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HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI thank my hon. Friend for her work in raising these issues from the Back Benches. There has been a worrying outbreak of dengue fever in particular— I met individuals who suffered…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI listened to Secretary of State Rubio’s first press conference, where he talked about wanting prosperity and, of course, security and safety for the United States. The truth is,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI thank my hon. Friend for her work to press these issues. I repeat again: where is the liberal outrage? Where are the marches? Where are the emails flooding MPs’ inboxes? They…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI am grateful to my hon. Friend for continuing to raise these issues from the Back Benches and pressing me on them whenever he sees me in the Lobby. Let me be clear—I should have…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI met African ambassadors yesterday to discuss those very issues. We talked about the security and resilience of the African continent and of how, after a relatively peaceful…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I know he did a lot of work with my predecessor in Tottenham on issues to do with the African continent. He has been raising these…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI am very grateful that that is the subject of the last question. One reason why the world is not paying attention to these crises is that they are in the continent of Africa. The…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCLet me reassure the hon. Gentleman that I have spoken to north African countries about this issue. I was in Chad, obviously, but I also raised these issues in Egypt, where I met…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCMy hon. Friend raises an important issue. We cannot live in a world where the rules are disregarded and where aid and peace workers are murdered as they go about their business.…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI say to the hon. Gentleman that we hold— [ Interruption. ] The hon. Lady—forgive me; I am still suffering from jetlag. We hold regular discussions with all regional partners…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCThere have been efforts in the past. The US tried to lead efforts, and all regional partners—the Egyptians and the Chadians—want to see those efforts bear fruit. However, the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman. On what is happening in Rwanda and the DRC, many years ago in this place—22 years—an all-party parliamentary group on the African great…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCI am very grateful for that question, because there is a lively civil society still at work in Sudan and NGOs are on the ground in Sudan doing what they can in the absence of UN…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCMy bilateral conversation with the President of Chad was extensive—I was accompanied by the Foreign Minister for most of the 48 hours that I was there—and my concern for the women…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCOn the first point, let me be clear: we have come in as a new Government and we think there is an important role for conflict mediation, building on the historic role that this…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSudan and Eastern DRCThe experience of visiting, with Médecins Sans Frontières, a small clinic in Chad with malnourished babies, children and their mothers—knowing I was making a ministerial trip, but…28 Jan 2025HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeIt was important that our Prime Minister was the only G7 Prime Minister to attend COP. My hon. Friend will recall that, last year, the Prime Minister at the time did not attend.…22 Jan 2025HANSARDForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeIt was important that our Prime Minister was the only G7 Prime Minister to attend COP. My hon. Friend will recall that, last year, the Prime Minister at the time did not attend…22 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI am grateful to my hon. Friend for all his work on the all-party group. He will be pleased that there are active conversations on this very issue at this time. He will know, too,…20 Jan 2025HANSARDUK-Ukraine 100-year PartnershipI have been very proud of the work I have led on sanctions since coming to office. It is now the strongest sanctions package against Russia anywhere in the world, with more to…20 Jan 2025