To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the separation of responsibilities between Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development junior ministers is sufficiently robust to safeguard the repu...
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia about the continued solitary confinement of female campaigner Nassima Al-Sadah, and about the fact that although originally detained with the 11 women wh...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 7 December 2017 (HL3634), how much of the Ross Fund has now been (1) allocated, and (2) disbursed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what UK economic aid, if any, is provided to the Burmese army.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to commission a transparent review of UK aid spending in Myanmar.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to press the government of Burma to address the underlying causes of the Rohingya refugee crisis.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to put pressure on the Burmese authorities to comply with international humanitarian law and assist Kachin civilians trapped in the fighting.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of Egypt about the importance of ending the practice of female genital mutilation in that country.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the government of the United States about that government's ongoing investigation into the Rohingya crisis.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help tackle the trafficking of Rohingya refugee women and girls.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure people in Yemen have access to clean water.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure hospitals in Yemen have access to medical supplies, including antibiotics.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help children at risk of starvation in Yemen.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure that waste management is maintained in the Rohingya camps throughout monsoon and cyclone season.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure that all Rohingya refugees have adequate food and drinking water supplies during the cyclone season.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure that Rohingya refugees are in suitable housing for cyclone and monsoon season.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help ensure that Rohingya refugee women and girls have access to female sanitary products.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bates on 22 February (HL Deb, cols 319–22), what assessment they have made of the extent to which older women with disabilities are among the most vulnerable groups in developing countries; a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they have provided to (1) the International Planned Parenthood Federation, and (2) Marie Stopes International, in (a) 2016–17, and (b) 2017–18 to date.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Home Secretary on 19 January (HCWS415), whether they sought and were given guarantees that no excessive force would be used against refugees and migrants by authorities in France as ...