Proceeding contribution from Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 15 June 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Humanitarian Emergency Responses.

Humanitarian Emergency Responses

I welcome the Secretary of State's positive response to my noble Friend's report. Together with the Government's pledge to fulfil the 40-year-old promise to spend 0.7% of our national income on development assistance, including the outstanding promise to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, that puts us in a potentially world-leading position in international development and humanitarian assistance. Can he reassure us, though, that the pre-qualification process that he described will not inadvertently disadvantage the smaller local NGOs that are obviously on the ground first and, as the review makes clear, often do an excellent job at very low cost?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 529 c790
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Accountability Disaster relief International assistance Humanitarian aid Government responses Natural disasters Humanitarian Emergency Response Review
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Humanitarian Emergency Responses

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