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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend and would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to him for leading the humanitarian work in my Department and for his tenure as…01 May 2019HANSARDDevelopment Co-operation: EUI can give the hon. Gentleman those assurances. We want to continue to co-operate with our European partners. We would like to have a sensible development partnership with the EU…01 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right, and I regularly have discussions with counterparts in those nations to encourage them to disburse funds, most recently with my Emirati opposite…01 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is absolutely right that we call out behaviour that does not support or empower women or enable them to make the choices they want to in their lives. I am proud of the work…01 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe want to ensure that any partner we work with is exhibiting all behaviours needed to get good things to happen, so, absolutely, that is our policy and it is the policy of the…01 May 2019HANSARDVenezuelaWith permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to pay a brief tribute to Dr Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, who was working for the World Health Organisation to fight Ebola in the…01 May 2019HANSARDVenezuelaI wholeheartedly agree with my right hon. Friend. Let me be clear that this is a man-made crisis, caused by years of reckless mismanagement by the regime. Yesterday evening, while…01 May 2019HANSARDVenezuelaI absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman, who has been consistent in his condemnation of the regime. We are working through the Lima group; it is absolutely right that we should…01 May 2019HANSARDVenezuelaMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are prioritising healthcare and nutrition needs. We will keep monitoring the situation, as those needs will change over time. This is an…01 May 2019HANSARDDevelopment Co-operation: EUThe political declaration recognises our shared commitment to tackling global challenges and achieving the sustainable development goals. We have proposed a future development…01 May 2019HANSARDDevelopment Co-operation: EUThe EU’s development programmes will be the poorer for not being shaped by the UK and not making use of British and UK non-governmental organisations. I have provided a guarantee…01 May 2019HANSARDDevelopment Co-operation: EUYes, I have always said that and we will always do that.01 May 2019HANSARDTibetan RefugeesDFID provides funding to the UN Refugee Agency, to prioritise the greatest humanitarian and protection needs of refugees globally. This includes Tibetan refugees in need of urgent…01 May 2019HANSARDTibetan RefugeesMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Clearly, DFID’s funding is very much focused on education; but it is also focused on humanitarian assistance and support for refugees. I…01 May 2019HANSARDTibetan RefugeesIt is absolutely right that the hon. Lady should raise that point. Of the areas where Britain can contribute most to the 17 global goals, I personally think that some really stand…01 May 2019HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesDFID recognises that restrictions on humanitarian space can impede the work of NGOs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, particularly Gaza.01 May 2019HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesI am happy to echo it. The UK did sign and endorse that statement at the United Nations Security Council, and, as a friend of Israel, we continue to make it clear that a strong,…01 May 2019HANSARDOccupied Palestinian TerritoriesBoth my Department and, in particular, the Foreign Office do a tremendous amount of work to support human rights defenders. At the recent Bonn conference, DFID published a paper…01 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is World Immunisation Week, and polio is on the brink of becoming the second human disease in history to be eradicated. The United Kingdom remains committed to that effort,…01 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to join my hon. Friend in commending the work of the trust. My hon. Friend the Minister for Africa has told me about that meeting, and the Department will be in…01 May 2019