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HANSARDGavi: Covid-19The noble Baroness is right to point out the importance of malnutrition and making sure we provide children with a good-quality diet, so that they are not affected more in the…18 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportMy Lords, we fully support the Secretary-General’s call for a ceasefire. We are working in countries, where it is relevant, to ensure that we are doing what we can. We do not need…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportMy Lords, as I said, the Commonwealth has an essential role to play in the global response to Covid-19. We obviously have a presence in the vast majority of countries that need…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportMy Lords, DfID is rapidly adapting its bilateral programmes across Africa to help counter the health, humanitarian and economic impacts of Covid-19 in support of the most…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportI agree with the noble Lord that the gravest health risks may come from the economic impacts. The UK is at the forefront of efforts to protect African economies. We are…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportI thank my noble friend for that question. I absolutely agree that we need to tackle this pandemic globally. We are not going to resolve it within our own borders unless we help…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportMy Lords, we remain deeply concerned about the food security situation in Africa. In east Africa alone, nearly 25 million people are at crisis levels of food insecurity. We are…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportI assure the noble Lord that we will absolutely take into account the economic and supply chain impacts on the developing world. We have pre-meetings ahead of the G7 where that…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportMy Lords, the noble Baroness refers to the suspension of debt repayments, which we argued for with the G20 and the Paris Club. I have already mentioned the £150 million going to…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportMy noble friend will be aware of the programme that we have in this country to tackle fake news, but we have also announced support to tackle false claims and conspiracy theories…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportI can assure the noble Baroness that it is. We are deeply concerned about the potential second wave of locusts coming into east Africa. We are working with other donors to support…06 May 2020HANSARDAfrica: SupportMy Lords, in fact, the UK co-hosted that summit along with the EU and we are absolutely committed to the WHO Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator to make sure that new vaccines…06 May 2020HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Gender-based ViolenceThe noble Lord is right to point out that we are working really closely with our partners on doing exactly that: pivoting to programmes relevant to Covid-19. Of course, other…28 Apr 2020HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Gender-based ViolenceI agree with the noble Lord that we must address both the primary and secondary impacts. I am particularly concerned about education. Ensuring that vulnerable girls can continue…28 Apr 2020HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Gender-based ViolenceMy Lords, as the noble Baroness says, older people will be disproportionately impacted, and sadly that includes widows. We are working with our humanitarian partners to ensure…28 Apr 2020HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Gender-based ViolenceI entirely agree with my noble friend. In the UK we have many excellent small charities that deliver these vital services, including in respect of gender-based violence. DfID has…28 Apr 2020HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Gender-based ViolenceI agree with the noble Baroness. Particularly in the face of Covid-19, with overwhelmed health systems trying to cope with the disease outbreak, sexual and reproductive health…28 Apr 2020HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Gender-based ViolenceMy Lords, DfID does not currently favour earmarking specific overseas development aid as that limits its flexibility to respond to unseen priorities, a case in point being our…28 Apr 2020HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Gender-based ViolenceMy Lords, we must of course recognise the challenges that are going to be faced by economies all around the world. We are considering carefully what that means for our 0.7% aid…28 Apr 2020HANSARDOverseas Development Assistance: Gender-based ViolenceMy Lords, we are deeply concerned about the surge in gender-based violence during the Covid-19 pandemic. DfID is reprioritising our programming and working with global partners to…28 Apr 2020