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Select Committee
Migration Advisory Committee, Institute of Public Policy Research, Migration Observatory, Reunite Families UK, Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), and Social Market Foundation

Oral Evidence May. 15 2024

Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: remember starkly that one of the first countries I ever visited when I got elected to this place was Ethiopia


Parliamentary Research
Debate on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and sustainable development - CDP-2023-0193
Sep. 21 2023

Found: More detail of the UK’s aid spending is outlined in section 1.5.


Lords Chamber
Sudan: Civilian Population - Thu 18 May 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Unfortunately and tragically, we are still seeing attacks on humanitarian workers. - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) them of being challenged directly; even the most basic humanitarian support is being interrupted and aid - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hussein-Ece (LDEM - Life peer) The majority of those were from South Sudan, Ethiopia and other neighbouring countries. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sudan - Mon 17 Apr 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) Aid workers and civilians must never be a target. - Speech Link
2: James Duddridge (CON - Rochford and Southend East) They could easily be closed off and be a problem, in addition to the problems in Tigray, Ethiopia and - Speech Link
3: Laurence Robertson (CON - Tewkesbury) Just over a week ago, I was in Ethiopia, with three other hon. Members. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) the peace agreements last November, we are seeing good progress in Ethiopia. - Speech Link
5: Kim Johnson (LAB - Liverpool, Riverside) Given that more than 100 civilians have already lost their lives, including three aid workers, and the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Universal Declaration of Human Rights and UN Convention on Genocide - Thu 07 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Lloyd (Lab - Rochdale) It must show concern about environmental protections and workers’ rights. - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) surely goes without saying that preventing a crisis avoids the vastly bigger costs of humanitarian aid - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Britain recently announced an additional £30 million of British aid for vital supplies into Gaza.In Ukraine - Speech Link


Bill Documents
18 Mar 2024 - Amendment Paper
HL Bill 38-I Marshalled list for Committee
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill 2022-23

Found: Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill focused on delivering humanitarian projects, services or aid


Deposited Papers
Department for International Development

Jun. 09 2011

Source Page: Towards zero infections: The UK’s position paper on HIV in the developing world. 26 p.
Document: DEP2011-0943.pdf (PDF)

Found: These include: sex workers, injecting drug users, men who have sex with men and prisoners.


Commons Chamber
Sudan - Tue 02 May 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) workers have been targeted in attacks—at least five aid workers have been killed, including other health - Speech Link
2: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) and their premises and assets so that life-saving aid can continue? - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) There is a diplomatic presence at the border with Egypt and at the border with Ethiopia. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) of humanitarian workers, the number is more than 10. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Mitchell (CON - Sutton Coldfield) We continue to support people at the border of Sudan with Egypt and also at the border of Sudan with Ethiopia - Speech Link


Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

Dec. 06 2023

Source Page: G7 Leaders' Statement: 6 December 2023
Document: G7 Leaders' Statement: 6 December 2023 (webpage)

Found: and failure to abide by its international law obligations, we will explore all possible avenues to aid


Commons Chamber
Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Yvette Cooper (Lab - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) Assaults on shop workers tripled during the pandemic and have not gone down again. - Speech Link
2: Michael Ellis (Con - Northampton North) There are countless dead in Ethiopia-Tigray and in Azerbaijan-Armenia. - Speech Link
3: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) Almost every international aid agency in the world is saying that vital humanitarian aid cannot be delivered - Speech Link
4: Helen Hayes (Lab - Dulwich and West Norwood) Red Crescent, Christian Aid, and all of the major aid agencies with a presence in the region. - Speech Link