0:00:00 > 0:00:09National. This will be rounded up at 11pm tonight.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Number one, Mr Speaker.The secretary of state for the
0:00:12 > 0:00:19development.I will answer question one and three together. Yemen is the
0:00:19 > 0:00:25world's alert urbanity of in crisis, 21 million people in need of eight.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30The crisis will lead to famine unless all sides allow immediate
0:00:30 > 0:00:36commercial anti-men appearing access throughout the country. UK plays a
0:00:36 > 0:00:46leading role.Thank the answer and also I welcome you to your position.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51The Defence Select Committee last week General Cemetery Burns stated
0:00:51 > 0:00:57that intelligent thoughtful officials like the National Security
0:00:57 > 0:01:02adviser looking at the mad that we spent on aid, diplomacy defence and
0:01:02 > 0:01:07wondering if we can get a mix on it. When it comes to Yemen, as the
0:01:07 > 0:01:17Secretary of State satisfied that the receipts of sales to Saudi
0:01:17 > 0:01:24Arabia and the money being spent on developing Yemen is being balanced?
0:01:24 > 0:01:26We understand the security concerns that the coalition has that this is
0:01:26 > 0:01:34not incompatible with allowing food and other supplies into the country.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37There is a huge diplomatic effort be made that is led by the Prime
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Minister. She is using her visit this week to press further still.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45There has been some movement on getting some eight and further
0:01:45 > 0:01:53commercial supplies through. This will not enough. We need to keep
0:01:53 > 0:01:57pressing and that is what we will do.The Foreign Secretary met with a
0:01:57 > 0:02:01range of international borders yesterday. The communique from that
0:02:01 > 0:02:05meeting it seemed to talk more about weapons than getting aid and
0:02:05 > 0:02:09promotional goods into Yemen. Can she tell me more about what the
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Government is doing to get commercial goods enter the country?
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Eight agencies know that it's not just the aid, the commercial goods
0:02:16 > 0:02:25as well. 130 children die per day in Yemen. We cannot wait any longer.In
0:02:25 > 0:02:30addition to diplomatic efforts being made, a large bottle by time -- a
0:02:30 > 0:02:34large part of my time is looking at the other options, how can we
0:02:34 > 0:02:40logistically get what is needed to the people that need it? The immense
0:02:40 > 0:02:44problems with that. We are looking at plan B, what else we can do. The
0:02:44 > 0:02:49key thing, the only way to get the full supplies in is to open up these
0:02:49 > 0:02:56two ports and this is what we are pressing for.Thank you, Mr Speaker.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00I will cut my right honourable friend to replace and underwrite it
0:03:00 > 0:03:06is the river. -- I welcome my right honourable friend. Can she confirm
0:03:06 > 0:03:13what worked the UK Government is doing via the United Nations?I have
0:03:13 > 0:03:17been in close contact with both the UN undersecretary general for human
0:03:17 > 0:03:23Kevin affairs and also the second general -- the secretary-general
0:03:23 > 0:03:29himself. We are working together to press on the coalition the
0:03:29 > 0:03:34importance of getting aid and promotional supplies in. Long-term,
0:03:34 > 0:03:38we need a political settlement. We are pushing for all partners to
0:03:38 > 0:03:48engage.Thank you, Mr Speaker. The situation for Yemen's remaining
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Jewish people is particularly harrowing, particularly those
0:03:50 > 0:03:56outside the capital. What work as she and her Government doing to help
0:03:56 > 0:04:01provide safe passage for these individuals to other countries.We
0:04:01 > 0:04:04are extremely conscious of this and my right honourable friend the
