Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for International Development:
What steps her Department is taking to protect the world’s (a) forestry and (b) biodiversity.
Answered by James Duddridge
DFID is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle illegal logging and promote sustainable trade in timber, and eliminate deforestation from supply chains. These programmes, and other assistance from the UK, are helping to preserve the world’s most valuable habitats and address biodiversity loss.
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what aid the Government provided to Indian-administered Kashmir after the floods of September 2014.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
No request for assistance was made by the Indian Government. A decision to not provide support was taken following a comprehensive assessment. The immediate humanitarian crisis is now over and compensation for those impacted by the floods has been announced by the Government.
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to tackle female genital mutilation and early and forced marriage worldwide.
Answered by Justine Greening
FGM is violence against women and girls. The UK has made the largest donor commitment ever to help end FGM, with a flagship programme of £35 million in at least 17 countries.
The Prime Minister will host a summit in July which will step up global efforts to end both FGM and child, early and forced marriage within a generation.