Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Desmond Swayne and Fiona O'Donnell

Wednesday 17th December 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Swayne]

Of the girls who were abducted in Chibok, 219 remain missing. Since then another 300 have been abducted elsewhere. We are providing a joint intelligence cell, together with our allies in France, the United States and Nigeria, based in Abuja, and all the technical assistance that we can give.

[Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian) (Lab)]

7. What steps she is taking to support the UN goal to end the use and recruitment of children in armed conflict by the end of 2016.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Desmond Swayne and Fiona O'Donnell

Wednesday 5th November 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Swayne]

We will continue to work with the Halo Trust to dispose of that ordnance. Equally, we have an ongoing commitment to Afghanistan and to providing aid to deal with the problems that my right hon. Friend has mentioned.

[Fiona O’Donnell (East Lothian) (Lab)]

I welcome the Minister’s commitment to improving the lives of people with disabilities in developing countries. To that end, will he support the proposal for a stand-alone goal on inequality in the post-2015 framework?

[Mr Swayne]

We have so far succeeded in ensuring that that goal will be included on the post-2015 agenda—I think it is remiss that it does not already exist as part of the development goals—and we are determined to keep it there as the discussions proceed.