0:04:04 > 0:04:09Minister for the Middle East has been doing an enormous amount of
0:04:09 > 0:04:13work looking at particular communities. There are enormous as a
0:04:13 > 0:04:21people, 21 million people, in an absolutely dire situation. This is
0:04:21 > 0:04:27why we must keep pressing, as well as the immediate issues, for a
0:04:27 > 0:04:33political process and all parties to engage with the UN.That doesn't
0:04:33 > 0:04:38look as though the Prime Minister is being any more successful on this is
0:04:38 > 0:04:45you than she is on some of the others. It is a disgrace. That your
0:04:45 > 0:04:53department and the humanitarian aspect, and yet we continue to sell
0:04:53 > 0:04:58arms to Saudi Arabia, which continues to fuel the conflict.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Where is the sense in this?I understand you're honourable Lady's
0:05:03 > 0:05:08concerns but, as I have said, once we do accept you are a legitimate
0:05:08 > 0:05:13security concerns, that is entirely separate and shouldn't be conflated
0:05:13 > 0:05:19with preventing aid and commercial supplies getting trade publishing.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25-- whilst I do except. We are extremely concerned about the
0:05:25 > 0:05:30situation, the idea that the coalition may be in breach of
0:05:30 > 0:05:33humanitarian law. I would refer to the statement that my right
0:05:33 > 0:05:39honourable friend gave on September. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can I welcome
0:05:39 > 0:05:45the Secretary of State to her new role. I have just heard what the
0:05:45 > 0:05:52Secretary of State has said, however, on it emerged that the UK
0:05:52 > 0:05:56was providing military assistance to Saudi Arabia to carry out military
0:05:56 > 0:06:00training as part of operation crossways. With the Foreign
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Secretary hosting foreign ministers from the region yesterday for talks,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08does the Secretary of State think that the UK's military support and
0:06:08 > 0:06:12arms sales to Saudi Arabia is helping or hindering a political
0:06:12 > 0:06:17solution to the simply appalling and worsening humanitarian situation in
0:06:17 > 0:06:25Yemen?I thank the honourable lady and other members that have welcomed
0:06:25 > 0:06:33me to my post. Although the UK military has provided trading on
0:06:33 > 0:06:37targeting to reduce civilian casualties, that has been entirely
0:06:37 > 0:06:43separate from the Saudi coalition's actual campaign. We, I think, are
0:06:43 > 0:06:47trying to utilise the military to military contacts that we do have,
0:06:47 > 0:06:52which are deep, as part of article take process to get the coalition to
0:06:52 > 0:06:58realise that it must let aid into those sports. We are finding 120
0:06:58 > 0:07:05million to help the UN inspection mechanisms. If we can supply
0:07:05 > 0:07:08practical support to give the coalition confident that weapons are
0:07:08 > 0:07:13not coming in with it, we will do that.Minister of State Alistair
0:07:13 > 0:07:21Burt.Since 1988, the global polio eradication initiative has been
0:07:21 > 0:07:29heavily effective in reducing polio cases by 99%. Only 15 cases have
0:07:29 > 0:07:35been reported in 2017 in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We hope the last case
0:07:35 > 0:07:40will come through at the end of this year or early next year.Can I thank
0:07:40 > 0:07:42the Minister for that answer. I would like to welcome the leadership
0:07:42 > 0:07:48the Government has shown in the battle to eradicate all the all from
0:07:48 > 0:07:51the face of this earth. Will you be really that this is exactly the sort
0:07:51 > 0:07:55of thing the great British public can get behind and welcome our aid
0:07:55 > 0:08:02being used for?Eradicating polio will be one of the great public
0:08:02 > 0:08:08health success stories. UK tax payer support since 1988 has helped
0:08:08 > 0:08:12prevent more than one and a half million childhood deaths and 60
0:08:12 > 0:08:16million people are walking today that would otherwise be paralysed.
