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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 Nov 2018
United Nations Relief and Works Agency

"I thank my noble friend the Minister for that reply. Just this weekend, while we were all focused on local matters, the UN singled out Israel for criticism. Why did the UK vote for all nine one-sided resolutions, unlike the United States, Canada and Australia? Perhaps after 29 March we …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Jul 2017
Education: Disability Financing

"My Lords, perhaps I may refer to the Minister a charity called Wheelchairs of Hope. Using old plastic chairs, the inventors have created strong and sturdy wheelchairs for the developing world at a cost of somewhere between $50 and $100 per chair. This has been a great thing for people …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 28 Mar 2017
East Jerusalem: Access to Emergency Care

"My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that the first responsibility of a Government is to protect their citizens? Sadly, ambulances have been used by terrorists a number of times in the region. As we understand only too well, difficult decisions have to be made. Is my noble …..."
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Written Question
Palestinians: Overseas Aid
Tuesday 20th September 2016

Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the reports of a senior World Vision official in Gaza diverting funds to Hamas, what steps they are taking to ensure that UK aid given to projects in Gaza and the West Bank is not misappropriated.

Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns

The recent allegations against the senior World Vision official in Gaza are deeply concerning. DFID does not fund World Vision operations in Gaza or the Occupied Palestinian Territories more widely. DFID’s programmes are subject to stringent safeguards.

Written Question
Palestinians: Overseas Aid
Tuesday 20th September 2016

Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the total values of UK aid disbursements in the Palestinian territories given for the purpose of (1) legal assistance, and (2) promoting peaceful co-existence, in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns

In each of the last five years the UK has provided the following support for legal assistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs):

Year

Disbursement

2012/2013

£340,000

2013/2014

£2,011,000

2014/2015

£2,550,000

2015/2016

£2,655,000

2016/2017

£1,000,000*

Total

£8,556,000

*as this is the current financial year, this figure is subject to change.

The DFID Secretary of State is currently considering options for co-existence programmes as part of a wider examination of DFID’s programme in the OPTs. The FCO has supported several co-existence projects in Israel.

Written Question
Palestinians: Overseas Aid
Tuesday 20th September 2016

Asked by: Lord Polak (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide the names of the receiver organisations currently reported as "Supplier Name Withheld" for the £5.49 million in disbursements given to the Norwegian Refugee Council for legal assistance in the West Bank and Gaza from September 2013 to May 2016.

Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns

All disbursements listed on the Development Tracker for the programme entitled ‘Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC): Legal Assistance to prevent demolitions and displacement in the OPTs’ have been made directly to the NRC, which is the supplier for this programme. Due to a technical issue inherent in the Development Tracker management information system, some supplier names appear as withheld when in fact they should be published. Our central management information team is working on a solution to this problem.