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Debate between Andrew Mitchell and Roberta Blackman-Woods
Wednesday 30th March 2011
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Mr Mitchell
My hon. Friend is absolutely right: supporting democratic and accountable government will be at the heart of what we are trying to do in South Sudan. When I was in Juba to open the new British Government office there before Christmas, I was able to see some direct technical assistance that Britain is giving. As he says, we will need more of that.
Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab)
3. What estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of official development assistance to Lesotho following the closure of his Department’s bilateral aid programme in that country.