0:00:00 > 0:00:00Development Secretary and her team of ministers.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Order, order. Questions to be secretary of state for national
0:00:14 > 0:00:24development.Question number one, please, Mr Speaker.
0:00:24 > 0:00:31Mr Speaker, may I start by paying tribute to Rebecca Dykes, the Dfid
0:00:31 > 0:00:36staff member killed in such tragic circumstances last month in Beirut.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40She was passionate about helping others and through her work has
0:00:40 > 0:00:44improved the lives of some of the most logical ice people in the
0:00:44 > 0:00:50world. Her family have set up a charitable fund in her name to
0:00:50 > 0:00:53advance some of the causes that you get so deeply about. My department
0:00:53 > 0:01:03is providing support. -- the causes that she cared so do deeply about.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I'm sure I speak for the whole House when I say that our thoughts and
0:01:06 > 0:01:12prayers are with her family at this time. The UK continues to lead
0:01:12 > 0:01:15efforts to strengthen international tax transparency. If supports
0:01:15 > 0:01:21developing countries, to benefit from and influence new international
0:01:21 > 0:01:29standards which help to tackle tax avoidance and evasion.Mr Speaker,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Lesotho has severely underfunded public services partly due to high
0:01:32 > 0:01:39levels of HIV and AIDS but we have just concluded a tax treaty with
0:01:39 > 0:01:47this every which limits its ability to levy taxes. Is this an consistent
0:01:47 > 0:01:51with promoting international development?
0:01:51 > 0:01:55One of the things I've done this week is set up a new team to help
0:01:55 > 0:01:57countries that we are seeking to develop and that are transitioning
0:01:57 > 0:02:02out of poverty improved tax collection systems and set up public
0:02:02 > 0:02:08services. This is what we focus on as well as alleviating people in
0:02:08 > 0:02:11crisis and its property. I would be happy to drop further about this
0:02:11 > 0:02:18issue with you honourable lady. -- to talk further about this issue.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23Do you agree that aggressive tax avoidance including tax havens can
0:02:23 > 0:02:27only be tackled by collective global action and will her department keep
0:02:27 > 0:02:37the site on the agenda at future GH meetings?The UK is leading this
0:02:37 > 0:02:44agenda, having put it on the agenda of the G8 in 2013. -- at future G8
0:02:44 > 0:02:50meetings.Thank you, Mr Speaker. But
0:02:50 > 0:02:53despite all that developing countries have an effective tax
0:02:53 > 0:02:58collection system themselves. -- it is vital that developing countries.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02How are you planning to support countries?We need to be something
0:03:02 > 0:03:08more hands-on and practical and I am dedicating some resource within my
0:03:08 > 0:03:11department, a team that will focus on that for every nation that we
0:03:11 > 0:03:18work with.Will she committed work of conservatives and Government to
0:03:18 > 0:03:22crack down on tax havens, including the leadership shown by David
0:03:22 > 0:03:29Cameron in making this a centrepiece of the UK's G8 Summit in 2013? --
0:03:29 > 0:03:32will she commended the work of Conservatives and Government.We
0:03:32 > 0:03:38have made progress. All of our overseas territories which have a
0:03:38 > 0:03:43tax centres are committed to global transparency on this issue.Question
0:03:43 > 0:03:50number two. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Eradicating
0:03:50 > 0:03:58modern slavery is a top UK priority. We are habitable Libyan capacity to
0:03:58 > 0:04:01tackle this crime and providing humanitarian aid and production for
0:04:01 > 0:04:06migrants and refugees, not just here but on the whole foot travelling to
0:04:06 > 0:04:14Libya. Last year, we supported interventions for migrants and
0:04:14 > 0:04:18refugees in Libya. Over 2000 people signed a petition
0:04:18 > 0:04:21that was debated last month, the issue is of great concern to all.
