9 APPG memberships (as of 1 Nov 2023)
Africa, Commonwealth Games, Global Education, Malawi, Rohingya, United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development, War Crimes, Women, Peace and Security, Yazidis12 Former APPG memberships
African Great Lakes Region, Conflict Issues, Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Kurdistan Region in Iraq, Olympic and Paralympic Games, Rwanda, Sexual Violence in Conflict, Sustainable Development Goals, World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Zambia and Malawivoted Aye - in line with the party majority
One of 115 Labour Aye votes vs 1 Labour No votes
Tally: Ayes - 245 Noes - 209
My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and, in doing …
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action the Department of International Development is taking to (1) protect girls from trafficking …
Division Voting information
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 8 Labour No votes vs 12 Labour Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 125 Noes - 323
Debates during the 2019 Parliament
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Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
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Department Debates
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Lords initiatives
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Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale has not co-sponsored any Bills in the current parliamentary sitting
1 Written Question in the current parliament
(View all written questions)1 Department for International Development Questions
(View all Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale's DFID questions)Since 2017 the UK Government has more than doubled UK Aid investment to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking to over £200 million. DFID programmes seek to tackle the root causes of modern slavery and human trafficking by addressing the permissive environments which allow slavery to exist and supporting the most vulnerable to escape slavery – particularly children, women and girls.
For example, we have reached over 380,000 women and girls through our flagship £10 million Work in Freedom Programme, which aims to reduce vulnerability to trafficking and the forced labour of women and girls in South Asia and Arab States.
DFID’s Strategic Vision on Gender Equality sets out our ambition to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls during emergencies, when the challenges and needs are particularly acute. We have increased our resources and expanded our programmes to tackle violence against women and girls in more than 30 countries.
Full details of current programmes can be found at https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk.