:00:00. > :00:12.Good morning and welcome to BBC Parliament 's live coverage of the
:00:13. > :00:14.Commons. In half an hour, it is the final Prime Minister's Questions
:00:15. > :00:20.before the big elections tomorrow to the legislatures of Cardiff, Belfast
:00:21. > :00:25.and local elections in England. After that, the Conservative
:00:26. > :00:30.backbencher and Maine is asking an urgent question on reforms to the
:00:31. > :00:34.EU's double asylum system, meaning an asylum seeker has to apply for
:00:35. > :00:38.asylum in the first EU country he or she enters. That's a system the
:00:39. > :00:42.European Commission is planning to scrap. The main business in the
:00:43. > :00:46.Commons today is a Labour led debate on the Government plans to replace
:00:47. > :00:51.the bursaries that are available for nurses and midwives with tuition
:00:52. > :00:56.fees for the business followed by a backbench business debate on
:00:57. > :00:59.education funding in London. Don't forget, join me, Keith McDougall,
:01:00. > :01:05.for a round of the day in both Houses of Parliament at 11pm
:01:06. > :01:09.tonight. First, it has questions to the International Development
:01:10. > :01:18.Secretary, Justine Greening, and her ministerial team. Order, order.
:01:19. > :01:23.Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development. Mr
:01:24. > :01:30.Douglas Carswell. Question number one, please, Mr Speaker. Thank you,
:01:31. > :01:38.six countries opposed action, Zimbabwe, Fiji, unique, Burundi, and
:01:39. > :01:42.Madagascar. Does aid that include revenue support and is the Minister
:01:43. > :01:46.not agreeing that such direct Government to Government aid often
:01:47. > :01:51.actually inhibits good governance, far from encouraging democracy,
:01:52. > :01:57.encouraging capital Chrissy. He will be pleased that we have curbed
:01:58. > :02:01.general budget support and its reduced by nearly 90% since 2010,
:02:02. > :02:04.there is now one programme of general budget support remaining,
:02:05. > :02:08.which is finishing shortly. I disagree is wrong to work with
:02:09. > :02:13.governments. In the end, one to tackle corruption is to strengthen
:02:14. > :02:20.tax revenue authorities so what we need to do is find the balance and
:02:21. > :02:25.it achieves an impact. Every year the Palestinian Authority gives ?84
:02:26. > :02:31.million to convicted terrorists serving time in Israeli jails. Out
:02:32. > :02:36.of a general fund to which this country contributes part of its ?72
:02:37. > :02:39.million a year in aid to the Palestinians. If there is not
:02:40. > :02:43.corrupt practice? Ours is an example of good governance and which she
:02:44. > :02:49.consider following Canada's example of making sure our aid goes to
:02:50. > :02:53.specific objects in the Palestinian territory? He will be aware the
:02:54. > :02:56.trust fund we are part of is one that has supported more broadly by
:02:57. > :03:00.the international community and its yet to be clear whether the new
:03:01. > :03:04.Canadian Government will change its approach going back to working in
:03:05. > :03:09.the same way that countries like the UK do, but I should also point out
:03:10. > :03:12.to him, that supports it alongside direct support on the ground and I
:03:13. > :03:20.can assure the House there is no UK aid money which gets funded to the
:03:21. > :03:23.PLO. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The second is that recognise the
:03:24. > :03:27.important role that committees and civil society organisations play in
:03:28. > :03:31.holding governments to account in developing countries and will she
:03:32. > :03:35.assure the House she remains committed to supporting civil
:03:36. > :03:39.society, capacity building programmes to promote the ability
:03:40. > :03:44.and tackle corruption? I can get him that assurance. Our work with civil
:03:45. > :03:48.society is not only important in terms of the impact it can have on
:03:49. > :03:52.the ground, as he says, on driving accountability but it also was one
:03:53. > :03:56.of the ways to tackle corruption and finally, a matter for me I care