0:04:21 > 0:04:28What update can we have on this planet, agreed by African union and
0:04:28 > 0:04:34EU countries at the end of November, and how many migrants have been
0:04:34 > 0:04:39repatriated? -- on this plan. I asked the organiser of the
0:04:39 > 0:04:44position after the debate, I asked to come to the office to see me and
0:04:44 > 0:04:48we had a meeting last week with herself and one of the supporters of
0:04:48 > 0:04:52the petition. It gave a transfer my officials to talk with about the
0:04:52 > 0:04:57huge interest and concern that the petition demonstrated. In short,
0:04:57 > 0:05:02this is a matter that worries as considerably. Work is going on
0:05:02 > 0:05:06across Government in relation to the criminal aspects of the slave
0:05:06 > 0:05:11auctions but I was able to outline what we are doing to build capacity
0:05:11 > 0:05:17along the wood.We need short answers. We have got lots of
0:05:17 > 0:05:21questions to get it. Will you join me in welcoming the
0:05:21 > 0:05:24significant investment from the budget that the department has made
0:05:24 > 0:05:29available to tackle modern slavery in Libya and across all migration
0:05:29 > 0:05:33routes from sub-Saharan Africa and Europe? Will he reaffirmed his
0:05:33 > 0:05:37commitment to this work? Even though time is tight I must
0:05:37 > 0:05:47thank my right arm offering from this remarkable support as whip. --
0:05:47 > 0:05:51my right honourable friend for his remarkable support. We have £1
0:05:51 > 0:05:56million programme focused on migration along with two South
0:05:56 > 0:06:07Africa and Libya. He is right to raise this.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12Thank you, Mr Speaker, I've repeatedly raised in this chamber of
0:06:12 > 0:06:21the abuse endured by migrants in the camps in Libya. Sexual violence
0:06:21 > 0:06:25against women, girls and men. Can you now confirmed that Libya has now
0:06:25 > 0:06:30been designated a euchre preventing sexual violence initiative probity
0:06:30 > 0:06:39country? -- a UK preventing sexual violence.I frankly -- I thank you
0:06:39 > 0:06:44very much. The International Development Secretary yesterday
0:06:44 > 0:06:48inaugurated this programme that you mention. We are in contact with the
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Libyan Government about this and I had a high-level meeting in Geneva
0:06:52 > 0:06:56last week about the issues contained in question.
0:06:56 > 0:07:07Mr Speaker, we -- would you commended the work of the Church to
0:07:07 > 0:07:10help us to identify victims more easily? All too often they are
0:07:10 > 0:07:15invisible to us. My right honourable friend is right.
0:07:15 > 0:07:21Modern slavery is a very key part of the pie Mr's agenda. £150 million
0:07:21 > 0:07:32has been allotted to this. -- port of the Prime Minister's agenda.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37Thank you, Mr Speaker. May I join the secretary of state in paying
0:07:37 > 0:07:40tribute to Rebecca diets. Our thoughts are with her family,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44friends and colleagues during this very difficult time. May I
0:07:44 > 0:07:49congratulate the new Minister for Africa on her appointment. I'd like
0:07:49 > 0:07:55to thank the Minister for his answer. But the truth is that we
0:07:55 > 0:08:00must do much more. This is not modern slavery, it is just slavery,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04pure and simple. Alive and flourishing in the 21st century. It
0:08:04 > 0:08:10is racist and it is a stain on personality. The African union say
0:08:10 > 0:08:16there are hundreds of thousands at risk. Repatriating a feud thousand
0:08:16 > 0:08:20will never be enough. Can I ask the Secretary of State to address the
0:08:20 > 0:08:26root causes and will she re-examine the UK and Europe's all migration
0:08:26 > 0:08:32policy in the Mediterranean and across Africa? -- Europe's own
0:08:32 > 0:08:41migration policy. Can I thank you for your comments on Rebecca Dykes.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45I am grateful for these comments and it spoke for all of us. The
0:08:45 > 0:08:48honourable that is right to keep the attention focused on slavery but I
0:08:48 > 0:08:51want to do as much as I can to reassure her that we have this very
0:08:51 > 0:08:55much in focus, although there is more to be done. A closer connection
0:08:55 > 0:09:00between the EU, the UN and the African union. We are working with
0:09:00 > 0:09:05international partners in relation to the whole of the road. We are
0:09:05 > 0:09:07also working specifically in relation to Libya on the criminal
0:09:07 > 0:09:12aspects of this. It is complex, Libya is a difficult stage work in
0:09:12 > 0:09:16and it is a £150 billion communal operation moving people around and
0:09:16 > 0:09:23putting them to slavery. We will continue to do as much as possible.
