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HANSARDEbola OutbreaksThe UK has allocated £26.9 million of UK aid funding to support the response to the current Ebola outbreak within the DRC. That funding will strengthen disease surveillance and…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDEbola OutbreaksI am glad to say that the UK is not stepping back; our response to the outbreak confirms that. We currently sit on the board of the WHO, the Global Fund, Gavi and the Pandemic…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDEbola OutbreaksAs my hon. Friend said, our immediate priority is supporting the DRC and the Africa-led response to the Ebola outbreak. The UK and international support will also strengthen…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDEbola OutbreaksI can confirm that the UK is leading the global response on Ebola and was one of the first countries to respond with funding. I can also confirm that the Foreign Secretary is…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDEbola OutbreaksThe hon. Member is absolutely right to say that this should be an Africa-led response, and it is extremely important that we listen to what the African countries are telling us…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDTopical QuestionsWe call on the Taliban to respect the rights of women and girls, including the right to education, and condemn any ongoing restrictions. I will raise the hon. Member’s question…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise the importance of the G20 summit, not only this year but when the UK is hosting from January. I can confirm that tackling structural imbalances,…16 Jun 2026 · 4d agoHANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationI know how much my hon. Friend cares about this issue, and I was pleased to meet her and other colleagues recently to discuss the challenges that the Cuban people are facing. On…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationOn the diplomatic point, which was mentioned by my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon), I agree. We have had a bilateral relationship with the Cuban Government…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationI will.08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for the work he does as the chair of the APPG. I have been pleased to engage with him since he took on that role. Just to reassure him,…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationThe hon. Member will know, as a former Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, that we do not discuss sanctions on the Floor of the House, but I am more than happy to meet her to…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. As I said in my opening remarks, this is the 30th year in which the UK Government have objected to the embargo, and we will…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationI do not know if my hon. Friend missed my previous answers, but we have very publicly spent the past 30 years voting against the very thing he is complaining about. We have not…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationI thank the right hon. Lady for the constructive way in which she always engages in these conversations on the Floor of the House. I reassure her that I would echo, and expand on,…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationThe right hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. Work goes on constantly to try to work through how there can be a move towards the decisions of Cuba being for the Cuban people. I…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationOn engagement with the US Administration, as I set out in reply to the shadow Minister, the right hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Wendy Morton), there has been a continuous…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationMy hon. Friend is right to raise the wider humanitarian concerns. I can reassure him that, through the World Food Programme and UNICEF, the UK Government continue to provide aid.…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationWe continue to have the dialogue I have mentioned in previous answers, and we continue to be of the very strong view that diplomatic courses of action are the best way forward. We…08 Jun 2026HANSARD Cuba: Humanitarian SituationI agree with my right hon. Friend, and I hope he heard me say that decisions about the future of Cuba are for the Cuban people, not for any foreign country, including the United…08 Jun 2026