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Neil Parish Excerpts
Thursday 26th September 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Neil Parish Portrait Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con)
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I very much welcome the Secretary of State’s statement. Britain has played a leading role in both diplomatic and humanitarian aid in Yemen. What more political pressure can we bring to bring about a political solution in Yemen?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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My hon. Friend is right that we play a significant role in terms of aid to Yemen—we have provided £770 million-worth—and it is important that we work through the UN, to which the Foreign Secretary is committed, to seek as quickly as possible an end to conflict in Yemen.