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HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationMy Lords, sadly we saw the death of a 12 year-old girl in Egypt recently after a medicalised FGM. This shows that it is not a safe practice: there are no health benefits and it is…06 Feb 2020HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationMy Lords, ensuring that we reflect this in schools is absolutely part of our work domestically. The Department for Education has provided nearly £2 million for a national…06 Feb 2020HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationI thank my noble friend for that invitation. I would be delighted to join that meeting. Today, on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, I take…06 Feb 2020HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationThe noble Lord is tempting me. We are incredibly proud of the work that we do at DfID, but the Government are fully committed to development, as can be seen from the manifesto…06 Feb 2020HANSARDInternational Development: Freedom of Religion or BeliefMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord that it is important that the Government step up and call out such issues when we see them arise. We are working to protect the right to…06 Feb 2020HANSARDInternational Development: Freedom of Religion or BeliefMy Lords, we remain deeply concerned by violations of freedom of religion or belief. Her Majesty’s Government are protecting these rights by raising individual cases, highlighting…06 Feb 2020HANSARDFemale Genital MutilationMy Lords, in order to end FGM, which is what we are all trying to do, we need to tackle it both here in the UK and globally. We have set ourselves the target of ending FGM by…06 Feb 2020HANSARDEast Africa: LocustsMy Lords, we will absolutely support the response to this. One of the main ways in which we are dealing with it is by helping with surveillance—making sure that through DfID…04 Feb 2020HANSARDEast Africa: LocustsMy Lords, we are deeply concerned about the devastating locust outbreak in east Africa. It is destroying crops, livelihoods and essential food supplies. Millions of people already…04 Feb 2020HANSARDEast Africa: LocustsI thank the right reverend Prelate for highlighting this issue and the outbreak in his Question. He is quite right to explain its devastating impact. He asked about DfID’s work.…04 Feb 2020HANSARDEast Africa: LocustsMy Lords, we are clear that the best way to deal with this outbreak is through pesticides. The primary method of controlling the swarms is through vehicle-mounted and aerial…04 Feb 2020HANSARDEast Africa: LocustsMy Lords, we have locust swarms on a yearly basis, but this is a larger swarm than has been seen in decades. With the swarm increasing twentyfold over each breeding season and…04 Feb 2020HANSARDDefence, Diplomacy and Development PolicyMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, for introducing this debate and all noble Lords who have taken part in it. As the noble Lord highlighted, there are many…30 Jan 2020HANSARDDefence, Diplomacy and Development PolicyIf the noble Lord will allow me, I shall go through where we are with the review. However, I fear that I may not be able to satisfy his question. Many noble Lords have made…30 Jan 2020HANSARDDefence, Diplomacy and Development PolicyLast week’s Africa investment summit showed that we are very keen to develop and deepen our partnerships with Africa. As far as I am aware, there is no plan to publish an Africa…30 Jan 2020HANSARDTokyo Nutrition for Growth SummitMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Collins of Highbury, the co-chair of the APPG on Nutrition for Growth, for tabling this debate, and all noble Lords who have made such…28 Jan 2020HANSARDUK Aid: Nutrition-sensitive ProgrammesMy Lords, I am very happy to give that commitment. In our engagement with all the global funds, we have championed the need to focus more on prevention and addressing the…13 Jan 2020HANSARDUK Aid: Nutrition-sensitive ProgrammesMy Lords, DfID reviews and assesses programming on an annual basis and, since hosting the 2013 Nutrition for Growth summit, we have exceeded our commitment to invest in…13 Jan 2020HANSARDUK Aid: Nutrition-sensitive ProgrammesMy Lords, the UK has been a proud global leader on nutrition since hosting the summit in 2013. Since 2015 we have reached more than 60 million women, adolescent girls and young…13 Jan 2020HANSARDUK Aid: Nutrition-sensitive ProgrammesMy Lords, I pay tribute to the work of my noble friend and the noble Lord, Lord Collins, in co-chairing the APPG, an important body. Our current commitments to nutrition will come…13 Jan 2020