Lyddington Village Fete, to be opened by Rutland's MP, Alan Duncan, The Old White Hart pub, Gretton Silver Band

Lyddington Village Fete




The annual Lyddington Village Fete will take place on Saturday 18th May 2013 at 1.30pm.

This is a traditional village affair with the whole village packed full of activities for all the family,
and will be opened by Rutland's MP, Alan Duncan.



Stalls will include plants, jams, cakes, bric-a-brac, nearly new, tombola and books as well as the well loved dog obedience demonstration, with plenty of games for children and adults.

Gretton Silver Band will keep everyone entertained whilst enjoying tea and cake
(and waffles, ice creams and a Bar-B-Q) on the village green and looking at the vintage cars and bikes.

Corby Town Football Club will be providing sports activity challenges and showing fitness exercises.

Subject to the weather, there will be a Lancaster bomber fly past over the village.

The Old White Hart pub will host the dog obedience demonstration and various games in their back field.

English Heritage’s historic Bede House in the village will be open free of charge.

Link to Jonathan Calders recent photographs of Bede House



Lyddington Village Green
Main Streeet
Lyddington

Ian Paisley Jnr (North Antrim, DUP) Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative) Sudan

South Sudan
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Ian Paisley Jnr (North Antrim, DUP)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on progress in establishing camps in Sudan to temporarily accommodate South Sudanese people until they can migrate to South Sudan.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 7 September 2012, c470W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

I have been asked to reply

on behalf of the Department for International Development.

We have had no reports of the Sudanese Government establishing camps in Sudan to temporarily accommodate South Sudanese. A recent report following a comprehensive interagency assessment has recorded 40,000 South Sudanese currently living in temporary settlements in Khartoum. The majority of these people are waiting to return to South Sudan. The UK is supporting the talks in Addis Ababa and urging both governments to reach an agreement on citizenship rights.

Sadiq Khan (Tooting, Labour) Burma International Development Alan duncan

Burma
International Development

Sadiq Khan (Tooting, Labour)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid her Department provides to the Burmese government; and if she will make a statement.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 5 September 2012, c369W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

DFID does not provide aid directly to the central Government of Burma. UK aid in Burma goes only through United Nations organisations and trusted international and local non-governmental organisations. Where circumstances allow, some of these funds go through township authorities for basic service delivery.

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford, Conservative) Burma International Development Alan Duncan

Burma
International Development

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford, Conservative)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she plans to take to ensure that victims of violence in Arakan State, Burma, from Rohingya and Rakhine communities receive humanitarian assistance without discrimination and that all those in need receive assistance.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 5 September 2012, c370W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

The UK Government has repeatedly called for the Government of Burma to allow unhindered humanitarian access to all of the areas affected. Humanitarian agencies, including those which receive core funding from the United Kingdom, are now able to provide aid to some of the affected areas in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence—but this falls short of what is needed. We continue to monitor the situation and humanitarian response closely.

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire, Liberal Democrat) Overseas Aid International Development Alan Duncan

Overseas Aid
International Development

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire, Liberal Democrat)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of her Department's aid to countries in (a) Africa, (b) Asia and (c) the Americas was allocated to (i) agricultural support, (ii) education and (iii) healthcare in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 6 September 2012, c402W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

The following table provides the information requested.

DFID publishes details of Official Development Assistance (ODA) by country in its annual publication, Statistics on International Development:

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/Aid-Statistics/Statistics-on-International-Development-2011/

Additionally, DFID produces details of ODA by country and sector in additional tables available online:

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/About-us/How-we-measure-progress/Aid-Statistics/Statistics-on-International-Development-2011/SID-2011-Additional-tables/

Percentage
	2008- 09	2009- 10	2010- 11
Africa
Agriculture	1.78	3.02	2.38
Education	16.20	13.49	17.27
Health	22.91	19.85	19.45
Asia
Agriculture	2.64	2.53	1.97
Education	16.17	15.12	17.02
Health	23.16	22.63	19.24
Americas
Agriculture	0.97	0.15	0.19
Education	3.52	3.04	24.32
Health	8.14	7.80	2.90

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative) Africa International Development

Africa
International Development

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion, Green)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he plans to refer the allegations against Emerging Capital Partners' Africa Fund II to the investigatory authorities in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 3 September 2012, c85W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

My Department has received no new allegations against Emerging Capital Partners' Africa Fund II. The previous set of allegations has been fully looked into by CDC.

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion, Green) Africa International Development Alan Duncan

Africa
International Development 

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion, Green)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he plans to inform the House of the outcome of the criminal investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office into Emerging Capital Partners' Africa Fund II.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 3 September 2012, c85W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

My Department is not aware of the outcome of any criminal investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) into Emerging Capital Partners' Africa Fund II.

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion, Green) Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative) Africa

Africa
International Development

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion, Green)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what date (a) CDC Group and (b) his Department were informed that Emerging Capital Partners' Africa Fund II was under criminal investigation by the European Anti-Fraud Office.

• Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 3 September 2012, c85W)

Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)

Neither DFID nor CDC Group has received any notification from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) that Emerging Capital Partners' Africa Fund II is or was under criminal investigation.

Rutland MP, Alan Duncan, Said "Local democracy is the front line of politics"

Oakham Town Council is still searching for new members.

Oakham Town Council increased its membership from six to eight.

The Council still needs to fill another four seats.

Rutland MP Alan Duncan (Conservative) spoke to Megan Horner at the Rutland Mercury

He said " Local democracy is the front line of politics, and councillors are
the people that make the decisions for the local community. People sometimes
criticise politicians for not doing enough to help them; by joining  Oakham Town Council
they have the opportunity to help each other."

For more information please write to the Clerk
at Oakham Town Council
39 High Street
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 6AH

or visit       www.oakhamtowncouncil.co.uk