:03:57. > :04:01.about, women and girls, it's also vital to change attitude if we make
:04:02. > :04:07.progress on that, too. Question number two, Mr Speaker. Thank you,
:04:08. > :04:12.Mr Speaker. With Africa are experiencing unprecedented growth in
:04:13. > :04:16.its young population, we have petrified young people and job
:04:17. > :04:19.creation which is not only just good for young Africans but good for
:04:20. > :04:25.Britain because in the end, we are tackling the root cause of
:04:26. > :04:28.migration. It aid spending in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and other
:04:29. > :04:32.neighbouring countries hosting Syrian refugees was increased, could
:04:33. > :04:38.she outline how that might impact the number of Syrians coming to
:04:39. > :04:43.Europe? He races are very pertinent question, because the reality is at
:04:44. > :04:47.the refugee camps that we support in countries around Syria were not
:04:48. > :04:50.funded and closed, do we think those people would stay there? The answer
:04:51. > :04:55.is, they wouldn't, they would certainly look to come to Europe and
:04:56. > :04:58.the irony is, parties like Ukip, who want to cut back on aid
:04:59. > :05:06.effectiveness of a pro-migration policy therefore, Mr Speaker. Mr
:05:07. > :05:12.Stephen Twigg. Today at the report is published into Yemen, one of the
:05:13. > :05:17.issues we highlight is the impact on children and young people including
:05:18. > :05:21.47% of school-age children in Yemen not being schooled. We'll see in the
:05:22. > :05:23.House what plans the Government have is to use the forthcoming world
:05:24. > :05:31.humanitarian summit in Istanbul to focus on education and emergencies
:05:32. > :05:35.like the situation in Yemen? The crisis in Syria and Yemen shine a
:05:36. > :05:38.spotlight on an issue I feel has been completely missed out other
:05:39. > :05:43.humanitarian response for too long. There are 37 million children around
:05:44. > :05:46.the world out of school bully because they are in areas affected
:05:47. > :05:53.by emergencies or conflict and the UK has led the way to get children
:05:54. > :05:57.back into school working with countries and we would like to do
:05:58. > :06:00.the same in Yemen that, as he will know, the situation in that country
:06:01. > :06:07.is extremely difficult to get the most basic humanitarian support
:06:08. > :06:11.flowing in. Thank you, Mr Speaker. We fund the international citizen
:06:12. > :06:14.service which helps young people from Britain helped their
:06:15. > :06:17.counterpart in developing countries. Does you join me in encouraging more
:06:18. > :06:25.people across Britain to get involved? I think that's a really
:06:26. > :06:29.sensible question for him to ask. We've seen over 20,000 young people
:06:30. > :06:33.benefit from the International citizen service, giving them a
:06:34. > :06:36.fantastic experience at a really important stage in their lives and
:06:37. > :06:42.in the manifesto we committed to topple the numbers of young people
:06:43. > :06:45.able to benefit from it. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Does the Government
:06:46. > :06:48.recognise the important role young people having combating global
:06:49. > :06:52.poverty and will secretary of state welcome the commitment in the SNP
:06:53. > :06:57.manifesto to continue funding Scotland's development in education
:06:58. > :07:00.centres and that up the steps and UK governments are doing to promote
:07:01. > :07:04.global citizenship across the country? I think we recognise the
:07:05. > :07:08.work of Scottish Government does in Malawi, which is something which is
:07:09. > :07:14.also very much focused on by the UK, as well, and from my perspective,
:07:15. > :07:16.that is not just about young people can be advocates for developed and
:07:17. > :07:20.they are, but there are many other people on the ground to delivering
:07:21. > :07:23.it and if you look at the response to a bowler in Sierra Leone, it is
:07:24. > :07:32.young people and communities that did the work to help stability
:07:33. > :07:41.abilities stay safe -- a bowler. -- Ebola disease. They can be as few as
