Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 1 February 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Sally Keeble. The answering member was Hilary Benn.

Urbanisation (Developing Countries)

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on urbanisation in developing countries.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 442 c104-26WH
Session: 2005-06
Department: Department for International Development
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Hilary Benn | 442 c126WH (Link to this contribution) : I certainly will, because that is one of the issues that we must deal with. I want to come directl...; Sally Keeble | 442 c126WH (Link to this contribution) : Clearly the debate must continue. I wonder whether my right hon. Friend will take the matter up in...; Hugh Bayley | 442 c109WH (Link to this contribution) : I could not agree more. Such problems in urban areas need to be solved from the bottom up. Of cour...; David Leslie Taylor | 442 c109-10WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend mentions Charles Booth and his seminal work on poverty in London. It is no surprise...; Hilary Benn | 442 c121-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I join hon. Members in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble)...; Andrew Mitchell | 442 c121WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman is right that we must condemn the slum clearance schemes in other countries—I e...; Hugh Bayley | 442 c121WH (Link to this contribution) : What the hon. Gentleman says about Zimbabwe is right, and he is right to speak out against it. May...; Andrew Mitchell | 442 c118-21WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble) on securing a debate that she desc...; John Barrett | 442 c116-8WH (Link to this contribution) : That is a valid point; clearly there area money and businesses in the slums and there are dynamic ...; Sally Keeble | 442 c116WH (Link to this contribution) : Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the fact that slum properties can generate money makes it possi...; John Barrett | 442 c114-6WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble) on securing the debate. As the hon...; Hugh Bayley | 442 c110-4WH (Link to this contribution) : We have a lot to learn from the history of this and other European countries. Those lessons must a...; Philip Hollobone | 442 c106WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing the debate and on her excellent contribution. When the Hous...; Sally Keeble | 442 c104-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that. I was not aware of the report nor was I about to...; Hugh Bayley | 442 c108-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton, North (Ms Keeble) on securing this debate ...; Sally Keeble | 442 c106-8WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman, my neighbour from Kettering, is right that the provision of utilities in slum ...; David Leslie Taylor | 442 c104WH (Link to this contribution) There is something of a ““Groundhog Day”” about the debate in that, only days ago, a similar complem...; Sally Keeble | 442 c104WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have secured the debate. It is not often that Westminster Hall makes parliamentary h...; David Leslie Taylor | 442 c109WH (Link to this contribution) : In a debate last week, I pointed out that although it is important that relief, aid and advice com...
Subjects: Developing countries Development aid Urban areas Slums
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Urbanisation (Developing Countries)

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