(11 years, 9 months ago)
Commons ChamberI am sure that it does. When I attended the UN General Assembly session in New York a few weeks ago, a meeting of so-called political champions was convened to discuss the important issue of resilience. If we can build resilience into our country development plans in the first place, that will be far more effective in terms of taxpayer money than having to pick up the pieces after a catastrophe.
8. If she will estimate the cost to European aid programmes of the Israeli occupation of the west bank.