Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mike Wood and Harriett Baldwin

Wednesday 20th March 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con)]

The UK has been one of the biggest donors to the Education Cannot Wait fund since it was set up in 2016. What plans does the Minister have to replenish the ECW, and to maintain UK leadership for children in crises?

[Harriett Baldwin]

I thank my hon. Friend for his steadfast championing of this cause, to which we have been one of the leading contributors. I can announce today that we will be scaling up our support, but I cannot yet announce by exactly how much.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mike Wood and Harriett Baldwin

Wednesday 13th February 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con)]

T5. Will the Minister ensure that her Department’s education policy and financial decisions prioritise making sure that all children have an opportunity to learn, as recommended in the Send my Friend to School coalition’s new report?

[The Minister for Africa (Harriett Baldwin)]

I know that my hon. Friend will want to tell the schoolchildren of Dudley, who are supporting this campaign, of the great work that is done through UK Aid, which has ensured that some 7 million children have had access to a decent education.