Oral Answers to Questions

Christopher Pincher Excerpts

Wednesday 12th January 2011 Commons Chamber

[John Howell (Henley) (Con)]

10. What recent progress he has made on his review of emergency humanitarian response capability.

[Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con)]

12. What recent progress he has made on his review of emergency humanitarian response capability.

[The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Mr Alan Duncan)]

The humanitarian emergency response review is an independent review of the UK Government’s emergency humanitarian assistance, led by Lord Ashdown. The review team will complete its consultations this month and issue its final report by the end of April.

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[Mr Speaker]

Order. The House must come to order again.

[Christopher Pincher]

Will my right hon. Friend consider asking the emergency response review team to look at the situation in Tindouf in Algeria, where thousands of Sahrawis have been virtually imprisoned in camps for almost 25 years? Can he raise the profile of that issue?