers that my colleague has just given.21 Oct 2019