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HANSARD Points of Orderindicated assent.29 Mar 2023HANSARDDangerous drivingI rise on behalf of the residents of Osmaston Road in Harborne in my constituency to present a petition about dangerous driving. I want to give special thanks to Michael Thompson…21 Mar 2023HANSARDCommonwealth DayIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I thank the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Dame Maria Miller) for securing the debate and I am sorry that she could…21 Mar 2023HANSARDGirls’ Access to EducationBy the middle of this century, Africa will be home to 1 billion children, yet in places such as northern Nigeria half of girls are out of school. Achieving universal girls’…14 Mar 2023HANSARDCost of livingI rise to present a petition on behalf of residents of my constituency, covering Harborne, Quinton, Edgbaston and Bartley Green, to urge that greater action be taken to address…14 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI thank the Minister for giving me advance sight of his statement. We have all been deeply shocked by the scenes from Turkey and north-west Syria. The damage done and the loss of…01 Mar 2023HANSARDDRAFT INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (TWELFTH REPLENISHMENT) ORDER 2023I am grateful to the Minister for outlining the IFAD order. I welcome the support that the replenishment indicates for tackling poverty, food insecurity and climate change, and…20 Feb 2023HANSARDWater, Sanitation and Hygiene: Women and GirlsWe have now passed the halfway mark to the 2030 deadline for meeting the sustainable development goals that we and 192 UN countries signed up to. On our current trajectory,…31 Jan 2023HANSARDAfrica: Sovereign DebtThe IMF says that three out of five of the world’s poorest countries are now in debt distress. The last Labour Government cancelled billions of pounds of multilateral debt. Any…13 Dec 2022HANSARDNigeria: Flood ReliefI welcome the right hon. Gentleman to his Cabinet role. I know that he believes in the difference that international development can make, and I wish him well in persuading his…08 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft International Development Association (Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative) (Amendment) Order 2022
Draft International Development Association (Twentieth Replenishment) Order 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield on his appointment, and I look forward to working with him.…31 Oct 2022HANSARDGlobal Food SecurityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Mrs Hamilton) for securing this hugely important…26 Oct 2022HANSARDGlobal Food SecurityEarlier this summer, it was reported that the Treasury had blocked aid payments for the duration of the summer while the Conservative leadership contest ran. I immediately wrote…06 Sept 2022HANSARDStrategy for International DevelopmentI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion)—the Chair of the International Development Committee—and the Backbench Business Committee for securing this…06 Jul 2022HANSARDRape and Sexual Violence in ConflictI place on the record my deepest respect for and thanks to our wonderful development and diplomatic staff, who do a fantastic job in very difficult circumstances. I visited…21 Jun 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWars rage in Africa, the middle east and now Ukraine. There is a growing climate crisis, food prices are surging and 300,000 children face death by starvation in Somalia.…26 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine: Humanitarian CrisisThis International Women’s Day, hundreds of thousands of women are massed in the freezing cold at the borders of Ukraine, traumatised children in their arms, as they flee from…08 Mar 2022HANSARD Non-commissioned Exempt AccommodationI refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I wanted to start with a small tribute. In the weeks before he died, exempt accommodation was one…23 Feb 2022HANSARDSupported Exempt AccommodationI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate and for the fantastic work she has done on this matter. As she said, I was alerted by constituents to the rise in crime…09 Feb 2022HANSARDAfghanistan: Humanitarian SituationThe situation facing millions of Afghans right now is unimaginable—starving families lining up for food; parents selling their babies and handing teenage daughters to the Taliban…25 Jan 2022