Adjournment debate on Thursday, 18 May 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Hilary Benn. The answering member was Andrew Mitchell.

Darfur Crisis

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on the Darfur crisis.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 446 c339-80WH
Session: 2005-06
Department: Department for International Development
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Darfur: the killing continues. International Development Select Committee second report with proceedings, evidence (HC 657-i not printed separately) and appendices.
Tuesday, 17 January 2006
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Darfur: the killing continues. International Development Select Committee second special report - government response to Committee's second report session 2005-06 (HC 657)
Thursday, 23 March 2006
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Partnership and cooperation agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and Moldova, including exchanges of letters with declarations and final act (Brussels 1994).
Monday, 6 June 2005
Command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Chris Mullin | 446 c349-50WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the case of Rwanda is not entirely analogous? It was much more ob...; Andrew Mitchell | 446 c350WH (Link to this contribution) What the hon. Gentleman says is true, but the international organs and institutions to which all of ...; David Drew | 446 c350WH (Link to this contribution) Later, the report describes the reality of the problem with trying to impose sanctions, because the ...; Andrew Mitchell | 446 c350-1WH;446 c351WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. He brings me on to my next point, which relates to conclusions 5 and 8....; John Bercow | 446 c351WH (Link to this contribution) In talking about sanctions and the other punitive measures that we envisage as necessary, it is perh...; Andrew Mitchell | 446 c351-3WH (Link to this contribution) That is my view. My hon. Friend makes the point extremely clearly. The 10th recommendation of the r...; Baroness Kramer | 446 c354-5WH;446 c355WH (Link to this contribution) I leave it to my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, West (John Barrett), who has been following t...; David Drew | 446 c354WH (Link to this contribution) Don’t hold your breath.; Baroness Kramer | 446 c353-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am glad to join in this debate, and I thank the Government for bringing this subject before the Ho...; Andrew Mitchell | 446 c355WH (Link to this contribution) When the Secretary of State comes to address that point, will he advise us what else is meant by a U...; Baroness Kramer | 446 c355WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman anticipates the direction of my comments—I am glad to have given a good steer. It...; Andrew Mitchell | 446 c355WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is entirely right, and no one is suggesting that NATO troops be placed on the ground—i...; Baroness Kramer | 446 c355-7WH (Link to this contribution) Our difficulty in finding the appropriate peacekeeping force—the African Union is not in a position ...; John Bercow | 446 c357WH (Link to this contribution) Given that the World Food Programme has received only 32 per cent. of the funds that it needs in 200...; Baroness Kramer | 446 c357WH (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more. It would be the ultimate tragedy to lose the chance of peace because we fail...; David Drew | 446 c361-2WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is probably much more knowledgeable than I am. It is quite likely—my right hon. F...; John Bercow | 446 c361WH (Link to this contribution) I am slightly alarmed by what the hon. Gentleman just said, because I understand that Kofi Annan sai...; Andrew Mitchell | 446 c363WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is confronting directly the issue that I skirted around but which I put in several wa...; John Bercow | 446 c362-3WH (Link to this contribution) The people of Darfur have been victims of some of the most egregious human rights abuses inflicted o...; David Drew | 446 c357-61WH;446 c358-61WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to follow the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Susan Kramer). I shall come back to some...; John Bercow | 446 c363-7WH (Link to this contribution) That is a pertinent intervention from my hon. Friend. I have been unhappy for some months about the ...; John Barrett | 446 c367-70WH (Link to this contribution) The situation in Darfur is possibly the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time. If there is one pa...; John Bercow | 446 c370WH;446 c370-1WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman’s warning about the fragility of the situation is salutary, as is his reminder th...; John Barrett | 446 c370-1WH;446 c371WH (Link