All 2 Debates between Wera Hobhouse and Harriett Baldwin

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Debate between Wera Hobhouse and Harriett Baldwin
Tuesday 14th May 2019

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin
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My hon. Friend was a superb Public Health Minister, and it is good to hear he is still leading by example with his cycling. On maternal health in Sierra Leone, he will be glad to know that our bilateral programme there will deliver health services to 2 million women and children by 2020.

Wera Hobhouse Portrait Wera Hobhouse (Bath) (LD)
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The ongoing tensions between Iran and the US concern many of my constituents, particularly those who would like to see a world without nuclear weapons. Is the Secretary of State considering making the UK a signatory to the UN treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons?

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Debate between Wera Hobhouse and Harriett Baldwin
Monday 23rd October 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Wera Hobhouse Portrait Wera Hobhouse (Bath) (LD)
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T3. The Government’s intention to come out of the single market and the customs union will affect the complex supply chains in defence procurement. Has the Minister made a full assessment of the implications of Brexit for defence procurement, taking into account the complex supply chains?

Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin
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I assure the hon. Lady that an extensive programme of work is under way not only in the Ministry of Defence, but with our colleagues in the Department for Exiting the European Union. We are very conscious of the importance of those supply chains.