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Debate between Roberta Blackman-Woods and Andrew Mitchell
Wednesday 30th March 2011

(13 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right: supporting democratic and accountable government will be at the heart of what we are trying to do in South Sudan. When I was in Juba to open the new British Government office there before Christmas, I was able to see some direct technical assistance that Britain is giving. As he says, we will need more of that.

Roberta Blackman-Woods Portrait Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab)
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3. What estimate he has made of the likely change in the level of official development assistance to Lesotho following the closure of his Department’s bilateral aid programme in that country.