All 2 Debates between Philip Dunne and Rory Stewart

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Debate between Philip Dunne and Rory Stewart
Thursday 6th June 2019

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Philip Dunne Portrait Mr Dunne
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Would it form part of a preamble, Mr Speaker?

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the support he already gives through his Department, but many Members will have charities in their constituencies, such as Signal in Shropshire, or will individually promote charities, such as the Hotcourses Foundation. What more can my right hon. Friend do to support British charities that do excellent work in Africa?

Rory Stewart Portrait Rory Stewart
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Two quick points: first, we must understand that Signal in Shropshire, which does work on hearing loss, is a really important symbol of the kind of work that small charities can do, and it is an inspiration to all of us in this country to invest more in technology to deal with hearing loss. We are terribly bad with our technology investments on this issue; we could transform it. Secondly, I return to the idea that we need officials from DFID to work much more closely with these charities to make it easier for them to get our support.

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Debate between Philip Dunne and Rory Stewart
Tuesday 5th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rory Stewart Portrait Rory Stewart
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This is a very good challenge. Numbers are clearly one of the issues, but there are others, such as psychoactive substances, which have been mentioned. That is why we have recruited an extra 2,500 prison officers. We believe that that gives us the right numbers, because it allows us to have one prison officer for six prisoners to run our keyworker scheme. We see already in key prisons that that is beginning to have a real impact on violence.

Philip Dunne Portrait Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con)
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10. What assessment the Government have made of the effectiveness of their programme to modernise the court system.