Chris Law
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Anneliese Dodds
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this. We have had discussions with a number of bilateral partners both in the region and outside it. In fact, I discussed this with the USAID administrator last week when I was at the World Bank annuals, but we have of course had a number of discussions with regional actors as well—particularly countries in the Gulf, but beyond that as well. We know that many of them have relationships with individuals in Sudan, and we are really pushing for those to be used so that we see the aid delivery that is so desperately needed.
Chris Law (Dundee Central) (SNP)
The UN Secretary-General warned yesterday that
“outside powers are fuelling the fire”,
and intensifying the nightmare of hunger and disease for millions of people in Sudan. The Minister has previously stated:
“The UK could not be clearer in our language.”—[Official Report, 3 September 2024; Vol. 753, c. 166.]
She has said that those engaged in this conflict and enabling a proxy situation are exacerbating a humanitarian crisis. What precise actions are the UK Government taking to prevent this involvement and to stop arms reaching the conflict zones?