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James Duddridge

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Planning (Appeals)
Tuesday 4th December 2018

(6 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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I met David Miliband when I went to New York in September, and I think it would be a good idea to have those discussions. We have great concerns about the safety of aid workers, but our concern with respect to journalists is that this trend seems to be increasing, and it seems to be the new border between free and unfree countries.

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The BBC is still banned from Rwanda. Is the Secretary of State hopeful that that ban will be overturned by the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in 2020?

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My hon. Friend the Minister for Africa has just indicated to me that she is very hopeful that the ban will be overturned before then.

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