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Democratic Republic of Congo (Development)

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

475 c273-94WH 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for International Development

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Gareth Thomas | 475 c277WH (Link to this contribution) Let me try, if I may, to give some reassurance to my hon. Friend by posing some questions to him. On...

Jeremy Corbyn | 475 c273-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that we are having this debate. I wanted a debate on the Congo, and the question was wh...

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Jeremy Corbyn | 475 c277-9WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, we were aware of that aid and we had that discussion about its use; I thank the Minister for th...

John Barrett | 475 c283-5WH (Link to this contribution) It certainly is, and it is good to know that the Minister and I have the same concerns about such ar...

Gareth Thomas | 475 c283WH (Link to this contribution) Let me reassure the hon. Gentleman—again through an intervention. I, too, saw that article, and I fe...

John Barrett | 475 c282-3WH (Link to this contribution) When we in Europe look back at the atrocities of world war one and world war two, and at the scale o...

David Drew | 475 c282WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that. One comes to such debates to be educated, as well as to speak and, ...

Jeremy Corbyn | 475 c286WH (Link to this contribution) I did not say, but perhaps should have, that one problem is that, until now—and probably still—the p...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 475 c285-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West (John Barrett), and to speak under yo...

David Drew | 475 c281WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that. I was aware of that aspiration, but it would be good to hear from him...

Gareth Thomas | 475 c281-2WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a number of good points. I will take away his point about gender balance wh...

David Drew | 475 c279-80WH (Link to this contribution) I had no intention of speaking when I entered the Chamber, although I thought that I might make a co...

Gareth Thomas | 475 c280-1WH (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that perhaps one of the most ambitious aims in the DRC is to begin to introd...

Gareth Thomas | 475 c290-1WH (Link to this contribution) I join other hon. Members in congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, North (Jeremy C...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 475 c286-7WH (Link to this contribution) That is a very fair point, which the Minister will probably pick up. It clearly needs to be addresse...

Jeremy Corbyn | 475 c287WH (Link to this contribution) The question of gender equality is linked to the large number of dispossessed young men who hang aro...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 475 c287-8WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has got it exactly right, and I will return to the topic of education in a moment...

Eric Joyce | 475 c288WH (Link to this contribution) I am listening to the hon. Gentleman's comments and I agree with pretty much all he has said. I am s...

Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton | 475 c288-90WH (Link to this contribution) That is a fair point, and I hope that my comments are balanced. I should also pay tribute to the hon...

Eric Joyce | 475 c291WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for North-East Milton Keynes mentioned British military assistance training teams. M...

Eric Joyce | 475 c292WH (Link to this contribution) Christian Aid has recently pointed out that, from to time, it can be quite difficult to find where t...

Gareth Thomas | 475 c291-2WH (Link to this contribution) I agree that we can do more on security sector reform and more generally. It is also appropriate to ...

Gareth Thomas | 475 c292WH (Link to this contribution) I accept that point. We need to have a series of ways in which we fund organisations to respond, but...

Gareth Thomas | 475 c294WH (Link to this contribution) Let me say publicly that we are engaging diplomatically with both Governments about the tensions, an...

Jeremy Corbyn | 475 c294WH (Link to this contribution) Peace in the eastern Congo is clearly essential for many obvious reasons. Is my hon. Friend aware of...

Gareth Thomas | 475 c293-4WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important issue. He may be aware of work being driven by the European Union...

Jeremy Corbyn | 475 c292-3WH (Link to this contribution) I support the fund that has been set up, which is very welcome. Will the Minister also say something...

Subjects

Development aid Infrastructure Poverty Politics and government Refugees Violence Civil disorder Democratic Republic of the Congo

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