0:09:23 > 0:09:31-- £150 billion criminal.And sorry but we must get on. Mr Lambert.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Thank you, Mr Speaker.Small charities are vital to the UK's
0:09:34 > 0:09:38funding for international developer. Last July, a small charity boss Mike
0:09:38 > 0:09:44Allen fund was launched to support the work of small charities in
0:09:44 > 0:09:49development. The funding will allow these organisations to increase the
0:09:49 > 0:09:51root of the work. The Scottish Borders make a
0:09:51 > 0:09:57significant contribution to the overseas aid effort. Local
0:09:57 > 0:10:03grassroots organisations can play a crucial role in some of the world's
0:10:03 > 0:10:11tourist countries. Applying for funding is often difficult. --
0:10:11 > 0:10:15poorest countries. Can you reassure me that the Department is doing all
0:10:15 > 0:10:20it can to promote these funds and make applying for funds as easy as
0:10:20 > 0:10:22possible? Can I thank the honourable gentleman
0:10:22 > 0:10:28for his excellent question and agree with him that we do need and have
0:10:28 > 0:10:31tried to make this process as simple as to mind as possible. We
0:10:31 > 0:10:36publicised it with a range of different regional offence and
0:10:36 > 0:10:41written to every single member of Parliament in this place because, of
0:10:41 > 0:10:46course, excellent local MPs like himself or able to publicise these
0:10:46 > 0:10:49opportunities to the great grassroots charities. -- himself are
0:10:49 > 0:10:55able.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Mr Speaker during the row into crisis the ability of a local mosque
0:11:00 > 0:11:04with the difficult to get cricket injury crisis situation. Apparently
0:11:04 > 0:11:08dug into the framework for disasters in the future? Ellen Mac and even
0:11:08 > 0:11:15can I thank the work done in his constituency to raise money for this
0:11:15 > 0:11:21appalling crisis?He will know it is possible to get match funding from
0:11:21 > 0:11:23the local department when local committees are able to do such an
0:11:23 > 0:11:29impressive amount of fundraising. Given that larger charities are
0:11:29 > 0:11:32necessarily more bureaucratic and that the UK aid grant scheme was set
0:11:32 > 0:11:36up to help smaller charities are Minister satisfied that the due
0:11:36 > 0:11:40diligence processes for applications from smaller charities are entirely
0:11:40 > 0:11:48appropriate and cost effective?For small charities we do due diligence,
0:11:48 > 0:11:53we have had over 100 applications to the small charities fund, the cut
0:11:53 > 0:12:00off the size of charities £250,000 and I look forward to my colleague,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02my right honourable friend, announcing the results of the first
0:12:02 > 0:12:07round of challenge.Will small charities that are particularly
0:12:07 > 0:12:12innovative in sub-Saharan Africa in providing clean drinking what to
0:12:12 > 0:12:17hundreds of thousands of individuals there, will they be able to avail
0:12:17 > 0:12:22themselves of the fund until she actively promote the fund to them?
