Zimbabwe
Debate between Baroness Verma and Baroness D'Souza
Wednesday 10th November 2010
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Baroness Verma
My Lords, I support the noble Lord in his desire for free and open elections. In the mean time, we are supporting the people of Zimbabwe through our development programmes. We are in dialogue with the inclusive Government, but, as the noble Lord knows, we are undergoing bilateral and multilateral reviews of all our programmes.
Baroness D'Souza
My Lords, would the Minister agree that the necessary role of the MDC in the economic recovery in Zimbabwe has been much weakened by the recent discovery of huge deposits of uranium in that country?
Baroness Verma
My Lords, rather than answer now I shall write to the noble Baroness with a fuller answer.