Question follow-through · 123308
Development Aid: Maternity Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking through its international development programmes to reduce maternal sepsis linked to poor hygiene conditions during childbirth.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking through its international development programmes to reduce maternal sepsis linked to poor hygiene conditions during childbirth.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 26 March in response to Question 122018.At the heart of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's future health programming is a clear commitment to strengthening health systems, and raising the ov...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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