Girls’ Education

Alison Thewliss Excerpts
Thursday 5th September 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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Yes. I thank my hon. Friend for the work he does locally in championing education in his constituency. As I set out, the vast majority of the £90 million that the Prime Minister announced at the G7 is for conflict zones and to help those in Syria and areas such as Cox’s Bazar. We will continue to focus on that.

Alison Thewliss Portrait Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP)
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A third of girls in Yemen are reported to be married before their 18th birthday and 9% are married before they are 15. What is the Minister doing to ensure that those girls in Yemen in a conflict zone are getting an education and what will he do to end conflict?

Lord Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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As the hon. Lady will know, we do a wider piece of work across government to end conflict, working with our partners internationally. For example, around £3 billion has been put into a UK programme on Syria. Clearly, however, we must keep focusing on these areas. It is important that, if children are caught up in these areas, they continue to receive basic education and we are focused on that.