Oral Answers to Questions

Catherine McKinnell Excerpts

Wednesday 15th July 2020 Commons Chamber

[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]

I would be very happy to meet my right hon. Friend to discuss that. The Conflict, Stability and Security Fund exists to do just that and we need to think about how we maximise the use of all our UK efforts to help the most vulnerable, so I look forward to debating with him.

[Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North) (Lab)]

Going into this pandemic, many of the world’s poorest countries were spending more on debt payments than their own healthcare. The current suspension of payments is welcome, but will the Government go further and support the cross-party multi-faith call, co-ordinated by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, to cancel those debts and enable those poorest countries to focus on tackling the virus and climate change?