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Chris Elmore Excerpts
Tuesday 27th March 2018

(6 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alan Duncan Portrait Sir Alan Duncan
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We work very closely with Albania, particularly on organised crime, and all the more so as we approach the very important western Balkan summit, which we will host here in July this year.

Chris Elmore Portrait Chris Elmore (Ogmore) (Lab)
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T3. Poor vision is the world’s largest disability, which, according to the charity Clearly, affects more than 900 million people in the Commonwealth. Ahead of next month’s summit, may I press the Foreign Secretary to commit to working with our Commonwealth allies to ensure that vision is brought to everybody across the Commonwealth?

Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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The hon. Gentleman raises a very good point. We will certainly make sure that in the discussions on health, which as I said earlier form a large part of our Commonwealth proceedings, that issue is raised.