0:08:16 > 0:08:25People in the UK should be proud. Not least those that have supported
0:08:25 > 0:08:28the rotary movement. Thank you for your support.Does the Minister
0:08:28 > 0:08:32agree that what has marked up the fight against polio is it
0:08:32 > 0:08:35international nature and that we should be pressing this same
0:08:35 > 0:08:42approach to tackling other duties -- other diseases next year at the
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Commonwealth summit?He is absolutely right. The use of UK
0:08:45 > 0:08:49funds to support things like the global fund, that take part in
0:08:49 > 0:08:53international activity, the support we give to strengthen global health
0:08:53 > 0:08:57systems is important. We have to work in partnership with others. The
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Commonwealth summit will give us an opportunity to emphasise more of
0:09:01 > 0:09:04what we can do together.Thank you, I congratulate my right honourable
0:09:04 > 0:09:09friend Anita part -- and the Department on what has been done
0:09:09 > 0:09:16here but there is a risk that we can -- that this returns if inoculations
0:09:16 > 0:09:20to not take place. Will he use the Commonwealth heads of Government
0:09:20 > 0:09:25meeting next year to press for further inoculation across the
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Commonwealth?We are working with those putting together the
0:09:29 > 0:09:37Commonwealth summit to make sure that there is an ambush -- and
0:09:37 > 0:09:45ambitious agenda. They honourable friend is right on immunisation. 45
0:09:45 > 0:09:52million children will be immunised and saved from polio. They will be
0:09:52 > 0:09:59no letup on immunisation and the fight to make sure that polio is
0:09:59 > 0:10:05eradicated.Thank you. Can I ask the Minister to show the same level of
0:10:05 > 0:10:10commitment on an international level to the prevention of livestock
0:10:10 > 0:10:18diseases, something which poses a greater threat -- a great threat to
0:10:18 > 0:10:24my kind of constituency.That is scarcely related and what the
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Minister is saying that he doesn't really like this question and would
0:10:28 > 0:10:33like to talk about something else. It is ingenious to the point of
0:10:33 > 0:10:42being cheeky. One sentence reply.I will draw the attention to the
0:10:42 > 0:10:52question.Minister of State Rory Stewart. I will take questions for
0:10:52 > 0:10:56and five together.We work continuously to try to improve the
0:10:56 > 0:11:00way that we design, implement and monitor programmes, spending money
0:11:00 > 0:11:07well, wisely and efficiently make sense because it is taxpayers money
0:11:07 > 0:11:10but also to deliver better education, health care and nutrition
0:11:10 > 0:11:17for some of the world's poorest people.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23I think the herbal gentleman for his reply. The greater transparency and
0:11:23 > 0:11:29Hal and why money is spent is vital to ensure confidence. Will he insert
0:11:29 > 0:11:32has biases on the agenda and also ensure that aid to the Palestinian
0:11:32 > 0:11:38Authority 's does not fund radicalisation?Thank you for the
0:11:38 > 0:11:41question. The question on Palestinian Authority is from my
0:11:41 > 0:11:44honourable friend but the basic principle is clear. This and not
0:11:44 > 0:11:51just about transparency. That is an -- not an end in itself, it is a
0:11:51 > 0:11:55means to accountability. It is about making sure people in the developing
0:11:55 > 0:11:58world can access and understand and use the data. We can only improve if
0:11:58 > 0:12:04we are challenged.I welcome the Minister's comments on
0:12:04 > 0:12:09accountability just now. Value for money in aid is something that has
0:12:09 > 0:12:14raised with the black constituents on a regular basis. -- raised with
0:12:14 > 0:12:17me by constituents. Does he not agree that accountability in poor
0:12:17 > 0:12:23countries is an an essential part in getting that value for money?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Absolutely, and the challenge for accountability in the developing
0:12:25 > 0:12:29world is great. You are in Britain, there is a free media, a free media,
0:12:29 > 0:12:35civil society, it is easy as we all offer people to challenge projects.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39But in the developing world, we need to make sure we have the right kind
0:12:39 > 0:12:42of beneficiary feedback because it is the people on the ground who know
0:12:42 > 0:12:47more and we will only improve if we listen.The International
0:12:47 > 0:12:50development committee published our first report of this Parliament on
0:12:50 > 0:12:55global education, can I have urged the Government to response indirect
0:12:55 > 0:13:02rendition that we should fully fund replenishment for education and make
0:13:02 > 0:13:07that announcement as early as possible?We will be announcing the