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Yes indeed they will be able to prove -- provided that they are
0:12:27 > 0:12:30smaller than 257, provided they are working in one of the 50 biggest
0:12:30 > 0:12:34countries in the world, which the fund is aimed. The larger they can
0:12:34 > 0:12:43apply for other sources funding.The Secretary of State may talk about
0:12:43 > 0:12:47the 4 million small charities challenge fund but the truth is that
0:12:47 > 0:12:50this government is failing to national charities and the people
0:12:50 > 0:12:55they serve. Civil Society funding squeeze, the flexible funding
0:12:55 > 0:12:59scrapped and the rights to speak out restricted under the Draconian
0:12:59 > 0:13:02lobbying acts so what planet the Secretary of State have the time it
0:13:02 > 0:13:10around?Can I congratulate the honourable lady on her appointment?
0:13:10 > 0:13:15And say how much we look forward to working with her. We are proud of
0:13:15 > 0:13:20the track record we have in terms of 0.7%, indeed my right honourable
0:13:20 > 0:13:28friend will be announcing her strategic priority shortly.With
0:13:28 > 0:13:34permission, I will add to questions for and nine together, briefly. The
0:13:34 > 0:13:38UK Government consistently calls on the Israeli government to ease
0:13:38 > 0:13:43movement and access restrictions in the all BT is, since 2011 rehab and
0:13:43 > 0:13:46funding new coordination unit is to work with the Israeli government and
0:13:46 > 0:13:54the Palestinian Authority.Could I point out that Palestinians in the
0:13:54 > 0:13:56occupied territories faced significant barriers to accessing
0:13:56 > 0:14:02health care? Some have even died due to delays at checkpoints so will the
0:14:02 > 0:14:10Minister recommend the review of the visually human race record that the
0:14:10 > 0:14:13left restrictions of movement on Palestinian health care workers and
0:14:13 > 0:14:18Abdul answers?The honourable gentleman draws attention to a
0:14:18 > 0:14:23serious aspect of the difficulties of the restrictions, it is much in
0:14:23 > 0:14:29the UK's mind and we will continue to abuse it.I would like to draw
0:14:29 > 0:14:32attention to the US Senate overnight of the largest cut in aid to
0:14:32 > 0:14:39Palestinian refugees in 70 years, and the Israeli governor ban on 20
0:14:39 > 0:14:42international organisation and singers will including the from the
0:14:42 > 0:14:50UK. But this can turn the government and what does it intend to do?They
0:14:50 > 0:14:54have a unique role to provide essential services to 5 million
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Palestinian refugees, would he be concerned about the impact of
0:14:57 > 0:15:00potential cuts in US funding possibility in the region and the
0:15:00 > 0:15:04continued the -- and continuity of funding of the services, we will go
0:15:04 > 0:15:10on supporting them.What action is the Minister taking to ensure no
0:15:10 > 0:15:18taxpayer money at the pockets of convicted terrorists?Mr Speaker we
0:15:18 > 0:15:20do not give aid to terrorists and the Palestinian Authority knows
0:15:20 > 0:15:27that.What action is my honourable friend taking to ensure that the
0:15:27 > 0:15:33funds given to the Palestinian Authority and two Israeli NGOs are
0:15:33 > 0:15:37used to promote peace in the area so we can see peaceful coexistence
0:15:37 > 0:15:41between Israel and the state of Palestine?My honourable friend
0:15:41 > 0:15:45raises an aborted point, we have allocated £3 million to coexistence
0:15:45 > 0:15:49projects so that those from the Palestinian community and the
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Israelis can work more effectively together, one of the problems in
0:15:51 > 0:15:55recent years has been a growing divide between communities, we want
0:15:55 > 0:15:58to find products that will try and break down barriers rather than
0:15:58 > 0:16:06erect them.Will the government opposes President Trump's latest
0:16:06 > 0:16:11threat to withdraw funding from the UN Works agency and will the
0:16:11 > 0:16:14government attend a conference between the Norwegian government and
0:16:14 > 0:16:18EU of donor countries to discuss the eminent crisis that would result?
