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HANSARDEast Africa: Food SecurityDfID and the FCO already have a joint Sudans unit covering both Sudan and South Sudan. That work will continue and, as the noble Earl says, with the new department we will be able…13 Jul 2020HANSARDEast Africa: Food SecurityThe noble Baroness refers to the situation of women in Sudan. We welcome some of the recent reforms that will support women in Sudan. Gender inequality of course plays a…13 Jul 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationMy Lords, I fear I am not in a position to answer that question. As the noble Lord will be aware, DfID funds a vast number of projects to tackle Covid. As I said, WASH projects…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationMy Lords, water, sanitation and hygiene are essential for preventing the spread of Covid-19. We continue to support WASH projects throughout Africa. Our country teams are…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationI thank the noble Lord for that suggestion. We have discussed that excellent initiative in the past and I would be delighted to meet him to discuss it further. As he says, water,…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationMy Lords, as the noble Lord says, hygiene relies on access to adequate quantities of clean water, and that applies to both handwashing and surface hygiene. We will absolutely…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationMy Lords, obviously we work closely with CDC to ensure that it is responding sufficiently to Covid. CDC is urgently undertaking a Covid-19 impact and vulnerability assessment…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationMy Lords, my noble friend is of course quite right to point out that WASH is critical not only now as we deal with the immediate impacts of Covid-19 but for the future. That is…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationI am afraid that I do not have the specific amount of funding for that country but I will write to the noble Baroness with that information. I completely agree that we must ensure…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationI certainly agree with the noble and learned Lord that we must make sure that the information provided to people is correct in order to help them save lives. I mentioned our…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationI am grateful to the noble Lord for bringing up Gavi, which was a great success last week, and which brought the world together to raise over £8.8 billion for essential…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationI thank the noble Viscount for that question. While examples of donating water supply or treatment equipment have been successful in some cases, our programmes overall focus…10 Jun 2020HANSARDSub-Saharan Africa: Water and SanitationMy noble friend highlights one of the ways in which we are helping people in rural villages, which the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope, asked about earlier. I understand that…10 Jun 2020HANSARDBlack Lives MatterI thank the noble Baroness for that question. We have a ministerial board on deaths in custody to ensure that we are driving forward the recommendations of Dame Elish Angiolini.…08 Jun 2020HANSARDBlack Lives MatterI agree with the noble Baroness that we must take action across the board: on education, as she mentioned, on employment and work, and in particular on crime and justice. We…08 Jun 2020HANSARDBlack Lives MatterMy Lords, all NHS organisations will continue to make appropriate arrangements to support their black, Asian and minority-ethnic staff. On 28 May, NHS Employers published guidance…08 Jun 2020HANSARDBlack Lives MatterI agree with my noble friend. As he says, we police by consent in this country. Our world -class police officers continue to put their own lives on the line to protect the public…08 Jun 2020HANSARDBlack Lives MatterMy Lords, we want to build a fully democratic society where everybody is properly valued. The noble Baroness refers to Covid-19, and we fully recognise that some people have been…08 Jun 2020HANSARDBlack Lives MatterI thank the noble Baroness for that question. At senior levels, our embassy in Washington has raised concerns with the State Department. We have also seen statements from the US…08 Jun 2020HANSARDBlack Lives MatterMy Lords, the Government fully support peaceful protest. As I said, it is a vital part of our democratic society, but violence and criminal behaviour are never…08 Jun 2020