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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have frequent discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. We are doing further consultative work, but my message to business is, “Don’t wait…07 Feb 2019HANSARDWorkplace Equality: Flexible WorkingI thank the hon. Lady for putting another example of good practice out there. I absolutely would encourage that. It is only by sharing good practice that we are going to be able…07 Feb 2019HANSARDWorkplace Equality: Flexible WorkingThe hon. Lady is absolutely right that there is some great work out there: 97% of businesses offer some form of flexible working—to tie this back to the original question—but only…07 Feb 2019HANSARDHPV Vaccination for Boys: Catch-up ProgrammeI thank the hon. Lady for raising this important question. There are additional programmes specifically for the groups that she mentioned. For example, a vaccination programme is…07 Feb 2019HANSARDDFID's Work on SafeguardingAhead of the forthcoming anniversary of the first media stories about the Haiti case, and further to my ministerial statement of 25 October, I would like to update the House on…04 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnder the leadership of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, we have led the charge on tackling modern slavery globally, including at the United Nations General Assembly this…09 Jan 2019HANSARDGender EqualityI could not agree more with the hon. Gentleman. Not only the future of womankind but the future of mankind depends on that happening.09 Jan 2019HANSARDGender EqualityGlobally, 63 million girls between the ages of five and 15 are out of school. Under the auspices of the Minister of State, Department for International Development, my hon. Friend…09 Jan 2019HANSARDGender EqualityI welcome the hon. Gentleman to his new role and sincerely wish him well in it, but his assertion is incorrect. That is not the number of staff who have been redeployed. I think…09 Jan 2019HANSARDGender EqualityI pay tribute to the work that Action on Poverty has done, and, indeed, to my hon. Friend’s support for that organisation. We are currently helping it, through UK Aid Direct, to…09 Jan 2019HANSARDGender EqualityThe hon. Gentleman quotes many statistics and figures at me, so I will help him by quoting some back. All of what he says is not true so, as he starts his new role, I encourage…09 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe current Ebola virus outbreak has claimed 377 lives in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to date, and more than 600 people have tested positive for the disease.…09 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have good news for the hon. Gentleman because, even with our immense skills, it is impossible to spend any of the 0.7% on anything that is not official development…09 Jan 2019HANSARDAfghanistan: Hazara CommunityUK aid provided 2 million people in Afghanistan with life-saving support last year, including members of the Hazara community. The provision of humanitarian assistance is based on…09 Jan 2019HANSARDGender EqualityGender equality is considered in the design of all DFID’s programmes, and is essential to achieving the sustainable development goals. Between 2015 and 2018, UK aid provided 16.9…09 Jan 2019HANSARDAfghanistan: Hazara CommunityObviously I do not know the precise meeting to which the hon. Gentleman refers, because of course we frequently meet regional representatives, as well as meeting representatives…09 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am extremely glad that the hon. Gentleman got to ask that question, because Gavi is our highest performing multilateral partner. It is absolutely right that we keep the…09 Jan 2019