to this contribution) One key issue relating to security is planning for what happens next. If I may take the hon. Gentlem...; Hilary Benn | 446 c376-7WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud and the hon. Member for Buckingham were both right. The...; Andrew Mitchell | 446 c376WH (Link to this contribution) So we were both right.; Hilary Benn | 446 c375-6WH (Link to this contribution) In the original agreement, I think that it was in the area of 1,000. That was changed after four day...; John Bercow | 446 c375WH (Link to this contribution) My point is slightly different from that of the practicality of the integration. I have read that it...; Hilary Benn | 446 c374-5WH (Link to this contribution) Well, some people have even closer contact with him than others. The point is important because, in...; Andrew Smith | 446 c374WH (Link to this contribution) Send it to him.; Hilary Benn | 446 c371-4WH (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I would like to respond to this excellent debate. I say that not becaus...; John Bercow | 446 c377WH (Link to this contribution) I am extremely appreciative of the Minister giving way yet again. He has been immensely generous. I ...; Hilary Benn | 446 c377-8WH (Link to this contribution) The honest answer is that I do not know, but I will inquire and write to the hon. Gentleman. I can s...; Hilary Benn | 446 c378WH (Link to this contribution) I do agree. I expect the International Criminal Court, an independent body, to do its work. That is ...; David Drew | 446 c378WH (Link to this contribution) This is not a dialogue with the hon. Member for Buckingham through the Secretary of State. My right ...; Hilary Benn | 446 c378-9WH (Link to this contribution) I do agree. There is a connection, because the LRA has also been present in Sudan, which we are disc...; John Bercow | 446 c378WH (Link to this contribution) I raised the issue for the purposes that I described at the time, and it is important to have this o...; John Bercow | 446 c379WH (Link to this contribution) Some of us have had more practice at that than others.; Hilary Benn | 446 c379-80WH (Link to this contribution) I did not hear the whole of that comment. The official Opposition have had a lot of experience recen...; John Barrett | 446 c346WH (Link to this contribution) Could the Secretary of State clarify whether the Sudanese Government have formally agreed to the UN ...; Hilary Benn | 446 c345WH;446 c345-6WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises another important point. That is why the UK has for quite some time been c...; John Bercow | 446 c348WH (Link to this contribution) John Bercow: In the event that the Government of Sudan objected to the transfer to a UN force or sou...; Hilary Benn | 446 c346-8WH (Link to this contribution) General Bashir had said that in the absence of a peace agreement he was not prepared to consider a U...; Hilary Benn | 446 c348-9WH (Link to this contribution) I hope very much that that will not be the case, but if it were I would deduce that there was no wil...; Andrew Mitchell | 446 c349WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate. I echo the opening remarks of the ...; Hilary Benn | 446 c341-4WH (Link to this contribution) Our ambassador in Khartoum is in regular contact with the Government of Sudan. However, I should tel...; David Drew | 446 c341WH (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State may or may not know that the hon. Member for Buckingham ...; Hilary Benn | 446 c344WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend, who also does a great deal of work on the issue and did so when he was the Minister ...; Chris Mullin | 446 c344WH (Link to this contribution) Given that the 7,000 or so African Union forces are obviously not able to deal with a crisis on the ...; Hilary Benn | 446 c345WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. Those circumstances were slightly different, in that the se...; David Drew | 446 c344-5WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Buckingham (John Bercow) might refer to this, but when we were last there we had...; John Bercow | 446 c345WH (Link to this contribution) I am not an expert in military planning, strategy or logistics, but I ought to be able legitimately ...; Hilary Benn | 446 c339-40WH (Link to this contribution) It is good to see so many Members here, despite business elsewhere in the House having finished. Tha...; John Bercow | 446 c340WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the Secretary of State said about UN Security Council resolution 1593. In the context...; Hilary Benn | 446 c340-1WH (Link to this contribution) I know that the hon. Gentleman has taken a close and passionate interest in the crisis in Darfur, an...
Subjects: Death Armed conflict Casualties Sudan Internally displaced people Darfur
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Darfur Crisis

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