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David Evennett Excerpts
Tuesday 20th February 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Evennett Portrait David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con)
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I welcome the work that my hon. Friend and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are doing in this field, but does she agree that in a place such as Africa, a huge amount more needs to be done?

Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin
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My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. There is a huge amount to be done. Something like 136 million girls around the world are not in education. As my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has said, this is truly the Swiss army knife of development, because it works in so many different ways. It helps to resolve issues of conflict and is also important to advance global prosperity.