Debates between Andrew Mitchell and Toby Perkins during the 2010-2015 Parliament

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Debate between Andrew Mitchell and Toby Perkins
Wednesday 7th December 2011

(13 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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The hon. Gentleman is entirely accurate about the effects of climate change on very vulnerable people in Bangladesh, where only a fairly small rise in the water level could wipe out hundreds of thousands of homes. We are directly involved in protecting 15 million vulnerable people from those effects of climate change, and we will continue—through, for example, the development of scuba rice, which grows in very difficult circumstances—to target malnutrition.

Toby Perkins Portrait Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab)
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6. What steps he plans to take to assess the value for money of aid expenditure on climate change projects.