Month: February 2011
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Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off
Fairtrade Fortnight kicked off today with the good news that sales of Fairtrade products in the UK topped £1bn for the first time in 2010. Around 20% of roast and ground coffee, and 20% of bananas sold in the UK are now Fairtrade, and on a daily basis Britons now consume 9.3m cups of tea…
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Ask your MP to support Anas Sarwar’s bill on transparency
Anas Sarwar (the MP for Glasgow Central) has tabled a “ten minute rule” bill on a Resource Extraction (Transparency & Reporting) Bill for 1 March in which he will give a ten minute speech in Parliament, followed by a short time for MPs to discuss the issue. By attending the debate MPs can help to…
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Labour government refused to sell guns to repressive regime
The Wikileaks cables reveal that the UK Government refused a US$60M export licence for assault rifles, heavy machine guns, armoured personnel carriers and helicopters to be exported to Swaziland in 2008. The Swaziland government is dues to spend 10% of its budget on police and the army and has, in recent years has used force…
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Standing up for women around the world
Speaking yesterday at the start of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women, Harriet Harman took the opportunity to welcome the launch of UN Women, which was officially launched. “This is a very important meeting. It will see the official launch of UN Women and bring together women from around the world. “There can…
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Keep the Promise
At our Reception in Parliament tonight, Rt Hon Harriet Harman and the Shadow DFID team will launch with the Labour Campaign for International Development the “Keep the .7/2013 promise” campaign. The Keep the .7/2013 Promise” campaign sends a clear message about the importance of meeting the UK’s commitment to spending .7% of national income on aid…
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Select Committee reports on DfID
In this guest post, Anas Sarwar MP writes again for LCID about the work being done on the International Development Select Committee. Last week saw the publication of the International Development Select Committee report looking into DFID’s Annual Report & Resource Accounts for 2009-2010. It offers a valuable insight into the key policy areas the…
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Harriet Harman responds to Turks and Caicos loan
The Department for International Development is set to guarantee a loan of £260 million to the Turks and Caicos Islands, which raises serious questions about the Government’s use of DfID’s budget. Responding to this, Harriet Harman said: “Following on from the revelation that DFID money was used to fund the Pope’s state visit this looks suspiciously like…
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Harriet Harman’s letter to Mitchell
Harriet Harman, Shadow International Development Secretary, has written to Andrew Mitchell about topical questions at International Development Questions in Parliament. You can read her letter below and we all look forward to this change being implemented in time for the next International Development Questions on 16 February Dear Andrew, I am writing to confirm your…
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Harriet Harman ups pressure on Tories over delay in implementing the Bribery Act
This article was written by Left Foot Forward Harriet Harman today stepped up the pressure on international development secretary Andrew Mitchell over the government’s delay in implementing the Bribery Act. The Act was originally due to come into law last October, was then put back to this April, and this week it was announced by the Ministry of Justice that it would…
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LCID Parliamentary Reception with Harriet Harman and Labour’s Shadow Team
Please come along and join LCID for an evening reception with the Labour Shadow International Development team The evening will include a speech from Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, and will be a chance for you to meet and ask questions with the new Shadow team. It will…
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