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HANSARDWater, Sanitation and Hygiene: Women and GirlsMy right hon. Friend makes an extremely good point, and the answer is yes.31 Jan 2023HANSARDWater, Sanitation and Hygiene: Women and GirlsThe hon. Lady makes an extremely important point. Since the programmes were renewed in 2015, 63 million people in the poorest countries now have access to clean water and a…31 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend knows a great deal about this subject, and has done an enormous amount. The Prime Minister announced at COP that Britain would stand by the commitment to…31 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical Questionsrose—31 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises an important point, and she specifically mentions Oxfam. Anything that Oxfam is involved with is well worth pursuing and I will look into it.31 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Chair of the International Development Committee for raising this important point. We have put disability at the centre of what we do. I met the Bond Disability and…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersMy hon. friend is absolutely right. If you want to change the world for the better, you educate girls. Britain is absolutely committed to driving forward a programme that she and…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersI cannot give precise figures on the hon. Lady’s second question, but on the first question we are completely pragmatic. The danger of cutting off aid as a result of this…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersI pay tribute to the women doctors who carried out that brave task in June 2022. I am appalled to hear what the hon. Lady said about the unequal treatment of men and women. We…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersI thank my right hon. Friend very much for her comments; she knows a great deal about this subject. I will pass on what she has said to Amina Mohammed when I hopefully see her on…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3That point is well understood by the Foreign Office. Members will be pleased to hear that since last week, even more eligible individuals from the cohorts, and their families, are…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersI thank my hon. Friend for his comments. This is a subject upon which he is both extremely learned and extremely agitated. I will be speaking in a debate brought forward by the…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersI thank the hon. Lady for her comments. As she rightly says, this is not just about the violation of the rights of women; it is also that women are critical to the delivery of…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3The answer is that it is inclusive.19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3I will in a moment. Since then, we have heard accounts that some of those eligible in principle under pathway 3 are feeling more at risk as a result of specific figures being…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersThe hon. Gentleman raises a number of important points. With regard to polio, Britain has been one of the leading nations, if not the leading nation, in trying to push for its…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersI thank my right hon. Friend the Chair of the Defence Committee for his comments. In respect of his questions, I can tell him that the humanitarian co-ordinator of the Office for…19 Jan 2023HANSARDInternational Development CommitteeI thank the hon. Lady for her Committee’s outstanding report. I commend all the Committee members who helped to produce it. Is the hon. Lady aware that we have condemned all…19 Jan 2023HANSARD Afghanistan: Ban on Women Aid WorkersI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. Family planning and hygiene are supported. Specifically, we try to ensure that clean water, sanitation and food get through to those…19 Jan 2023HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme: Pathway 3I ask my hon. Friend to allow us to consider whether we can provide any further information, but I want to be absolutely clear and concise in what I say today. Those are the…19 Jan 2023