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Speaker’s Statement
Tuesday 15th May 2018

(6 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Harriett Baldwin Portrait Harriett Baldwin
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We are very concerned about the situation in Burundi. There is a referendum there this week and, as my hon. Friend will know, Her Majesty’s Government continue to send messages about the need to respect the Arusha peace accords and to respect democracy in Burundi.

Gavin Robinson Portrait Gavin Robinson (Belfast East) (DUP)
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This Christian Aid week, the charity is campaigning to highlight inflexibility in the approach to internally displaced peoples. Will the Minister, along with officials from his Department and the Department for International Development, agree to meet representatives of Christian Aid to see how best we can address that growing situation?

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I am very happy to do that. The situation of internally displaced people is very important to the UK, and we are working with others on the possibility of a UN high-level panel later this year. I would be very happy to meet Christian Aid once again.

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