Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for International Development - July 15

Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, a call list of questions will be published nearer the time.

Liz Twist (Blaydon): What steps her Department is taking to prioritise climate justice in the allocation of Official Development Assistance to developing countries recovering from the effect of the covid-19 pandemic.(904774)

Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What steps her Department is taking to help children in developing countries return to education after the covid-19 pandemic.(904775)

Paul Bristow (Peterborough): What steps her Department is taking to support the Rohingya in (a) Bangladesh and (b) Myanmar.(904776)

Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet): What steps she is taking to ensure that UK aid supports sustainable agriculture.(904777)

Ian Byrne (Liverpool, West Derby): Whether poverty reduction will remain the primary focus of Official Development Assistance.(904778)

Richard Graham (Gloucester): What steps her Department is taking to support democracies during the covid-19 pandemic.(904779)

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck): How much of the funding the UK in response to the covid-19 pandemic has (a) been allocated to and (b) reached the Global South.(904780)

Daisy Cooper (St Albans): What assessment the Government made of the potential merits of merging her Department with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office prior to the announcement of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy on 26 February 2020.(904781)

Mrs Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): What steps her Department has taken through the fourth Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region held in June 2020 to provide support to people suffering as a result of the conflict in that country.(904782)

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West): What support her Department is providing to co-existence projects in Israel and Palestine.(904783)

David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): With reference to the 2020 Global Nutrition Report, what plans she has to increase support for nutrition programmes throughout the world.(904784)

Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What steps her Department is taking to promote measures to limit the spread of covid-19 in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.(904785)

Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): Whether she had discussions with (a) civil society and (b) development partners on the potential merger of her Department with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office before the decision to merge those Departments was made.(904786)

Dave Doogan (Angus): What discussions she has had with (a) her international counterparts and (b) international development non-governmental organisations on the planned merger of her Department with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.(904788)

Robbie Moore (Keighley): What steps her Department has taken through the Yemen 2020: High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen held in June 2020 to provide support to people suffering as a result of the conflict in that country.(904792)

At 11:53am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for International Development

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.(904814)
Jacob Young (Redcar): (904815)
Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North): (904816)
Marco Longhi (Dudley North): (904817)
Matt Vickers (Stockton South): (904818)
Geraint Davies (Swansea West): (904819)
Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): (904822)