Asked by: Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to assist people in the Indonesian province of Province of Davao del Norte affected by the drought in that province.
Answered by Justine Greening
There is no province called Davao del Norte in Indonesia.
Asked by: Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has provided for the internally-displaced people who have fled their homes in Fallujah after the Iraqi government assault on that town.
Answered by Justine Greening
Since June 2014, the UK has committed £79.5 million in humanitarian assistance to the crisis in Iraq. The UK is the largest contributor to the Iraq Humanitarian Pooled Fund, through which we are funding projects to support those leaving Fallujah.
Asked by: Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the findings of the report of the International Development Committee, UK implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, HC103, published on 8 June 2016, on the need for a cross-government approach in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on those goals.
Answered by Justine Greening
I have discussed the government’s approach to implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. This will be a cross-government effort with individual Secretaries of State accountable through their Single Departmental Plans. There will continue to be regular discussions involving all relevant departments across Government. The Government will respond to the IDC report.
Asked by: Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the implications are for the Government's policy on using Overseas Development Funding aid through the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa to send Eritreans in the EU back to Eritrea of the recommendation by the Commission established by the UN Human Rights Council to refer that country to the International Criminal Court.
Answered by Justine Greening
There are no programmes under the EUTF that are specific to Eritrea or that are funding the return of Eritreans currently in the EU.
Asked by: Diane Abbott (Independent - Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the implications for her policies are of the report from the Committee on Development of the European Parliament on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition (NAFSN), published on 3 May 2016, on the Government's support for the NAFSN.
Answered by Justine Greening
The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition is a multi-stakeholder platform that aims to accelerate responsible investment in African agriculture. At the continental level, it is led by the African Union Commission. We support their aims through our policy engagement and programme work.
The report makes some useful recommendations which we are considering and will discuss with the wider AU-led initiative. Many of the report’s recommendations have already been the focus of DFID policy and programme work.