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Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) Wednesday Volume 617 16 November 2016 No. 62 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Wednesday 16 November 2016 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2016 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 219 16 NOVEMBER 2016 220 that DFID funding goes to a range of actors, including House of Commons by channelling more funding bilaterally through non- Government organisations? Wednesday 16 November 2016 Priti Patel: I thank the hon. Lady for raising the issue. She is right. In addition to addressing the emergency The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock humanitarian needs, DFID is investing in partnership working—yes, at a bilateral level, but also through the PRAYERS multilateral organisations that we are working with. Long-term resilience, support and capacity building are required. Our humanitarian programme is laying the [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] foundations for these long-term outcomes through, for example, social transfers and access to health services, and importantly, focusing on the right interventions that can both help in the long term and provide the Oral Answers to Questions emergency relief required now. Dame Caroline Spelman (Meriden) (Con): The UK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT has excellent links through the Anglican Communion to the Churches in Nigeria. Would the Secretary of State welcome the willingness of the Churches to help The Secretary of State was asked— with the humanitarian situation to address some of the underlying causes, particularly corruption? Sahel/Northern Nigeria Priti Patel: My right hon. Friend is right about the 1. Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con): What recent power and the support of the Anglican community and assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian Churches in Nigeria in particular. We have to work with situation in the Sahel and northern Nigeria. [907173] grassroots organisations and religious organisations as well. We welcome the support and the focus on capacity The Secretary of State for International Development building in particular, and the awareness-raising that is (Priti Patel): This year we have significantly increased required on many of these challenging issues. our support, providing a further £80 million of humanitarian aid to support more than 9 million people James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East) (Con): affected across the region. I can assure my hon. Friend Aid without security in northern Nigeria is meaningless. that we are working to tackle poverty and the crisis in I welcome the deployment of British troops to support the region at source, rather than waiting for the the Nigerians in the north-east. Will the Secretary of consequences to reach us domestically. State review official development assistance rules to make sure that that type of deployment is ODA-eligible Jeremy Lefroy: There are more than 2.6 million displaced for the people of northern Nigeria? people in the area, 6.4 million people are facing food insecurity, and a public health emergency has been declared in four countries, together with the Central Priti Patel: My hon. Friend will be clear about ODA African Republic, in response to a polio outbreak, yet rules from his previous role in the Foreign Office. He United Nations appeals are only one third funded or highlights the importance of a united and strategic less. What more can the UK Government do to bring approach, which can be seen in the UK’s work to this crisis to the world’s attention? support the Nigerian Government in their overall undertaking. The cross-Government work that is taking Priti Patel: My hon. Friend is right to draw attention place is the right approach to tackle the severe issues to an appalling situation facing the region, and more that Nigeria is trying to cope with. must be done to meet the humanitarian needs. The UN needs that help to increase its capacity and develop. As Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con): Looking at to what more can be done, we encourage Governments the immunisation of children in northern Nigeria, it across the world in the donor community to step up appears that the coverage is very thin. In the past, some their contributions, just as we have, because the of the figures for coverage have been shown to be humanitarian response required must be funded now. completely false. Can the Department work with the With my hon. Friend and with the UK Government, we Government of Nigeria to ensure that there is total are challenging everyone to step up and do more. transparency, and work more with NGOs to ensure that more children are immunised throughout northern Nigeria? Kate Osamor (Edmonton) (Lab/Co-op): I welcome the Government’s additional £80 million committed at Priti Patel: My hon. Friend is right about the importance the UN General Assembly for the humanitarian crisis. of immunising children. I recognise the outstanding This goes some way towards addressing the imbalance work that the agencies undertake in very difficult conditions between development assistance and humanitarian aid. as they try to reach communities to immunise children. However, relief agencies are unable to reach up to More data and more transparency are needed, and we 2 million people in north-east Nigeria. Can the Minister are driving much of that data transparency requirement provide an update on how her Department is leading an through the support that we provide to organisations effective, strong UN-led response while also ensuring on the ground delivering those vital immunisations. 221 Oral Answers16 NOVEMBER 2016 Oral Answers 222 Education (Girls) UK. We remain a world leader in combating HIV/AIDS, as well as many other terrible diseases that affect girls 2. Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con): What steps and boys, and we are determined to play our part in her Department is taking to support education for girls ensuring these diseases are tackled, and ultimately in the developing world. [907174] eliminated, in the best and swiftest way possible. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab): This morning International Development (James Wharton): Providing I was with Monir Mustafa of the White Helmets, who education for girls is a priority for this Government and was absolutely clear that Assad’s bombs are targeting this Department. In the last Parliament, we helped over schools in Syria and the girls inside them. Has the 5 million girls to get the education that they need and Minister made representations to the Prime Minister deserve. In this Parliament we continue that work. The and the Foreign Secretary to come to this House and girls’ education challenge is the largest programme of bring forward a strategy to protect schools, hospitals its type in the world. Over the course of this Parliament, and civilians? we will see 11 million children or more supported into education because of the work of the UK. Mr Speaker: We are discussing education for girls in developing countries, which was, I am sure, what the Antoinette Sandbach: In Afghanistan, adult women hon. Lady had very much in the forefront of her mind. are more than twice as likely as men to be illiterate, with a literacy rate of just 24%, compared with 51% for men. James Wharton: Whether it is in developing countries Does the Minister agree that there is much work to be or those that are, sadly, impacted by some of the terrible done to close the gap between girls and boys in developing conflicts we see across the globe today, I am proud that countries, and that it is in Britain’s interests that we the Government are working with their international continue our world-leading efforts to close that gap? partners and the global community to fight those who look to do ill, and to protect those who need protecting James Wharton: I absolutely agree with my hon. most. In no small part, that includes those girls and Friend. We will continue our efforts and continue our boys who, so often, are the innocent victims of conflict. commitment. The UK Government are supporting We are continuing to do what we can to support those 300,000 girls in Afghanistan to complete a full cycle of who are suffering in Syria. The Department is making a education. The drop-out rate for girls in Afghanistan is very significant contribution, as is the UK taxpayer, but running at around 50%. We have to do what we can to there is so much more that needs to be done, and I tackle that—to help countries develop, to help address accept the point the hon. Lady makes. these imbalances and to secure a better future for those who live there, but for UK interests as well. Kate Osamor (Edmonton) (Lab/Co-op): When the Secretary of State appeared before the International 15. [907187] Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab): Seventy-five Development Committee in September, she said she per cent. of girls enter primary school in sub-Saharan was working across Government on the implementation Africa, but only 8% finish secondary school. What can of sustainable development goals, but she was unable to DFID do to change that? give any details. Can she now provide an update on how her Department is leading the way to ensure that that James Wharton: The hon. Gentleman makes a very important international framework is being fully important point. We need to ensure that people get the implemented through DFID’s development work and education they need and can benefit from, so that those here in the UK? economies can grow and those countries that have often suffered so much can develop their way out of poverty The Secretary of State for International Development with our support.
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