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HANSARDPublic Spending: Disabled PeopleThe Department for Work and Pensions has been continuing to do the work that was outlined in the health and work review 12 months or more ago and is making progress. The…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPeriod PovertyAbsolutely. This is an issue that can unite the whole House, and we need such issues, especially at times like this. When I launched this, I also paid tribute to many…14 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sorry that we have taken a long time over responding to the work of the Select Committee. I would rather publish a response that will actually take the right action than put…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPeriod PovertyI absolutely agree. That is why we have also launched a new campaign to step up international action to end period poverty globally by 2030, in line with the global goals. This…14 Mar 2019HANSARDPeriod PovertyI am convening a new taskforce of experts from all sectors to ensure that we end period poverty in the UK. The taskforce will build on good work already being done and recent…14 Mar 2019HANSARDHighly Paid Professions: Girls and WomenThe Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is leading on a number of pieces of work. The women’s economic empowerment strategy is considering all these policies…14 Mar 2019HANSARDHighly Paid Professions: Girls and WomenEvery human endeavour depends for its success on women’s involvement, so, yes, I am pleased about progress, but more needs to be done.14 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo. We do not want a second referendum, which would be disastrous. We are doing specific work in those sectors to close the gender pay gap. However, I caution that some companies…14 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are proceeding with this as soon as a suitable legislative vehicle is available. However, I can update my hon. Friend and tell him that the guidance that we promised to publish…14 Mar 2019HANSARDJordan: Growth and Opportunity—The London Initiative 2019I wish to update on the London initiative, a major international conference that the UK and Jordan will co-host here in London on Thursday 28 February 2019. The event will convene…27 Feb 2019HANSARDEbola ResponseSix months on from its formal declaration, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains challenging to contain. I am updating the House on how the UK…14 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Developing CountriesI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. We want people to be able to trade their way out of poverty, and it is high time that we walked the walk as well as talked the talk.13 Feb 2019HANSARDJordan: London Initiative 2019Mr Speaker, I hope you will allow me to pay a brief tribute to the Department for International Development staff and partners who were caught up in the terrorist attack in…13 Feb 2019HANSARDJordan: London Initiative 2019First, I thank the hon. Lady for her interest in this tremendously important conference, which is a real turning point for Jordan. We are absolutely looking to secure investment…13 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am sure that the whole House will be deeply concerned to see the distressing images of the suffering of the Venezuelan people, with the UN estimating that 4 million people are…13 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThey should trust me as the Secretary of State and as someone who has been an aid worker. They should trust this Government because we introduced the policy and are retaining it.…13 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsSeventy of my staff are embedded in the Department for International Trade, forming a new post-Brexit trade offer, and a great deal of that effort is looking at what we can do to…13 Feb 2019HANSARDJordan: London Initiative 2019I pay tribute to the work the hon. Gentleman has done on this issue. We often think about disease and other such killers of children, but road traffic accidents take an enormous…13 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that critical issue. The Foreign Office is doing a tremendous amount and is meeting its counterparts in not only the US and Canada but in…13 Feb 2019HANSARDJordan: London Initiative 2019I can reassure my hon. Friend that that will absolutely be the case. This issue has been a focus for me personally on my visits to Jordan, and I will be focusing on it at the…13 Feb 2019