0:13:07 > 0:13:11education refresh policy in the early part of next year. The key
0:13:11 > 0:13:14thing which we agree absolutely on the committee with is driving up the
0:13:14 > 0:13:18quality of education. Attendance is right up but far too many children
0:13:18 > 0:13:24are coming out and highly literate. Is the Minister convinced that
0:13:24 > 0:13:28expenditure on private schools in Africa is the best use of public
0:13:28 > 0:13:32money and given the best outcomes given the report of my honourable
0:13:32 > 0:13:39friend for Liverpool by survey recently?95% of all our spending
0:13:39 > 0:13:42goes to public education. However there is a place, particularly in
0:13:42 > 0:13:46some of the poorest and most from parts of the world, for recognising
0:13:46 > 0:13:50the private sector is fulfilling with low-cost education a hole which
0:13:50 > 0:13:56the public sector sometimes cannot fill.What assessment has the
0:13:56 > 0:14:00department made of the value for money spending in Bangladesh to help
0:14:00 > 0:14:05the range of people, particularly given the Secretary of State's
0:14:05 > 0:14:15recent visit to that area? -- Rohingya people. Our assistant in
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Bangladesh, currently over £40 millionis carefully assessed and is
0:14:18 > 0:14:24focused above all on providing shelter, protection and particularly
0:14:24 > 0:14:31against violence, sexual violence and conflict.Can I begin by
0:14:31 > 0:14:38welcoming the Secretary of State to her post. There is no greater value
0:14:38 > 0:14:41for money in aid spending their protecting the future of the natural
0:14:41 > 0:14:47world for generations to come. After attending the UN 2020 talks earlier
0:14:47 > 0:14:50this month, it is undeniable we are now reaching the tipping point of no
0:14:50 > 0:14:55return in change. All nations are agreed we must go further and faster
0:14:55 > 0:15:04together. The World Bank still spends more on fossil fuels than
0:15:04 > 0:15:09clean energy, does the Secretary of State Gifford word to use all her
0:15:09 > 0:15:12persuasive powers with the Royal Bank to invest more in clean energy
0:15:12 > 0:15:17than fossil fuels?The right honourable member and myself have
0:15:17 > 0:15:20discussed this in my past and I would like to pay tribute to the
0:15:20 > 0:15:23work he does on the environment. We are pressing the World Bank to do
0:15:23 > 0:15:26that and that is one of the front of the new financing facilities we have
0:15:26 > 0:15:31established. But there is still a place for nonrenewable energy
0:15:31 > 0:15:35generation, particularly to meet the desperate need in Africa.One of the
0:15:35 > 0:15:43best ways to save money is on malaria, as I have seen as the
0:15:43 > 0:15:48organiser of the group on malaria. There is a worrying stalling
0:15:48 > 0:15:53progress in malaria. Could my honourable friend commit the UK
0:15:53 > 0:15:59Government to ensure that as much as possible is done to make further
0:15:59 > 0:16:04progress?This is a very important issue, it is an issue which the
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Government is proud to have invested heavily in along with the Bill Gates
0:16:07 > 0:16:13foundation and the US Government. There is an event after this to
0:16:13 > 0:16:16commemorate the progress being made on malaria but the member is
0:16:16 > 0:16:19absolutely correct that this is an issue we need to do more on and the
0:16:19 > 0:16:26factors progress is stalling. -- the fact is progress is stalling.I
0:16:26 > 0:16:29welcome the Secretary of State to her new role and that forged our
0:16:29 > 0:16:35exchanges across the dispatch box. -- I look forward to our exchanges.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Her predecessor resigned because she was called fine to give aid money to
0:16:39 > 0:16:41the Israeli defence Force. Securitisation and militarisation of
0:16:41 > 0:16:45the aid budget, which is supposed to go to the world'spoorest, seems to
0:16:45 > 0:16:51be the new normal under this Government. My question is, what is
0:16:51 > 0:16:57the Secretary of State's plan on spending aid money on psychotic on
0:16:57 > 0:17:02-- on police, and will he spending go down?It is absolutely central
0:17:02 > 0:17:08that we must address the root causes of poverty and a lot of those lie in
0:17:08 > 0:17:10fragile and conflict affected states. If we try to separate off
0:17:10 > 0:17:14the work we do on education, health and Unitarian assistance from the
0:17:14 > 0:17:19political and military drivers of conflict, we will never resolve
0:17:19 > 0:17:23these problems. But we absolutely take on board that our prime
0:17:23 > 0:17:27response military is towards the poorest in the world, our programmes
0:17:27 > 0:17:32and conflict to an end, not an end in itself, and I would like to ask
0:17:32 > 0:17:37the right honourable member, who was at that made the 2.7% target?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Because it is absolutely central that we do these things together. --
