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Parliamentary Questions and EDMs

Parliamentary Questions are a way for MPs to get information and to hold the Government to account. They oblige Ministers to defend and explain policy decisions and actions of their departments. MPs can either put them forward in oral form in the House or in written form.

Early Day Motions are motions by a small group of MPs on subjects they consider to be important and for which they would like to rally support. They are not normally debated in the House but can be an influential indicator of parliamentary opinion.

 



Parliamentary Questions and Debates - July 2011 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sophia Pickles   
Tuesday, 26 April 2011 02:32

Updated parliamentary questions and debates for July 2011 are downloadable from the links below:

Written Parliamentary Questions July 2011

Oral Parliamentary Questions and Debates July 2011

Last Updated on Friday, 08 July 2011 19:18
 
APPG Members question UK government over its decision to close bilateral aid programme in Burundi PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sophia Pickles   
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 07:36

 

On Tuesday 5 April APPG member the Rt Rev Stephen Platten, Bishop of Wakefield tabled an oral parliamentary question in the House of Lords relating to the closure of the bilateral aid programme to Burundi. APPG Member Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead and APPG Vice-Chair Lord David Chidgey made contributions to the ensuing debate.

The Bishop of Wakefield opened by asking for the government’s assessment of Burundi’s role in long-term regional stability and regional integration strategies before advocating for the inclusion of Burundi in any stability strategy pertaining to the Great Lakes region. Baroness Kinnock underlined Burundi’s extreme poverty as well as the untenable position of the government in ending bilateral aid to a country which combines acute under-development and a post-conflict state.

The full debate can be found here.

In the wake of this debate, the Bishop of Wakefield has written an article for the website ePolitix, outlining the ongoing political unrest taking place in Burundi and the risks that could stem from overlooking the potential risk that this could propagate across the region. The Bishop has recommended that the government extend its support to Burundi’s development by providing assistance to vital sectors such as health, and coordinating a comprehensive regional peace-building strategy that would acknowledge Burundi’s key role in reaching a regional solution to the region’s conflicts.

The full article can be found here.   

Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 April 2011 07:49
 
Parliamentary Questions & Debates - Written and Oral February 2011 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sophia Pickles   
Tuesday, 08 March 2011 12:32

Parliamentary questions and debates for February 2011 are now available at the links below.

APPG GL Written PQs 2 Feb 2011

APPG GL Oral Debates 2 Feb 2011

 
APPG Member Anas Sarwar MP tables ten minute rule bill on transparency PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Wednesday, 02 March 2011 11:14

APPG Member Anas Sarwar MP yesterday tabled a Ten Minute Rule bill on the issue of resource extraction transparency, which reads as follows:

Resource Extraction (Transparency and Reporting): That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require certain companies engaged in oil or gas extraction, and other mining activities, to disclose the type and total amount of payments made to any national government, or any company wholly or partly owned by a national government; and for connected purposes.

   

The complete text may be found either here or below.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 April 2011 14:05
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APPG Treasurer Lord Bishop of Winchester tables question today on the crisis in the Congo PDF Print E-mail
Written by Administrator   
Thursday, 03 February 2011 21:05

APPG treasurer the Lord Bishop of Winchester has authored an article which may be found here, calling on the UK to promote peace and stability in Central Africa. He notes that two years after the rapprochement between Congo's Joseph Kabila and Rwanda's Paul Kagame, fighting continues in the Kivu provinces of Eastern DRC.

As mentioned in the article, the Bishop has tabled a question regarding the recent International Crisis Group (ICG) report today in the House of Lords, the full text of which may be found in Hansard. The report notes that the plan to emphasise a military solution in Eastern DRC is failing despite repeated operations carried out by the Congolese army, to the detriment of civilians living in the vicinity. The report notes the potential recruiting drives by militias supposedly integrated in the FARDC. The Bishop also notes the situation faced by Rwandan refugees in light of the Cessation clause due to be invoked in December 2011 and urges the UK government to make representations to government of Rwanda and UNHCR to ensure refugees can return safely to Rwanda.

 

 
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