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All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ANNUAL REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES 2011/2012 1 2 All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health Annual Review 2011/2012 CONTENTS Page FOREWORD 5 COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF 6 NEW GROUP MEMBERS APRIL 2011 - MARCH 2012 8 APPG PD&RH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 10 PARLIAMENTARY ACTIVITIES 11 APPG on PD&RH Committee Meetings 11 APPG on PD&RH Parliamentary Briefing Meetings 11 Non APPG on PD&RH Briefing Meetings 22 European Meetings 28 European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development European Non Governmental Organisations for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Population and Development Study Tours 30 General Written Briefings 32 General Collaboration, Meetings and Correspondence 40 Meetings Communications Campaigns Consultations Press 48 Parliamentary Statements, Legislation, Petition Responses, Debates, EDMs and Questions 51 House of Commons 51 Written Ministerial Statements Legislation Petition Responses Debates Early Day Motions Oral Parliamentary Questions Written Parliamentary Questions House of Lords 73 Oral Ministerial Statements Written Ministerial Statements Legislation Debates Oral Parliamentary Questions Written Parliamentary Questions 3 CONTENTS continued APPG ON PD&RD – DFID MEETINGS/CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLICATIONS 80 DFID and APPG on PD&RH meetings DFID and APPG on PD&RH correspondence DFID publications INTERNATIONAL FUNDING TO FAMILY PLANNDING/SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS AND HIV/AIDS 88 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 97 Action for Global Health meeting, Paris, France G8/G20 Parliamentarians Conference, Paris, France UCL Population Footprint conference, London, UK Family Planning Conference, Dakar, Senegal Wellcome Trust Multipurpose Technology conference, London, UK RCOG and RCM FGM meeting, London, UK SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION WITH OTHER APPGs 100 APPG ON PD&RH HEARINGS 101 Child Marriage, “A Childhood Lost”, 2012 Maternal Morbidity, “Better off Dead?”, 2009 Return of the Population Growth Factor– Its impact upon the MDGs, 2007/2009 Linking Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS, “The Missing Link”, 2004 FGM, 2000 APPG PD&RH PUBLICATIONS 106 Activity Reports Hearings/Surveys/Reports ACCOUNTS 108 ACRONYMS 109 APPENDIXES 111 4 FOREWORD As the chair of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health (the Group) and now treasurer of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development, I am pleased to report that the Group has had an active and successful 2011 - 2012, with increased UK political and financial support, especially to family planning (FP) but also to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in general. The Group continue to scrutinise and hold the UK accountable to its political and financial promises, including this year’s new Strategic Vision for Girls and Women, country operational plans and the 2010 Framework for Results for improving reproductive, maternal and newborn health in the developing world. A meeting was held with Andrew Mitchell MP, then Secretary of State for International Development, in March 2012 to discuss the UK’s international leadership on FP and SRHR. The Government has pledged to enshrine in law that 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) will be spent on Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 2013. For the third year in a row the UK is Europe’s greatest donor of population assistance, spending 6.35% of ODA in this area. The majority of DFID’s country plans are strong on empowering women and girls through FP and SRHR services and information, the exceptions being Afghanistan and Nepal which has been challenged via parliamentary questions (PQs), in debates, at meetings and at receptions. The Group has also been active in Parliament on Female Genital Mutilation and stressed the need for increased UK leadership for FP and SRHR to ensure population stabilisation through choice and sustainable development in the lead-up to the G8/20 and Rio+20 conferences. Five new parliamentarians have been recruited this year from all parties via one-to-one briefing meetings, receptions and conferences. Press activities have increased this year, with Group coverage in the Independent, The Guardian, the Sun, Metro (London), The Star, The Lancet, BMJ and several political magazines. Interviews were broadcast on BBC One Planet, BBC Radio Sheffield and BBC Radio 2. We will continue to recruit new members this year and hold the Government to account for its promises through parliamentary questions, debates, meetings, articles, conferences and study tours. Baroness Jenny Tonge Chair APPG on PD&RH 5 COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF The