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Tony Cunningham Excerpts
Wednesday 14th March 2012

(12 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Andrew Mitchell
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I can tell my hon. Friend that I have looked in detail at that, not least because of the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon) made earlier, and not least because during the latter part of last year I spent time with UNRWA in Gaza. We are very clear that the funds that we are allocating to UNWRA are buying the results that we have agreed they should buy.

Tony Cunningham Portrait Tony Cunningham (Workington) (Lab)
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Last week the target was met on access to safe water, yet diarrhoea continues to be the biggest killer of children in Africa and the second biggest killer in south Asia. What priority is the Department giving to sanitation?