0:17:41 > 0:17:470.7% target.I thank the Minister phrase response but new figures have
0:17:47 > 0:17:57shown that in aid spending on the conflict fund increased by £27
0:17:57 > 0:18:00million. Spent mainly through the Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
0:18:00 > 0:18:04propping up military and police in places like Bahrain, Ethiopia and
0:18:04 > 0:18:11Syria. With no scrutiny from parliament's joint committee on
0:18:11 > 0:18:16National Security strategy, how can you measure the impact? My question
0:18:16 > 0:18:22is, do you believe that this is value for money?Absolutely believe
0:18:22 > 0:18:27it is value for money. There are currently 23 million people at risk
0:18:27 > 0:18:32of starvation in north-east Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and in Yemen.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37And the reason why they are at risk of starvation is conflict. These are
0:18:37 > 0:18:42not natural disasters. These are driven by conflict. Unless we find
0:18:42 > 0:18:47ways of finding political solutions to these conflicts, we will have 23
0:18:47 > 0:18:52million people continuing to die throughout the world. So we will not
0:18:52 > 0:19:01apologise for that. It is a central part of our development policy.My
0:19:01 > 0:19:05department is playing a leading role in the cross Government effort to
0:19:05 > 0:19:09tackle the scourge of modern slavery. Expanding our work in
0:19:09 > 0:19:15developing countries to tackle this barbaric crime. Our programme is
0:19:15 > 0:19:18order reached over 380,000 women and girls in south Asia and the Middle
0:19:18 > 0:19:24East will stop -- has already reached.Saturday was International
0:19:24 > 0:19:29Day for the elimination of violence against women. Given that around 75%
0:19:29 > 0:19:33of victims of modern slavery are women, will the Secretary of State
0:19:33 > 0:19:36John Maine paying tribute to comparison organisations across the
0:19:36 > 0:19:39country, including the woman's refuge in my constituency, for doing
0:19:39 > 0:19:44more to tackle this crime?I would be happy to congratulate the
0:19:44 > 0:19:48honourable member's constituents for the work they are doing. It is
0:19:48 > 0:19:50something many people across the country are concerned about and we
0:19:50 > 0:19:55should be proud that our country and Prime Minister are leading the way.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Most recently inconvenient leaders to the UN to launch the call for
0:19:58 > 0:20:10action to end modern slavery. -- most recently in convening.
0:20:10 > 0:20:16I have just returned from Bangladesh to see for myself the tap-in camp
0:20:16 > 0:20:22and see for myself the atrocities they haven't Europe. -- the Rohingya
0:20:22 > 0:20:31camp. Mr Speaker, whilst every refugee has expressed the desire to
0:20:31 > 0:20:40return home, I have made it clear to Prime Minister that any returns must
0:20:40 > 0:20:43be voluntary and safe unsustainable. Those conditions are far from being
0:20:43 > 0:20:49met.Like in Bangladesh and Burma, the humanitarian crisis unfolding in
0:20:49 > 0:20:56Yemen is a man-made one-stop the Secretary of State talked about
0:20:56 > 0:20:59influence on human perpetrators of that conflict. With arms sales and
0:20:59 > 0:21:05the taxes from an sales at now outstripping aid, but should not
0:21:05 > 0:21:13think the time is now to stop arms sales?At I will say it again, there
0:21:13 > 0:21:18are genuine, security concerns from the Saudi led coalition, but that is
0:21:18 > 0:21:22entirely separate from allowing aid and commercial supplies into ports.
0:21:22 > 0:21:28We think that they can address the security concerns they have. We are
0:21:28 > 0:21:34prepared to assist them in some measure to do that. But there is no
0:21:34 > 0:21:37excuse, legitimate as the concerns are that they have, in stopping food
0:21:37 > 0:21:44and supplies getting to the individuals that need them.British
0:21:44 > 0:21:49NGOs are now the largest recipients of grant funding through the EU's
0:21:49 > 0:21:51eco-humanitarian programme, precisely because they are very good
0:21:51 > 0:21:54at what they do. So would the Secretary of State look at ways of
0:21:54 > 0:21:59continuing our relationship with them once we leave the EU so that
0:21:59 > 0:22:06our NGOs can continue with state funding to support fragile states?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09My right honourable friend is absolutely right. Our NGOs are
0:22:09 > 0:22:13second to none. If we are going to continue to make funds deliver and
0:22:13 > 0:22:18be value for money and have the impact the need, British NGOs need
0:22:18 > 0:22:22to still deliver that aid. Although this will be part of the
0:22:22 > 0:22:24negotiations but I concur exactly with my honourable friend's
0:22:24 > 0:22:30sentiments.I ask the Secretary of State what recent discussions the
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Parliament has had with United Nations women regarding the UK
