Results 141–160 of 600 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Gavin Shuker

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: It is hugely important to ensure that aid gets to the right people. Indeed, the reports to which the hon. Lady referred in an earlier intervention make it clear that those who lose out the most are the poorest people in the poorest parts of the world where there is the most corruption. It is up to the Government to defend those people. I want to be generous and say that this challenge is...

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: The hon. Gentleman has set me up nicely to explain the dualism involved. There is a belief among those who have latterly signed up to the cause that we have a responsibility to spend a significant proportion of our GDP on aid, but that that action represents the end of the process. They believe, for example, that we are getting value for money by buying a certain number of mosquito nets or...

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I commend the Government for the work they are doing in Africa to tackle Ebola. We should be proud that this country is stepping up to the plate while other nations could do much more. However, it is institutional issues such as a lack of universal health care coverage—which we might have an opportunity to do something about in the post-2015...

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: It is clear that we need to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. I do not view it as inconsistent to raise our budget over the coming years in line with a set figure that we have been signed up to for a long time, at the same time as tackling corruption. That policy will form a safeguard for future generations, which is why it has cross-party support.

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: Those discussions are going on between the right hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (Michael Moore) and the Government at the moment. It will ultimately be a matter for the Committee to decide, but we are certainly open to any measures that would ensure that the Bill reached the statute book in good time. This should be agreed on a cross-party basis, and I believe that we...

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: We absolutely do. The hon. Lady makes an extremely good case for additional scrutiny. The Opposition hope that we do scrutinise the Department for International Development effectively. I simply point out that as we discuss this money resolution for a Bill about the total size of the envelope, we must not lose our sense of momentum in holding the Government to account. However, I say to the...

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: I note that the hon. Gentleman has had considerably more time in the House than my good self—I believe he first sat on the green Benches in 2005, making quite an impact ever since—so I shall leave it to him to follow up that point with Ministers. It is true that we are committed to the Bill, and it is clear that we support the money resolution tonight. The resolution focuses on money, not...

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will know, from his preparations for what I hope will be an entertaining speech, that the wording is fairly standard for a money resolution. Our total spend is currently about 0.7% of GDP, and that will obviously be enforced by the Bill. Forgive me for saying that the general public may be misled—though certainly not by Members of this House—to believe...

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: The vagaries of coalition politics are new to us all, including Opposition Members.

Clause 6 — Petition officers: International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill (Money) ( 3 Nov 2014)

Gavin Shuker: The Bill will be truly memorable, given the recent interventions. The challenges we face are often global, and they require global leadership. It is clear that if we want to achieve a post-aid world, the 0.7% target must be met. That will require consistent leadership by developed nations; and passing the Bill, for which tonight’s money resolution is obviously needed, can only enhance the...

Business of the House: Sale of Park Homes (30 Oct 2014)

Gavin Shuker: The residents of Brickhill Farm and Downlands park homes in my constituency would welcome the right hon. Lady’s general approach to the debate. Clearly, the 10% commission is having a behavioural effect on whether people are able to move and how they do so. Surely that should be the major point to consider when it comes to reviewing the effectiveness of any legislation or legislative change.

Opposition Day — [6th Allotted Day]: NHS Services (Access) (15 Oct 2014)

Gavin Shuker: Many hon. Members on both sides of the House have talked about their personal experiences of the NHS, and movingly about the care that they and others have received. It might not have escaped the House’s notice, but I am statistically one of the least likely Members to access NHS services, being under the age of 40—[Interruption.] I hear disparaging remarks about my size coming from my...

Opposition Day — [6th Allotted Day]: NHS Services (Access) (15 Oct 2014)

Gavin Shuker: My hon. Friend, alongside his local party, has mounted a truly impressive campaign to protect those services. Government Members say that they are the defenders of the NHS. What action has been taken locally by other political parties to support him?

Government Strategy Against IS (12 Sep 2014)

Gavin Shuker: Further to my hon. Friends’ questions, will the Minister explain how Government programmes such as Prevent are being altered in the light of the immediate threat that IS poses as regards the risk of losing British nationals overseas, as opposed to the response of the Government, which is often about preventing those extremists from returning to this country?

[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair] — BacKBench Business — Kashmir (11 Sep 2014)

Gavin Shuker: I am extremely grateful that you have allowed me to speak, Mr Hollobone, and I will keep my remarks short. As you mentioned, I have just got off a plane at Heathrow and so missed the early contributions to this debate, for which I feel greatly the poorer. I want to make two specific points. First, from listening to the debate I understand that there seems to be a question about the legitimacy...

Energy and Climate Change: Global Climate Agreement ( 4 Sep 2014)

Gavin Shuker: What steps he is taking to secure a legally binding global climate agreement.

Energy and Climate Change: Global Climate Agreement ( 4 Sep 2014)

Gavin Shuker: Climate change will affect the poorest people in the poorest parts of the world. Can the Secretary of State confirm that he is working with officials and Ministers at the Department for International Development, and that the Government are looking to make an announcement about initial capitalisation of the international green climate fund before the Ban Ki-moon summit?

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Child Sex Abuse (Rotherham) ( 2 Sep 2014)

Gavin Shuker: Many of the men who perpetrated these crimes did so not just for their perverse gratification but for the commercial benefits. We must recognise the pattern in so many cases, which is that the grooming of the most vulnerable leads to child sexual exploitation then commercial sexual exploitation. May I urge the Home Secretary and the whole House to examine the relationship between prostitution...

Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Ukraine (Flight MH17) and Gaza (21 Jul 2014)

Gavin Shuker: Does the Prime Minister accept that one major impediment to a lasting ceasefire in Gaza is the widely held belief across the Palestinian occupied territories, the wider middle east and our own constituencies that Israel has not lived up to its previous commitments under previous ceasefires? Furthermore, does he accept that the normal test he would apply on the deliberate targeting of...


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