Speeches

Harriett Baldwin welcomes the UK commitment to send troops to MINUSMA—the United Nations Multidimensional ​Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali— and calls on the Government to address the sources of conflict in the Sahel and west Africa. read more »

Harriett Baldwin takes the opportunity of the Summer Adjournment Debate to thank the people of West Worcestershire for their efforts during the covid-19 crisis and also outline the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union of which she is chair of the British Group. read more »

Harriett Baldwin urges the Government to restart gender pay gap reporting, suspended due to coronavirus, as the economic downturn is likely to disproportionately affect women. read more »

Following the Government statement on the BBC, Harriett Baldwin regrets the BBC’s decision on the TV licence fee exemption for the over 75s and calls for the non-payment of the TV licence fee to be decriminalised for this group. read more »

Harriett Baldwin welcomes the reopening of the beauty sector, but urges the Government to review the square footage rules which are severely limiting capacity. read more »

Harriett Baldwin calls for a Parliamentary debate on the importance, globally, of 12 years of quality education for girls and concerns that as a result of the covid-19 crisis, millions of children, mainly girls, will never return to school. read more »

Following the Government statement on arms export licensing, Harriett Baldwin questions the Minister for Trade Policy on the backlog of export licences. read more »

Speaking in the House of Commons on the FCO and DFID merger, Harriett Baldwin seeks reassurance that there will still be Cabinet representation for international development, the 0.7% of gross national income spending commitment is retained and the Government will continue to champion 12 years quality education for girls. read more »

Harriett Baldwin welcomes the Government pledge of support for the transition to democracy in Sudan. read more »

Harriett Baldwin welcomes innovation in areas such as tele-medicine, treatment where UK scientists have discovered the important role that dexamethasone and the saliva testing pilot which could be a lifeline to the aviation industry. read more »