0:22:33 > 0:22:40Government's contributions to their core funding.Support to protect
0:22:40 > 0:22:45women and girls, whether in education, sanitation, in relation
0:22:45 > 0:22:52to refugees, has been at significant part of what David's work has been
0:22:52 > 0:22:58doing. We are in constant contact with the UN, both in terms of the UN
0:22:58 > 0:23:03and in developing countries, distant scratcher and it is a major part of
0:23:03 > 0:23:08what we are doing.Will the UK Government focus on projects improve
0:23:08 > 0:23:13sanitation and infection control to reduce the needs to use antibiotics
0:23:13 > 0:23:22as part of our global commitment to tackling antimicrobial resistance?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24My friend is absolutely right, reducing the transmission of
0:23:24 > 0:23:32infection is an effective way of reducing the need for antibiotics. I
0:23:32 > 0:23:34National Health Service strategy for prevention of infection include
0:23:34 > 0:23:40hygiene in health facility.The house will be aware that this Friday
0:23:40 > 0:23:43marks world AIDS Day. Can the Secretary of State tells what the
0:23:43 > 0:23:50Department will do to build on the expertise and investment to dates to
0:23:50 > 0:23:55ensure that critical vaccines are delivered to Africa?I am pleased to
0:23:55 > 0:23:58join the honourable gentleman and I am sure the whole house in
0:23:58 > 0:24:01commemorating world AIDS day. We have been a long-term supporter of
0:24:01 > 0:24:07the International AIDS vaccine initiative with the largest
0:24:07 > 0:24:11international fund of HIV prevention, care and treatment. And
0:24:11 > 0:24:20off £1.1 billion that is going into the global fund against AIDS, TB and
0:24:20 > 0:24:22malaria, 1.1 million anti-retrovirals will be provided by
0:24:22 > 0:24:28the UK through the world this year. Following the recent resignation of
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Robert Mugabe, come my right honourable friend outlined what
0:24:31 > 0:24:36reviews her department will be taking in times of the provision of
0:24:36 > 0:24:41UK to help Zimbabwe secure a positive and prosperous future?Mr
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Speaker, I have recently returned from a visit to Zimbabwe. These are
0:24:44 > 0:24:49early days and we need to watch very carefully what kinds of political
0:24:49 > 0:24:54and economic reform are introduced by Mr Mnangagwa eight's Government.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59However, if these reforms are forthcoming there is a great deal
0:24:59 > 0:25:05that the British Government can do. On Government reform, on the
0:25:05 > 0:25:09business climate and in getting the IMF's support for the Government in
0:25:09 > 0:25:14Zimbabwe.On Monday evening, the Royal College of physicians and
0:25:14 > 0:25:19surgeons of Glasgow presented an excellent report on the citizenship
0:25:19 > 0:25:23in the UK health service, in the Scottish health service. Can I ask
0:25:23 > 0:25:34what discussions have taken with health service staff in the UK in
0:25:34 > 0:25:37terms of supporting staff from overseas?I hope the minister heard
0:25:37 > 0:25:41that over the hubbub. It is important the question be heard
0:25:41 > 0:25:47otherwise the honourable lady will have to blurt it out again.If this
0:25:47 > 0:25:49is not satisfactory because I do not hear the question, please let me
0:25:49 > 0:25:55know. But we are looking to add a number of schemes, looking at what
0:25:55 > 0:26:00have to professionals aren't out of other professions could offer to
0:26:00 > 0:26:04eight. -- health care professionals and other professions.I recently
0:26:04 > 0:26:11hosted a meeting with business councils to explore duties in
0:26:11 > 0:26:14developing markets. What's discussions are taking place between
0:26:14 > 0:26:18the IT and stated to insure that trade joined aid as a way of helping
0:26:18 > 0:26:29the developing world?The trade and aid programme has enabled more than
0:26:29 > 0:26:3740 countries to put development at the heart of their aid plans.I
0:26:37 > 0:26:41recently visited school campaigners in my constituency, who spoke with
0:26:41 > 0:26:44great passion about the need for global education and why greater
0:26:44 > 0:26:50financing for education matters to them. What action will the Secretary
0:26:50 > 0:26:53of State take to ensure that the Government listens to these people
0:26:53 > 0:26:56and increases leadership on education through the global
0:26:56 > 0:27:02partnership for education?Mr Speaker, we were and is now the
0:27:02 > 0:27:07largest -- were and are the largest contributor to the global
0:27:07 > 0:27:11partnership and education with 387 million children expected to leave
0:27:11 > 0:27:13primary school unable to read, there is no doubt that the continuing
0:27:13 > 0:27:18efforts of the United Kingdom along with others in the partnership as
0:27:18 > 0:27:22important as my right honourable friend said earlier, we will be
0:27:22 > 0:27:28publishing a refreshed strategy on education in the New Year.