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International Health Partnership

I appreciate the hon. Gentleman's point, but I can give him an absolute assurance that there is no question of DFID's effectiveness on behalf of the UK Government being compromised, nor would we take action that would do so. In fact, wherever I go, I am delighted by the response to the UK Government, DFID and our staff in particular. I want us to use the way in which we are regarded as the world leader and, given the direction of the debate, to encourage others to do likewise. I can assure hon. Members that we will continue to deliver and to do so better, because we all want that. I welcome the debate on the international health partnership because increasing the benefits that we can bring to people in developing countries is the reason for our development. We need to work with developing countries not as a lone country, but as a world leader, a catalyst, and by example. The international health partnership, which was launched by the Prime Minister, gives us such a framework. I hope that hon. Members will continue to support the Government in our efforts. Question put and agreed to.