:07:42. > :07:47.one held psychiatrist per 1 million people in these areas are how can we
:07:48. > :07:51.ensure that adequate resources to fulfil medical health requirements
:07:52. > :07:54.for young people that out in this framework? The disability framework
:07:55. > :07:58.was something that we brought in over the last couple of years
:07:59. > :08:02.because we felt we had not focused on this area in development in the
:08:03. > :08:05.way we should have done and in relation to mental health, in
:08:06. > :08:10.children, that's an incredibly important area where we have put
:08:11. > :08:13.more money through great agencies like Unicef to fund psychosocial
:08:14. > :08:16.support. One of the biggest problems we face is making sure we have
:08:17. > :08:22.Arabic speakers at the right kinds of skills to deal with the scale of
:08:23. > :08:30.the challenge. Question number three, Mr Speaker. May I answer
:08:31. > :08:37.three and five together. Through our presidency of the G8 in 2013 and the
:08:38. > :08:43.G20, we have bled on strengthening countries tax regimes, tackling
:08:44. > :08:47.avoidance and evasion. UK overseas territory of agrees to finish our
:08:48. > :08:52.tax and law enforcement agencies with company beneficial ownership
:08:53. > :08:57.information. I thank the Minister for that answer but the world's
:08:58. > :09:00.poorest countries are deprived of $1 trillion every year because of
:09:01. > :09:04.money-laundering and tax avoidance. Will the Minister call on the
:09:05. > :09:08.British Overseas Territories to establish a public register of
:09:09. > :09:13.beneficial ownership headed next weeks anti-corruption Summit in
:09:14. > :09:17.London? We are light-years ahead of we were and indeed any ambition
:09:18. > :09:23.expressed by previous administrations. Follow automatic
:09:24. > :09:25.exchange of taxpayer account information will be available from
:09:26. > :09:31.September this year, company beneficial ownership will be
:09:32. > :09:37.available to our tax authorities by June of next year. Thank you, Mr
:09:38. > :09:41.Speaker. I acknowledge the progress made by devious Government and this
:09:42. > :09:45.Government on this issue but is now time in advance of the
:09:46. > :09:49.anti-corruption Summit to require overseas territories and Crown
:09:50. > :09:58.dependencies to provide public registers and beneficial ownership?
:09:59. > :10:03.We have advanced a huge amount by agreement and by leadership. Not
:10:04. > :10:09.having to recourse to compulsion. And now the overseas Territories are
:10:10. > :10:12.well advanced of many of our trading partners. It's better to proceed by
:10:13. > :10:19.agreement, much of that information will be available through the
:10:20. > :10:30.initiative for automatic exchange of benefit owner registers of which 33
:10:31. > :10:34.countries have now signed up. Will my honourable friend agree with me
:10:35. > :10:38.that we need to look very carefully at the purpose of this and the
:10:39. > :10:44.purpose of this is dealing, not just with excessive avoidance schemes and
:10:45. > :10:51.evasion schemes, but these often mask deeply corrupt and criminal
:10:52. > :10:55.activities. What has been achieved is an ability for our law
:10:56. > :11:01.enforcement agencies to get in there and to be able to get that
:11:02. > :11:06.information and do it without being tipped off by the criminals we are
:11:07. > :11:13.seeking to find. I pay tribute to the National Crime Agency and the
:11:14. > :11:18.unit within that it is paid for for tracing this international
:11:19. > :11:21.corruption, but here's right, huge amounts of revenue are being denied
:11:22. > :11:26.to the poorest countries in the world and we have to do something
:11:27. > :11:30.about that. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I think the comments for the
:11:31. > :11:33.honourable lady is entirely legitimate and the Minister has
:11:34. > :11:37.applied well and it's also worth pointing out that the added
:11:38. > :11:41.liquidity which comes about as a result of monies coming in often
:11:42. > :11:45.from parts of the developing world themselves, into places like the
