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Debate between Andrew Mitchell and Gordon Marsden
Wednesday 2nd June 2010

(14 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who knows a great deal about those issues. We have looked very carefully at the mechanism for delivering that aid, which is vital to the development effort in Afghanistan, and independent analysis suggests that the World Bank trust fund, which, as he will appreciate, pays out on the basis of receipts for work carried out by the Government and Government employees, is a highly effective way of getting money through to the front line.

Gordon Marsden Portrait Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South) (Lab)
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12. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s work to promote stability and the development of civil society in the Caucasus.