All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health’s (the Group) committee is active in planning and running the Group's business. Chair Baroness Jenny Tonge (LD) Vice Chairmen Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (C) Richard Ottaway MP (C) Secretary Baroness Flather (XB) Treasurer Lyn Brown MP (L) 6 Officers Baroness Gould (L) Lord Rea (L) Heather Wheeler MP (C) Baroness Massey (L) Baroness Thomas (LD) Parliamentary and Ann Mette Kjaerby Policy Advisor Parliamentary Katharine Dow Researcher and Administrator Address Little College Street Room 103, Fielden House, House of Lords Westminster SW1P 3SH UK Tel: 07791082036 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.appg-popdevrh.org.uk 7 NEW GROUP MEMBERS APRIL 2011 - MARCH 2012 The Group continue to engage and recruit new parliamentarians via individual targeted briefing meetings, SRHR/FP and international development report launches, receptions, conferences, meetings and study tours. Letters have also been sent to all parliamentarians showing an interest in SRHR/FP and international development, inviting them to join the Group. Please find enclosed introductory letters sent as appendix 1 New Group Members Patricia Glass MP (L) Patricia Glass MP has been Parliamentary Private Secretary to Maria Eagle MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, since 2011. She was elected as a councillor on Lanchester Parish Council in 2007. She worked in senior positions in local education authorities for 25 years before being elected an MP in 2010 to Northwest Durham. She has been a member of the Education Select Committee since 2010. Outside of the UK, she is interested in Africa and Eastern Europe. Cathy Jamieson MP (L) Cathy Jamieson is MP for Kilmarnock and Loudoun and has been Shadow Economic Secretary since 2011. She was Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2000 to 2008 and Interim Leader in 2007 and 2008. She has been chairing the Co-operative Party parliamentary group since 2011. Her professional background is in social work and advocacy for young people in residential care. She has been a member of various select committees, including the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee from 2011-12 and her political interests include the voluntary sector, fighting poverty and children. Her key geographical interests are Cuba, Palestine, Western Sahara and Tibet. Caroline Lucas MP (Green) Elected as the UK’s first Green MP in 2010 for Brighton Pavillion, Caroline Lucas MP was Leader of the Green Party from 2008 to 2012. Prior to that, she worked in various roles for the charity Oxfam. She has been a member of the Environmental Audit Select Committee since 2010. Her key political interests include gender, food safety, development aid, poverty and the environment. Countries of interest include Burma, Palestine and Tibet. Anas Sarwar MP (L) Anas Sarwar is MP for Glasgow Central and has been Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour since 2011. Since 2010, he has been a member of the select committees on International Development and Arms Export Controls. His key political interests include foreign policy and international development. Before being elected in 2010 he worked as a dentist. Baroness Jenkin (C) Baroness Jenkin is founder and co-chair of Women2Win, which aims to get more Conservative women elected to 8 Parliament. She is also chair of Conservative Friends of International Development. She was introduced as a peer in 2011. 9 APPG PD&RH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES Aims To ensure the full implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action (PoA) with specific reference to stabilising the world’s population through ensuring choice and sustainable development Objectives • To raise the profile of population, and sexual and reproductive health and rights including FP in Parliament and internationally; • To provide parliamentary backing to the Secretary of State for International Development (SS for ID) in his negotiations with the Treasury with a view to increasing the UK Official Development Assistance (ODA) to 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI), with 10% allocated to the ICPD PoA; • To keep under review population trends and sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes/policies/legislation nationally and internationally; • In consultation with government departments, international agencies and non- governmental organisations (NGOs), to assess how this country might respond to requests from outside for support and to press for action by Parliament and the Government; • To study the results of research into the causes and consequences of population changes and the effect that access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services has on population and draw these to the attention of both Houses of Parliament; • To increase awareness of the interdependence
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