:11:46. > :11:49.overseas territories and the Crown dependencies, can lead to a whole
:11:50. > :11:52.range of project finance initiatives that do benefit many people in the
:11:53. > :11:56.developing world and it's not quite as straightforward to suggest money
:11:57. > :12:00.is in tax havens and they don't have a longer-term benefit, particularly
:12:01. > :12:04.in parts of the world the international develop the agency has
:12:05. > :12:07.close to its heart. The common reporting standard is vitally
:12:08. > :12:11.important. Together with the automatic exchange of taxpayer
:12:12. > :12:15.account information and it's precisely because of that that we
:12:16. > :12:16.have a pilot running now in Ghana to draw developing countries into this
:12:17. > :12:25.arrangement. The minister will be aware that tax
:12:26. > :12:30.avoidance in developing countries costs them three times what they get
:12:31. > :12:33.in a. So why will the development department not put pressure on
:12:34. > :12:40.government colleagues to insist that offshore centres like Kamen set up
:12:41. > :12:47.registers of ownership which are open to the public? We are vastly in
:12:48. > :12:52.advance of the situation left by previous administrations. We are
:12:53. > :12:59.advancing by agreement. That information will be available if
:13:00. > :13:05.countries sign up to the initiative for automatic exchange of beneficial
:13:06. > :13:15.ownership registers. The UK will be the first country next month to
:13:16. > :13:19.publish this information. Another way in which the UK canning priest
:13:20. > :13:27.transparency and lead the world towards -- increased transparency is
:13:28. > :13:30.to strongly support the extractive industries' transparency initiative.
:13:31. > :13:34.The last government signed us up for this after too many years in which
:13:35. > :13:37.we stood aside from it. Can my honourable friend confirm that we
:13:38. > :13:44.will be leading other parts of the tissue oversees territory in signing
:13:45. > :13:48.up to this? Those territories that have extracted, we are certainly
:13:49. > :13:51.pushing his agenda. I regularly meet representatives of the extractive 's
:13:52. > :13:59.industry to drive forward this initiative. Mr Speaker, 600 million
:14:00. > :14:04.people in sub-Saharan Africa still do not have access to the
:14:05. > :14:07.electricity we all take for granted. Progress towards the global goal of
:14:08. > :14:13.universal access by 2030 is too slow. That is why we have launched
:14:14. > :14:16.the energy Africa campaign to accelerate the expansion of the
:14:17. > :14:20.household solar market and make it work for the poorest people in the
:14:21. > :14:23.world. Does the minister agree with me that solar power can make a real
:14:24. > :14:27.difference to economic development in places like the set hell, and can
:14:28. > :14:32.he tell the House, what is DFID doing to assist the roll-out of off
:14:33. > :14:38.grid solar powered interest to me at a conflict like South Sudan and
:14:39. > :14:42.Somalia? My honourable friend has a profound understanding of the
:14:43. > :14:46.region. I can assure him that Somalia is one of the first
:14:47. > :14:49.countries to have signed up to agreement on the energy Africa
:14:50. > :14:55.campaign and I hope others will follow. In many African countries,
:14:56. > :14:58.or Liz still king, and with that comes a lot of corruption -- oil is
:14:59. > :15:02.still king and it is preventing benefits going to the poorest in
:15:03. > :15:06.these countries. Can the minister tell the House what DFID is doing to
:15:07. > :15:12.eliminate corruption, which undermines the very projects he's
:15:13. > :15:18.talking about such as energy Africa? DFID has an extensive range of
:15:19. > :15:22.programmes to combat the culture of corruption, particularly in oil
:15:23. > :15:25.producing states such as Nigeria and an anti-corruption Summit is being
:15:26. > :15:32.convened shortly in London to address these issues. Can the
:15:33. > :15:37.minister update the House as to what role Britain can play in encouraging
:15:38. > :15:44.the private sector to invest in energy infrastructure in Africa?