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Yato to the second question is yes I hope to attend the conference
0:16:23 > 0:16:27myself, and secondly as I answered the honourable gentleman, it is a
0:16:27 > 0:16:30decision for the United States. We are concerned about the impact but
0:16:30 > 0:16:39our support will continue.The US President's said this week to
0:16:39 > 0:16:43withdraw tens of millions of dollars to the UN relief and Works agency
0:16:43 > 0:16:47for Palestinian refugees is an act of cruelty towards some of the
0:16:47 > 0:16:51poorest and most disadvantaged people in the world. It attacks the
0:16:51 > 0:16:54long-established principle that development and aid cannot wait a
0:16:54 > 0:17:01peace deal. What is the Minister doing to of the UN and our European
0:17:01 > 0:17:07counterparts to maintain vital humanitarian work in the region?
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Outlook on the honourable gentleman to his position? We look forward to
0:17:10 > 0:17:15hearing more from them. Our commitment for next year to the
0:17:15 > 0:17:19programme but it is that he's million pounds, it says to the
0:17:19 > 0:17:23provision of basic education for some half a million children. We
0:17:23 > 0:17:27have a fake spread earlier, we are concerned about the loss of funding
0:17:27 > 0:17:31to the group but our support for it remains clear. It is another example
0:17:31 > 0:17:35of how something will not be properly fixed until we get the
0:17:35 > 0:17:38agreement between Israel and the Palestinians that we are all
0:17:38 > 0:17:49searching for and we hold 2018 will be a landmark in that.Mr Speaker,
0:17:49 > 0:17:55donor countries have spent over £2 billion in humanitarian, $2 billion
0:17:55 > 0:17:59in Germanic monetary and aid in 2017.This does not capture of the
0:17:59 > 0:18:02aid flows to Yemen including significant contributors from Gulf
0:18:02 > 0:18:06country to tell much of their aid independently. The UK is the second
0:18:06 > 0:18:10largest or to the year and hash-mac To the Yemeni appeal and
0:18:10 > 0:18:15the third largest order to Yemen in the world.The Minister will be
0:18:15 > 0:18:19aware that the Saturday relaxation of the blockade on the day the port
0:18:19 > 0:18:23expires at the end of this we can even while it has been on a
0:18:23 > 0:18:27combination of its temporary nature and the action of it immediately sat
0:18:27 > 0:18:32pushed up prices so many people will not be able to afford the fuel, the
0:18:32 > 0:18:36food and the medicines that are coming in so what can the
0:18:36 > 0:18:40international community do to ensure that supplies continue to reach
0:18:40 > 0:18:46people in Yemen and they are able to stave off the famine that still
0:18:46 > 0:18:52affects of a billion people?Mr Speaker we are working hard to
0:18:52 > 0:18:56ensure that commercial and humanitarian access to Yemen remains
0:18:56 > 0:19:01unhindered. It is vital that both commercial and humanitarian aid gets
0:19:01 > 0:19:04through, the honourable gentleman is right to raise that the UK is
0:19:04 > 0:19:08working very hard to make sure that process continues to deal with the
0:19:08 > 0:19:14Manichaean crisis in Yemen.The Unicef report highlights the
0:19:14 > 0:19:17appalling impact on children of the conflict in Yemen. I ask the
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Minister to examine the proposal from War child that at least 1% of
0:19:22 > 0:19:25humanitarian funding should be devoted to mental health and
0:19:25 > 0:19:32psychosocial support.I would be very happy to see that, I have not
0:19:32 > 0:19:36seen that yet, it is to be that looking after psychological and
0:19:36 > 0:19:40mental health was seen as something of benevolent add-on in terms of aid
0:19:40 > 0:19:44and support, bearing mind the prices -- the crises and trauma that so
0:19:44 > 0:19:49many youngsters go through. The UK is a firm advocate of this and I
0:19:49 > 0:19:57will certainly look at the report. There are no winners in war. The
0:19:57 > 0:20:04Daily Telegraph for Christmas correctly said that Saudi Arabia has
