Tuesday 11th February 2014

(10 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Northover Portrait Baroness Northover
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My Lords, if we could deliver what is already there, that would be a signal achievement, and we are doing our best to achieve that. The noble Lord will be aware that the aim to ensure that the dire situation of those in Sudan is addressed means that often one has to negotiate at every level of government to try to ensure that Sudan does not hold its people to ransom as we try to get humanitarian aid in.

Baroness Masham of Ilton Portrait Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB)
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My Lords, have other aid organisations also been banned? It is most extraordinary that the Red Cross has been banned as it is a non-religious, non-political organisation.