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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Dec 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q13. My constituent who is paying £12 a week out of an income of £72 a week on the bedroom tax was less than impressed to find out that annual spending on housing benefit is now £4 billion higher than it was in 2010. When will this Prime Minister tackle …..."
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Written Question
Domestic Visits
Thursday 10th July 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 681W, on official visits, what domestic visits each of the Ministers of her Department has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

Answered by Alan Duncan

Since January 2013, DFID Ministers have made the following domestic visits on official business:

Secretary of State (Rt Hon Justine Greening MP)

17 January 2013 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride

28 January 2013 – Regional Cabinet in Leeds

20 May 2013 – Regional Visit to Watford

27 June 2013 – Regional Visit to Dartford

24 October 2013 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride

20 November 2013 – Regional Visit to Brighton and Hastings

11 February 2014 – Regional Visit to Pudsey

24 February 2014 – Regional Visit to Edinburgh and Regional Cabinet in Aberdeen

1 May 2014 – Regional Visit to Birmingham and Warwick

Minister of State (Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP)

6 March 2014 – Regional Visit to Aberdeen

1 May 2014 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride and Glasgow

2 May 2014 – Regional visit to Edinburgh

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lynne Featherstone MP)

4 February 2013 – Regional Visit to Winchester

10 June 2013 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride.

2 July 2013 – Regional Visit to Milton Keynes

9 October 2013 – Regional Visit to Bristol

24 February 2014 – Regional Visit to Birmingham and Ruby

26 February 2014 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride

17 March 2014 – Visit to the DFID office in East Kilbride

29 June 2014 – Regional Visit to Edinburgh

Written Question
Official Visits
Thursday 19th June 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what visits each of the Ministers in her Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.

Answered by Alan Duncan

Details of all overseas visits undertaken by DFID Ministers are published under the transparency section of the DFID website and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-secretary-of-state-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-minister-of-state-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfid-parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations

Written Question

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Thursday 3rd April 2014

Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

Answered by Baroness Featherstone

I refer the Hon. Member to the reply given to her by my Rt. Hon Friend, the Member for Horsham (Francis Maude) on 2 Apr 2014, Official Report (Col. 721W).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. What progress has been made since the G8 in curbing illicit financial flows from developing countries by revealing more information about the beneficial ownership of companies?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Afghanistan

"The Secretary of State’s commitment to dealing with violence against women is extremely welcome. One thing we have found in this country is that it is helpful for women who want to report violence to have women to whom they can report it. Only 1% of the Afghanistan police force …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jul 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"3. What support her Department provides for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and if she will make a statement...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jul 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for that answer. What steps is the UK now taking to galvanise support for the global fund from other donors?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Mar 2013
UK’s Development Work (Girls and Women)

"I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement, but a lot of the aims are being put at grave risk by continuing sexual violence in conflict situations. Strengthening the terms of the draft arms treaty is one thing that could make a difference. What discussions is the Department having with the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 May 2012
Oral Answers to Questions

"Q14. After six months in government, the Prime Minister announced that his Government had created 500,000 private sector jobs. After two years, he is giving us the figure of 600,000 jobs since the election. Why has the rate of growth slowed down so much?..."
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