0:20:04 > 0:20:08no shipments passing through to Yemen. It is now -- is not your
0:20:08 > 0:20:10apostasy that our government is providing billions of pounds worth
0:20:10 > 0:20:15of arms sales to Saudi Arabia when 7 million Yemeni people are facing the
0:20:15 > 0:20:23worst famine in decades?My right honourable friend made a significant
0:20:23 > 0:20:27contribution to humanitarian access by visiting Djibouti and Riyadh is
0:20:27 > 0:20:33just before the 20th of December, and the resulting decision has
0:20:33 > 0:20:37improved he Manichaean access there. Arms sales are strictly controlled
0:20:37 > 0:20:42as the Houston 's very well. We continue our support for a coalition
0:20:42 > 0:20:46that is vitally that -- that is seriously fighting this insurgency
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and also arms abroad from outside Yemen and directed against them but
0:20:49 > 0:20:54we will be firm in our determination to see an end to the conflict, which
0:20:54 > 0:21:05is the only thing that will resolve humanitarian crisis.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10Thank you. Yesterday I launched the UK's new action plan on women peace
0:21:10 > 0:21:13and security alongside the FCO and MOD, empowering women and girls and
0:21:13 > 0:21:16putting them at the heart of our efforts to prevent and resolve
0:21:16 > 0:21:20conflict helps to bring a lasting peace and safer more prosperous
0:21:20 > 0:21:27world. This is good for both developing countries and the UK.Mr
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Speaker we obviously worked very closely with our EU partners in the
0:21:31 > 0:21:34delivery of international aid, as the Secretary of State makes pants
0:21:34 > 0:21:37are working with easy after bereaved is she under the working assumption
0:21:37 > 0:21:45that Turkey will be a member state? I am not anticipating that to
0:21:45 > 0:21:52happen, and I have been very clear that we will work with all of our
0:21:52 > 0:21:55European partners, we will be much more focused on the things that
0:21:55 > 0:22:00matter to us and are stretched -- strategic priorities as we do so,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02but we will remain working hand-in-hand with many countries in
0:22:02 > 0:22:15Europe.British taxpayers can be proud that their money goes to the
0:22:15 > 0:22:17salaries of Palestinian teachers but does the Secretary of State share my
0:22:17 > 0:22:22concern that some of these teachers happen working at one of 30 schools
0:22:22 > 0:22:27named after terrorists who have murdered Israelis and even silly
0:22:27 > 0:22:34named after Nasser collaborator is? As the house knows we constantly
0:22:34 > 0:22:37challenge the Palestinian Authority in relation to anything that might
0:22:37 > 0:22:42encourage or glorify violence. I can assure the house that we make sure
0:22:42 > 0:22:45that there are no payments made to those who have those connections and
0:22:45 > 0:22:51we do all we can to encourage the authority to understand that the
0:22:51 > 0:22:53naming of places after those who have been involved in terrorism does
0:22:53 > 0:23:00not contribute to the peace process. Della oh could I ask the Secretary
0:23:00 > 0:23:05of State if you will conduct an independent review of independent
0:23:05 > 0:23:10aid delivery method in Iraq? There are reports that UK aid is not
0:23:10 > 0:23:15reaching vulnerable religious minorities.Mr Speaker we do look
0:23:15 > 0:23:22very seriously at these allegations, there is a constant review in the
0:23:22 > 0:23:25department to make sure that some of the challenges that come in on
0:23:25 > 0:23:29notice to swim a nation are evidenced. -- on religious
0:23:29 > 0:23:35discrimination. We do not have the evidence of significant
0:23:35 > 0:23:42discrimination but we are always on the lookout for it.Does the
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Secretary of State agree with me that different money spent on
0:23:45 > 0:23:50repairing catastrophic hurricane damage in UK overseas territories
0:23:50 > 0:23:54which often heads the poorest hardest of all should always qualify