:15:45. > :15:48.That is an important point. It is the whole thrust of the energy
:15:49. > :15:53.Africa campaign. It is about accelerating a market, not dumping
:15:54. > :15:56.public money on the table. It is about accelerating a market, which
:15:57. > :16:03.we expect British entrepreneurs and investors to play a leading role in.
:16:04. > :16:05.A fundamental prerequisite to accessing energy in the poorest
:16:06. > :16:11.nations in Africa is accessing clean water. What assistance are the
:16:12. > :16:15.government giving to the many charitable institutions on a
:16:16. > :16:18.cost-effective basis, who have proven that millions of people can
:16:19. > :16:24.be delivered clean water in a cost-effective way? It is an
:16:25. > :16:27.important point about the need to retain ambition in terms of making
:16:28. > :16:32.it easier to access water. I am delighted to say the UK continues to
:16:33. > :16:36.play a leading role in the commitment of connecting another 60
:16:37. > :16:44.million people in this Parliament to water. And NGOs are large part of
:16:45. > :16:48.delivering on that commitment. Corruption is bad for development,
:16:49. > :16:52.bad for poor people and bad for business. All of our country
:16:53. > :16:56.programmes have anti-corruption strategies. DFID funds units in the
:16:57. > :16:58.National Crime Agency dedicated to investigating money-laundering and
:16:59. > :17:04.bribery that affects developing countries. It is also bad for
:17:05. > :17:09.taxpayers, who have a natural concern is busy too much of their
:17:10. > :17:13.money going to the hands, particularly in Africa, of corrupt
:17:14. > :17:16.governments and other organisations. What is peer-to-peer lending going
:17:17. > :17:21.in tackling this issue? There are platforms that are emerging, as he
:17:22. > :17:24.says, that allowed charitable donations to be sent directly from
:17:25. > :17:29.an individual in the UK to a remote village in Uganda or an entrepreneur
:17:30. > :17:36.in Kenya who is seeking to raise money from the UK public directly.
:17:37. > :17:39.Strong regulation is key. But DFID is now actively working with this
:17:40. > :17:44.industry to see how this approach can do better. With the Secretary of
:17:45. > :17:47.State agree that one of the best ways we can help developing
:17:48. > :17:51.countries with fraud is to make sure there is no fraud and corruption in
:17:52. > :17:57.the UK? Would she look at whether, in fact, the murderers of Mr magnets
:17:58. > :18:01.QI have hidden away something like $30 million in the UK, and is that
:18:02. > :18:08.something she would like to investigate? I will look further
:18:09. > :18:10.into the case he mentions. But DFID funds and helped establish the
:18:11. > :18:15.International corruption unit that is now part of the International
:18:16. > :18:22.crime agency, which is there to make sure we are able to investigate
:18:23. > :18:25.cases of corruption and fraud that affect the UK system as well as
:18:26. > :18:30.developing countries. Very dedicated of the Secretary of State. It was,
:18:31. > :18:35.one might say, a liberal and democratic interpretation of the
:18:36. > :18:38.question on the paper(!). One of the best ways of reassuring our
:18:39. > :18:42.constituents that the money is spent wisely is to release as much detail
:18:43. > :18:47.as possible about where it goes. Because sunlight is the best
:18:48. > :18:50.disinfectant, can the Secretary of State reinsure me that we would go
:18:51. > :18:57.further and release even more further data that we have already to
:18:58. > :19:01.reassure our constituents? We will continue to be a leader in global
:19:02. > :19:05.aid transparency. Taxpayers can already see the department's
:19:06. > :19:12.projects in every country on the web. Last month, the department was
:19:13. > :19:16.again rated as very good in the aid transparency index. Somalia was
:19:17. > :19:20.recently judged to be the most corrupt country in the world by the
:19:21. > :19:26.independent watchdog transparency International. And yet in 2014, it
:19:27. > :19:32.received ?124 million in aid. Does the Secretary of State believe the
:19:33. > :19:40.entirety of that sum went towards helping the country's poorest? I do,
:19:41. > :19:43.and DFID have the Syriza controls to manage the inherent risks of not
:19:44. > :19:48.just Somalia, but many of the countries we work in. We make
:19:49. > :19:52.extensive use of third-party monitoring so that we can verify
:19:53. > :20:02.independently that every pound is spent effectively. Mr Speaker, we
:20:03. > :20:04.are strengthening Palestinian institutions and supporting economic
:20:05. > :20:08.develop month. Last year, we supported 60,000 children in school
:20:09. > :20:18.and created thousands of jobs. Results are monitored quarterly.
