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Proceeding contribution from Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party) 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 thinking on a standing faculty for emergency response, including NGOs. Can he assure us that there will be no tension in practice between the follow-through on the Ashdown review and the follow-through on the previous DFID reviews, which put particular emphasis on buying results? The Ashdown review particularly emphasises resilience, innovation and science, and humanitarian space in areas of conflict, the benefits of which are not always as quantifiable as those of some other measures. Will the Secretary of State ensure that the Ashdown recommendations are not casualties of the results-buying emphasis of previous reviews?


Secondary information

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