Yemen Debate

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Lord Green of Deddington

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Yemen

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Thursday 29th October 2015

(9 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Green of Deddington Portrait Lord Green of Deddington (CB)
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My Lords, I welcome the Question from the noble Lord, Lord Avebury. As it happens, Yemen was my first post and Saudi Arabia was my last. I suggest to the Minister that we should focus our efforts on the humanitarian aspects here, partly for the reasons given by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson. It is a hugely complex situation, internally in Yemen and externally in the regional powers. The best thing that we can do is to increase our aid to those many millions who are suffering dreadfully.

Earl of Courtown Portrait The Earl of Courtown
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The noble Lord, Lord Green, is quite right, in so far as we have to focus the aid so that it gets to the people who need it. However, as the noble Lord is also aware, the logistics of getting it there are proving very difficult.