:20:19. > :20:20.Just 0.2%, 2p in every ?10 of the 72 million the department spends in the
:20:21. > :20:25.Palestinian territories ghosted coexistence projects, bringing
:20:26. > :20:28.Palestinians and Israelis together to the conflict, security and
:20:29. > :20:34.stability fund. Why will the department not support meat, which
:20:35. > :20:39.do brilliant work with Palestinian students, or save a child's hard? I
:20:40. > :20:42.think coexistence and humanitarian work are two pillars on which peace
:20:43. > :20:52.and a two state solution will be built. We spent ?349 million between
:20:53. > :20:58.2011 and macro 2015. Last year, ?72 million. There was of course a
:20:59. > :21:02.difficulty when managing any number of very small projects and
:21:03. > :21:06.initiatives. However, I do appreciate the importance that the
:21:07. > :21:14.honourable gentleman draws to this particular need and I am happy to
:21:15. > :21:18.accommodate him to discuss it. I urge my right honourable friend not
:21:19. > :21:22.just to maintain our spending on the Palestinian Authority, but even to
:21:23. > :21:28.increase it? Do we not have an obligation to make a stand against
:21:29. > :21:34.the moral outrage of the continuing annexation by the Israelis of
:21:35. > :21:39.Palestinian land? Mr Speaker, the main effort of our interventions in
:21:40. > :21:44.the Palestinian territories remains to deliver an independent and stable
:21:45. > :21:47.Palestinian state. I cannot give any indication of finance now. An
:21:48. > :21:57.announcement will be made in due course. Order. Topical questions.
:21:58. > :22:00.Andrea Jenkins. Three weeks ago at the World Bank spring meetings in
:22:01. > :22:03.Washington, we discussed the central role that development plays in
:22:04. > :22:08.tackling the root causes of migration on a terrace in an
:22:09. > :22:11.conflict. I should inform the House that no representatives I met
:22:12. > :22:17.thought it would be a good idea for the UK to leave Europe. Last week in
:22:18. > :22:20.Kenya, I saw first hand how our poor for refugees and creating
:22:21. > :22:24.livelihoods for young people is not only the right thing to do for them,
:22:25. > :22:29.but is also in our national interest, allowing people to stay in
:22:30. > :22:33.their home region. On my recent visit to India, I saw the fantastic
:22:34. > :22:38.work being done by the World Health Organisation, Unicef and others to
:22:39. > :22:42.vaccinate children against polio, which has now been eradicated in
:22:43. > :22:46.India. What is the government's assessment of the shortfalls of the
:22:47. > :22:52.global vaccine action plan as set out by the 2015 assessment of the
:22:53. > :22:56.strategic advisory group? We have seen the group's report and it does
:22:57. > :23:00.address some key issues and is realistic. It is also worth pointing
:23:01. > :23:04.out that the no buzz of cases of polio in the world this year is now
:23:05. > :23:07.down to a handful -- numbers of cases. We are within touching
:23:08. > :23:13.distance of seeing that terrible disease eradicated from our planet
:23:14. > :23:16.for the first time in history. Smart, I visited Somaliland in the
:23:17. > :23:20.one of Africa to see for myself some of the effects of the drought that
:23:21. > :23:27.has swept southern and eastern Africa. 36 million people are facing
:23:28. > :23:33.hunger. I met desperate people who need food, water and shelter. What
:23:34. > :23:41.steps is the Secretary of State taking to ensure that this drought
:23:42. > :23:45.does not become a famine? This issue underlines the fragility of many
:23:46. > :23:48.countries in Africa, who whilst on the path to development, face
:23:49. > :23:53.challenges like El Nino. In Somalia, we have made additional funding
