Oral Answers to Questions

Glyn Davies Excerpts

Wednesday 18th March 2015 Commons Chamber

[Mr Swayne]

By next year we will have spent £1.8 billion on promoting employment. We are shifting to economic generation and job creation. I fundamentally disagree with the hon. Lady’s approach.

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

5. What steps her Department is taking to help children affected by the crisis in Syria.

[The Secretary of State for International Development (Justine Greening)]

The UK has pledged £800 million in response to the Syria crisis, providing food, medical care and relief items to some of those most affected, including children. That includes the £50 million that I announced at the UN General Assembly for the No Lost Generation initiative, which provides education, psychosocial support and protection for Syrian children affected by the crisis in Syria and the region.

[Glyn Davies]

Children are affected by crises around the world. What measures has my right hon. Friend’s Department taken in Vanuatu, particularly to help children, following the devastation caused by Cyclone Pam?

[Justine Greening]

Work is already under way to help ensure that around 50,000 children can get back to school quickly. As my hon. Friend will be aware, many people are now in evacuation centres, so I can give him some reassurance that work is already under way.