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Debate between Baroness Featherstone and Ian C. Lucas
Wednesday 3rd September 2014
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab)
T2. In the Central African Republic, the humanitarian situation remains dire. What steps is the Secretary of State taking to help there, including the situation for refugees to Chad, Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo?
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Lynne Featherstone)
The UK has provided £23 million in humanitarian assistance to the Central African Republic crisis since mid-2013, as well as £2.5 million in development funding through central programmes. We are the second largest bilateral donor and some of that money goes to the region for refugees.