:23:54. > :23:57.available to tackle this humanitarian crisis and deal with
:23:58. > :24:03.what she says. Does my right honourable friend agree that the
:24:04. > :24:07.generous amount of money that the British people give in overseas aid
:24:08. > :24:11.has transformed the lives of children not only throughout the
:24:12. > :24:18.world, but in particular in developing countries? Yes, I do. We
:24:19. > :24:22.have supported 11 million children into school over the last five
:24:23. > :24:27.years, distributed 46 million bed nets, which has seen malaria deaths
:24:28. > :24:32.for by two thirds over the last 15 years. We have helped 60 million
:24:33. > :24:36.people get access to better water, and VSO is delivering a fantastic
:24:37. > :24:42.project for the international citizens service as well. People are
:24:43. > :24:48.fleeing was as in developing countries across the globe. Will the
:24:49. > :24:52.Government now heed the two Kindertransport children and think
:24:53. > :25:00.again on sanctuary for unaccompanied child refugees from Syria? She will
:25:01. > :25:02.be aware that all the work the Department for International
:25:03. > :25:06.Development has done in Syria and in the region particularly focused on
:25:07. > :25:09.supporting children affected by that crisis. We should also be proud of
:25:10. > :25:13.the fact that no member state has done more to support refugees
:25:14. > :25:17.arriving in Europe. She will be aware that we are looking at how we
:25:18. > :25:27.can continue to work harder on ensuring that we support children
:25:28. > :25:30.who are in Europe and unaccompanied. David TC Davies. Would my right
:25:31. > :25:33.honourable friend agree that her commendable efforts to improve
:25:34. > :25:37.sexual equality across the world would be made easier if
:25:38. > :25:40.organisations like the Blackburn Muslim Association were not putting
:25:41. > :25:43.out information to people that women should not be allowed to travel more
:25:44. > :25:51.than 48 miles without a male chaperone? I am grateful for his
:25:52. > :25:55.question. I had a look at their website last night and frankly, the
:25:56. > :26:00.views expressed on it is disgraceful and unacceptable. It has no place in
:26:01. > :26:04.Britain and is contrary to our British values. I think the
:26:05. > :26:12.Blackburn Muslim Association should clearly and publicly withdraw those
:26:13. > :26:17.comments. The Secretary of State may be aware of the brutal murder last
:26:18. > :26:23.month of LGBT activists in Bangladesh. Last month, one was
:26:24. > :26:25.hacked to death by Islamist activists. But is she aware that
:26:26. > :26:30.Amnesty International say that his was just one of four such murders
:26:31. > :26:36.last month, and can she tell me what we are doing to help the government
:26:37. > :26:45.in Bangladesh offer more protection to the OG BT community? -- the LGBT
:26:46. > :26:47.community. We have been concerned to see these terrible murders taking
:26:48. > :26:51.pace in Bangladesh. It is important that we do continue to work with the
:26:52. > :26:53.government so that there is freedom of speech combined with the rule of
:26:54. > :27:00.law and that the perpetrators of these murders are brought to
:27:01. > :27:07.justice. Does my right Conor Murphy with me that the GDP of this country
:27:08. > :27:10.reduced by more than 0.7% if we withdrew our investment from various
:27:11. > :27:14.stability project around the world -- my right honourable friend.
:27:15. > :27:18.Absolutely. We know that conflict costs billions of pounds of global
:27:19. > :27:24.GDP every year. We also know that if you were simply to enable women to
:27:25. > :27:28.be more economically empowered, that would add billions to global GDP
:27:29. > :27:29.every year. So what we are doing is not as good