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HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesWe have no plans to introduce a scheme of the type that the hon. Lady describes, but the visa centre in Adana is now open again. The consular services that we are able to offer,…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI thank my hon. Friend for telling us what is happening in Bexley. All across the country, our constituents have responded magnificently to the appalling situation in Turkey and…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for what she has said. The international community has done extraordinarily well in rallying together to meet the needs that the Turkish…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI very much agree. My hon. Friend is right that the support of the Royal Air Force has been quite exceptional during this crisis. Across Whitehall—the Ministry of Defence, the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesMy hon. Friend has seen at first hand the impact of the Syrian regime on those poor people who have suffered not only from Assad and the Russian war machine, but now from this…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI thank the Scottish National party spokesman for his comments about the work of British service and search and rescue personnel, and of others in my Department, given their hard…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI thank the hon. Lady for her comments and for the tone in which she delivered them; the House is completely united on such occasions, and particularly on this one. She underlined…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on the situation in Turkey and Syria. I know that the House will join me in offering sincere condolences to all…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesThe Government consider all these matters in terms of humanitarian need and resilience not just in this region and with earthquakes but in many regions of the world facing many…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI thank the hon. Lady very much for her comments, in particular about the support her constituents in Newcastle have been giving. She asks me specifically what people can do to…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI thank the hon. Lady for her comments and I hope she will pass on my thanks to the community groups she is seeing this weekend. On the 24,000 women in jeopardy in the way she…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesThe hon. Lady makes a good point about the importance of a crisis reserve. That is the reason why Britain set up the CERF, the fund I mentioned earlier which is now deploying $50…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. She knows a lot about these difficulties and she rightly says that the United Nations is the key to restoring basic services and the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTurkey and Syria EarthquakesMy hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right to make the point about the need to restore schools. Otherwise, on top of everything else, children will miss out on education, one…01 Mar 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe take an absolutely pragmatic approach to this and we use the best possible vehicle for getting the humanitarian aid through. I can tell my right hon. Friend that we will meet…31 Jan 2023HANSARDAccess to Education for WomenBritain is leading the campaign to secure education for girls and women across the developing world. This is not, of course, just about the numbers entering school, but about…31 Jan 2023HANSARDAccess to Education for WomenI hardly dare answer my right hon. Friend’s question such is her expertise in this matter. I can tell her that the UK has committed to tackling the global education crisis through…31 Jan 2023HANSARDAccess to Education for WomenThe hon. and gallant Gentleman knows a great deal about Afghanistan from his deep experience. He is absolutely right to say that the violation of women’s rights in…31 Jan 2023HANSARDWater, Sanitation and Hygiene: Women and GirlsBritain is working to improve access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene in 37 developing countries.31 Jan 2023HANSARDWater, Sanitation and Hygiene: Women and GirlsI thank the hon. Lady, my constituency neighbour, for flagging up an extremely important area of development policy. Over the last three years, Britain has trained 460,000 health…31 Jan 2023