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HANSARDWomen's EqualityMay I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman’s tireless work on road safety around the world? He and I have met to discuss this issue, which is one of the biggest killers around the…06 Jun 2019HANSARDWomen's EqualityI am so pleased that my hon. Friend can support the “12 years of quality education” campaign that we are leading around the world, together with France and Canada. It is an…06 Jun 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiThe UK was one of the first countries to respond to the crisis, providing up to £36 million. The Disasters Emergency Committee appeal raised another £39 million. That has…06 Jun 2019HANSARDLesotho: Civil SocietyI am pleased to tell the House that the progress is on track. Although we are not quite ready to announce the name of the high commissioner in Eswatini, I believe someone has been…06 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt sounds like a wonderful opportunity to meet representatives of HUGS in my hon. Friend’s constituency. As the Secretary of State said, we do have a small charities challenge…06 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. As my right hon. Friend said, the Scotland-Malawi partnership is a very strong one, as the hon. Gentleman has shown with his question. In the recent elections, the results of…06 Jun 2019HANSARDLesotho: Civil SocietyLet me put on record our appreciation of the strong links that exist not only, as the hon. Gentleman says, between Wales and Lesotho, but between Wrexham and Lesotho, and of his…06 Jun 2019HANSARDLesotho: Civil SocietyThere are strong links between the UK and civil society in Lesotho. Our support for civil society includes the volunteering for development programme, through which we are working…06 Jun 2019HANSARDWomen's EqualityWe should rightly recognise the important work that the CDC does in creating these jobs in the first place. This is a vital way in which the UK can be one of the significant…06 Jun 2019HANSARDWomen's EqualityI am pleased to say that my ministerial colleague Baroness Sugg has been at that conference in Vancouver this week. The hon. Lady highlights a very important issue, because the…06 Jun 2019HANSARDWomen's EqualityOur strategic vision for gender equality focuses on ending violence against women and girls, on girls’ education, on promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and on…06 Jun 2019HANSARDProsperity FundThese funds are obviously administered by other Government Departments in compliance with the wording of the Act, so I am not seized of the specifics of what the hon. Gentleman…06 Jun 2019HANSARDProsperity FundThe primary purpose of the prosperity fund is reducing poverty through inclusive economic growth. Departments that execute prosperity fund programmes are responsible for ensuring…06 Jun 2019HANSARDCyclone IdaiYes. Last time we had exchanges on this subject, I said that I felt it would be impractical to build a sea wall along what is a long and vulnerable coastline, but we are learning…06 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s work as the former Minister for prisons, with all-party groups and in raising the issue regularly with me. He is right that we have a range of…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend was a superb Public Health Minister, and it is good to hear he is still leading by example with his cycling. On maternal health in Sierra Leone, he will be glad to…14 May 2019HANSARDChagos Islands: International Court of Justice Advisory OpinionWe are proud of the UK’s record in creating not just that zone, but others around the world. They are incredibly important for the world’s oceans and demonstrate the importance of…14 May 2019HANSARDChagos Islands: International Court of Justice Advisory OpinionAs the hon. Gentleman knows, that has never been the UK Government’s position. In fact, the Chagos archipelago has been under continuous British sovereignty since 1814. But he can…14 May 2019HANSARDChagos Islands: International Court of Justice Advisory OpinionThe Foreign Secretary spoke to Mauritian Prime Minister Jugnauth about the British Indian Ocean Territory on 27 April. The Prime Minister met Prime Minister Jugnauth and the…14 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am the living embodiment of that, as is my hon. Friend the Minister for the Middle East.14 May 2019