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The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Douglas Alexander): Twenty-five years after the famine in Ethiopia that killed over a million people, there is once again a growing drought and conflict-related humanitarian crisis in the horn of Africa. Ethiopia accounts for the highest proportion of the humanitarian caseload in...

Member
Douglas Alexander (Labour)
Department
Department for International Development
Type
Ministerial corrections
Date
3 November 2009
Reference
498 c8MC
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the of the severity of the famine in Chin state in Burma; and what relief his Department is providing for those affected by the famine.

Asked by
Keith Simpson (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for International Development
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Date
22 October 2009
Reference
497 c1660W; 294537
House
House of Commons

Twenty-five years after the famine in Ethiopia that killed over a million people, there is once again a growing drought and conflict-related humanitarian crisis in the horn of Africa. Ethiopia accounts for the highest proportion of the humanitarian caseload in the region, with over 6 million people needing emergency assistance...

Member
Douglas Alexander (Labour)
Department
Department for International Development
Type
Written statements
Notes
Corrected on 3 November 2009 at 498 c8MC
Date
19 October 2009
Reference
497 c47-8WS (498 8MC)
House
House of Commons

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development has made the following Statement. Twenty-five years after the famine in Ethiopia that killed over a million people, there is once again a growing drought and conflict-related humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia accounts for the highest...

Member
Lord Brett (Labour)
Department
Department for International Development
Type
Written statements
Date
19 October 2009
Reference
713 c49-50WS
House
House of Lords
Type
Select Committee reports (Government responses); House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
International Development Committee
Date
13 October 2009
Reference
HC 1009 2008-09
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees
Committee
International Development Committee
Date
19 May 2009
Reference
HC 179 2008-09
House
House of Commons