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G8: 2007 Summit

My Lords, I apologise to the Minister for not being here at the beginning of her Statement, but I have read it and hope that she will give me leave to ask a question. At the summit did the G8 Ministers have the chance to discuss whether China could be brought more into the question of Darfur, particularly in persuading the Sudanese Government that they must make greater effort to make peace in that troubled region? Does the Minister agree that, in order to demonstrate to the rebel groups in Darfur that peace is a serious option, it is incredibly important that we get on with the development in southern Sudan, which has recently made peace with the Government in Khartoum and where very slow progress is being made, so that people can see that peace works and military action does not?