Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alexander Stafford and Vicky Ford

Tuesday 26th April 2022 Commons Chamber

[Vicky Ford]

We are absolutely not glossing over our concerns about rights when it comes to, for example, space for political opposition, civil rights and media freedom. Indeed, I met the permanent secretary of the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation in London earlier this year and made those points to her. However, to break the people trafficking model that is causing lives to be put at risk in our channel, things need to be done; doing nothing is not an option. That is why the Government of Rwanda have willingly entered into this partnership; they too want to stop lives being put at risk.

[Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley) (Con)]

2. What steps her Department is taking to protect women and girls from the use of rape and sexual violence in conflict.