0:23:54 > 0:24:02as legitimate overseas aid?I agree with my right honourable friend, the
0:24:02 > 0:24:06rules which we are constricted by have not prevented us from coming up
0:24:06 > 0:24:13with the funds needed to help those areas hit by hurricanes, and it is
0:24:13 > 0:24:19also a lesson while we should also continue investing in our defence
0:24:19 > 0:24:22capabilities, we are very reliant on our Armed Forces and getting into
0:24:22 > 0:24:31those places.Yesterday officials from the Armagh and Bangladesh --
0:24:31 > 0:24:34officials from my Armagh and Bangladesh agreed details of the
0:24:34 > 0:24:40beep adoration of the raw anger and reports suggest that they will have
0:24:40 > 0:24:45no guarantee of citizenship by the return, may be forced to return
0:24:45 > 0:24:51against their will and they will be vetted individually as potential
0:24:51 > 0:24:54terrorists. Before giving the UK governance board but will the
0:24:54 > 0:25:01Minister do to, beyond taking the two governments at their word to
0:25:01 > 0:25:03verify that repatriation for the Rohingya will be safe, voluntarily
0:25:03 > 0:25:09and dignified?I thank the honourable lady for her question
0:25:09 > 0:25:13because it affords me the opportunity to remind the house what
0:25:13 > 0:25:16these people have fled from. Their voice, they should have a say in
0:25:16 > 0:25:19what happens to them and we absolutely agree that those returns
0:25:19 > 0:25:26must be voluntarily, safe, dignified and sustainable. Those conditions
0:25:26 > 0:25:32are far from being met.Would I be right in assuming my right
0:25:32 > 0:25:36honourable friend will be using my international development act from a
0:25:36 > 0:25:41couple of years ago which composers a statutory obligation on every
0:25:41 > 0:25:46penny of her department's budget to protect women and children
0:25:46 > 0:25:56inhalation to all of the matters in my Armagh and Bangladesh?I will do
0:25:56 > 0:25:59that, we watched for the policy to strengthen our humanitarian effort
0:25:59 > 0:26:05in that respect towards women and children in particular and we have
0:26:05 > 0:26:09also drawn on our defence capabilities to build capacity in
0:26:09 > 0:26:19the Bangladesh police force to keep everyone in those camps safe.Are
0:26:19 > 0:26:25many in the refugee camps...The honourable gentleman is asking about
0:26:25 > 0:26:29the conditions of life or occupants of refugee camps, I know there is an
0:26:29 > 0:26:32error of expectation but can I remind colleagues we are discussing
0:26:32 > 0:26:34some of the poorest most vulnerable and marginalised people on the face
0:26:34 > 0:26:43of the planet so be respectful.Many of my constituents who have been
0:26:43 > 0:26:58fleeing persecution wished to join their family in the UK.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Thank you, Mr Speaker.This Government has rightly been at the
0:30:01 > 0:30:06forefront of the international fight against modern slavery. Does my
0:30:06 > 0:30:08right honourable friend believe that we can spread some of the best part
0:30:08 > 0:30:14is what you're around the world?I thank you, I think he is right. In
0:30:14 > 0:30:17addition to the leadership we have shown and the work that my
0:30:17 > 0:30:23department does, there is more we can do the power of technology to
0:30:23 > 0:30:30prevent people falling victim to slavery trafficking.What is the UK
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Government doing to address the civil rights situation in Hondurans
0:30:34 > 0:30:39were Jez Litten priest and others are being intimidated by -- with
0:30:39 > 0:30:50Jason at -- we are Jesuit priests and others are being intimidated?I
0:30:50 > 0:30:54speak regularly with the Foreign Secretary about all these issues. I
0:30:54 > 0:30:58would be happy to speak on that issue. It is extremely important as
0:30:58 > 0:31:01we look at our frequent across the world and is the wish to do more to
0:31:01 > 0:31:05engage with more of the world, that we have this oversight on what is
0:31:05 > 0:31:09happening at the ground. We wish to help