Debates between Andrew Mitchell and Chris Evans during the 2010-2015 Parliament

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Andrew Mitchell and Chris Evans
Wednesday 26th October 2011

(13 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This agenda has been championed effectively, not least by Save the Children, and it is one reason why we prioritise social protection rather than food aid. The aim of all these policies is to try to get people off food aid into much greater food security—as seen, for example, in the project between Britain and the World Food Programme, which I talked about earlier.

Chris Evans Portrait Chris Evans (Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op)
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T3. In the past decade 4 million people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and countless women and girls have been victims of sexual violence. What are the Government doing to ensure that political parties in the DRC refrain from violence during the forthcoming elections?

Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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The hon. Gentleman is right to draw attention to the importance of focusing on the DRC, because there will never be a peaceful Africa without a peaceful DRC. Britain is giving strong support to the democratic process. We have been responsible for the registering of nearly 30 million people in the run-up to the November elections, and we strongly support the United Nations force in the DRC—MONUSCO—which has a chapter VII mandate and is therefore able to protect citizens robustly, especially the women to whom the hon. Gentleman has referred.