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Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict (3 Nov 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to seek to encourage MONUC and the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to ensure that Operation Kimia 2 does not cause harm to civilians in eastern DRC; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — International Development: Burma: Overseas Aid (29 Oct 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has provided to emergency relief initiatives to support those affected by the famine in Chin State, Burma, in 2009; and whether he plans to increase that level of assistance in 2010.

Written Answers — International Development: Burma: Overseas Aid (29 Oct 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if his Department will provide assistance to cross-border humanitarian aid initiatives across the India-Burma border, for the purpose of supplying aid to remote parts of Chin state which cannot be reached through in-country initiatives.

Written Answers — International Development: Burma: Overseas Aid (29 Oct 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has provided in cross-border humanitarian assistance to eastern Burma in 2009; and whether he plans to increase that level of assistance in 2010.

Written Answers — International Development: Guinea: Politics and Government (27 Oct 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the humanitarian situation in Guinea; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict (26 Oct 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to promote full implementation by the governments of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo of their commitments to non-military policies to disarm, demobilise and repatriate members of the FDLR, as agreed in the 2007 Nairobi Communiqué; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict (26 Oct 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that, in the course of Operation Kimia 2, MONUC is not directly or indirectly supporting FARDC members who have been accused of war crimes; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Ethical Investments (21 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew Mitchell: But the damning National Audit Office report last year found that Ministers failed to demand real evidence of the impact of CDC, and that this multi-billion business was overseen by the equivalent of just one and a half full-time members of staff from the Department. What is the Minister doing to get his act together and ensure that CDC delivers on the key development objectives that we expect?

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video

Andrew Mitchell: As I saw at the Poznan climate summit last year, representatives of developing countries are at a disadvantage, because they cannot afford to employ the hordes of lawyers and negotiators that developed countries hire. In the spirit of the right hon. Gentleman's call for a unified response throughout the House, will he look again at Conservative proposals for an advocacy fund to help poor...

Written Answers — International Development: Developing Countries: Internet (13 Oct 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many children have accessed the One World Zone of the Gold Star Café internet site funded by his Department through the Development Awareness Fund.

Written Answers — International Development: Departmental Responsibilities (12 Oct 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) publish on his Department's website a copy of each (i) project document, (ii) logframe and (iii) evaluation report relating to each project listed on his Department's website's project information database.

Written Answers — International Development: Malawi: Education (12 Oct 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will place in the Library a copy of each of his Department's documents relating to the information support to education infrastructure management unit project in Malawi.

Written Answers — International Development: Africa: Overseas Aid (21 Jul 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has allocated to the agricultural sector in each of the bilateral country programmes in sub-Saharan Africa in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — International Development: Overseas Aid (21 Jul 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) agriculture and (b) food security in each of the last three years in (i) bilateral expenditure, (ii) multilateral contributions and (iii) research; and how much it intends to allocate to each such category in each of the next three years.

Written Answers — International Development: Food Security Initiative (20 Jul 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding the UK has pledged to the new G8; what the timescale for that funding is; and whether this funding is additional to existing funding provision.

Written Answers — Health: Health Hazards: Mobile Phones (15 Jul 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent representations he has received on (a) the adequacy of recommended safe levels of exposure to electromagnetic radiation and (b) the adequacy of guidelines for protection from such radiation established by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection; (2) what steps the Government has taken to implement the...

Written Answers — Children, Schools and Families: Pupils: Radiation Exposure (14 Jul 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effects on schoolchildren of potential radiation emissions from wireless local area networks in schools; and if he will direct local education authorities to adopt a precautionary approach to the approval of the (a) installation and (b) operation of wireless local area networks in schools.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Aerials: Planning Permission (14 Jul 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he issues to planning authorities on their consideration of potential health effects arising from the operation of proposed mobile telephone masts; what account he takes of the guidelines for protection from such radiation established by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection in...

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Tetra (13 Jul 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effects on the health of police officers from radiation emissions from Tetra handsets issued to police forces.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Building our Common Future (6 Jul 2009)

Andrew Mitchell: I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. There is much in the White Paper that we welcome, not least since it adopts a number of themes and specific ideas that the Opposition have been championing now for more than four years. We welcome his commitment to do more on agriculture and to focus on women, who bear the brunt of conflict and poverty. We look forward to hearing how he will...