Lord Collins of Highbury
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(4 years, 6 months ago)
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The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
Minister, there is something seriously wrong with your sound production, but we will go on.
Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab)
I agree with the Minister that no one should be able to act with impunity, and that includes agents of the Assad regime. Certainly, the NGO experience of distributing through a Damascus hub suggests that lifting sanctions would not change the situation for millions of Syrians in the north. Can the Minister update us on what his efforts are achieving in keeping aid corridors open through renewal of UN Resolution 2504?
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
The noble Lord raises an important point on Resolution 2504. Most recently, my right honourable friend the Foreign Secretary had a call with the Minister about the importance of keeping those corridors open. We hope that not only will this happen but that we will be able to open up additional humanitarian corridors.