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HANSARDIntegrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign PolicyIt is almost a year since the Prime Minister launched his integrated review of the UK’s international policy, and how the world has changed since then. The review is supposed to…09 Feb 2021HANSARDYemenFor too long, Yemen has been the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, so what steps is the Minister taking to protect UK aid spending to Yemen from his Government’s cuts, and…08 Feb 2021HANSARD Grooming GangsI really appreciate the fact that we are having this debate, because I have spent eight years trying to get justice for survivors of child sexual exploitation and to prevent…03 Feb 2021HANSARD Grooming GangsFundamentally, the Government need to work in a cross-departmental way to end this crime once and for all.03 Feb 2021HANSARD UN International Day of EducationToday I will focus on the sustainable development goals, specifically SDG 4 on global education and SDG 5 on gender equality. Even before the pandemic, 258 million children were…28 Jan 2021HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeThe Minister is right that vaccines alone are not enough, and she is aware that the International Development Committee has just done an inquiry on the secondary impacts, which…25 Jan 2021HANSARDSerious Criminal Cases BacklogShockingly, only 1.4% of those reporting rape secure a conviction, and that figure was published before the news of deleted police records and the covid court backlog. For the…20 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccine AccessThe Minister is right that vaccines alone are not enough, and she is aware that the International Development Committee has just done an inquiry on the secondary impacts, which…19 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentI thank my honourable neighbour. I agree. The best way to stop abuse and achieve value for money on aid projects is to involve local people in delivery and safeguarding, and in…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentMay I take this moment, Madam Deputy Speaker, to pay tribute to the hon. Lady who is a member of the Committee? She fought to get the first two reports on sexual abuse in the aid…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentI speak to the report issued this morning by the International Development Committee titled “Progress on tackling the sexual exploitation and abuse of aid beneficiaries”. I thank…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentI completely agree with the right hon. Gentleman. Unless that happens, the abuse will continue. It is the Government’s duty to do that. They are spending taxpayers’ money, and…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentI thank my hon. Friend for her powerful question, which gets to the nub of this issue. I have no idea why the FCDO has not formally adopted the gender strategy that DFID put in…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentThe hon. Member is absolutely right. The inquiry found that there is so much discrimination, and the power imbalances that exist are not being challenged by the aid organisations.…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentI thank my hon. Friend and fellow Committee member, and I completely agree. We need to see the broader perspective on this, and unless we deal with and prevent violence against…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question and for his work on the Committee. At the moment only 0.3% of Government funding goes specifically to women and girls’ projects, so I…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentAbusers are getting off the hook because aid organisations have put prosecuting them into the “too difficult” box, either because it happened overseas, or because it involved…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentI completely agree. It is one of our recommendations that not only do the Government audit and ensure safeguarding policies are in place, but that they are acted on. When the…14 Jan 2021HANSARDSelect Committee on International DevelopmentI agree with my hon. Friend. What we need to see now is the Minister step up and outline how the Government are going to address the imbalance between recipients and aid workers…14 Jan 2021HANSARD Global BritainThe year 2021 is pivotal for the UK on the global stage: we will host the COP26 climate change summit; assume presidency of the G7; co-lead the action coalition on gender-based…11 Jan 2021