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Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 July 2025

Debate

Official Development Assistance

Contribution

I agree with that. We can be proud of the work that this country has done on conflict prevention, on demining and on many other areas connected to the issues he raises, not least accountability. But you only have to listen to the news coming out of Gaza this morning to be confronted with the fact that you can provide as much aid as you like—we have protected our aid to Gaza; we have aid waiting on the border—but the reason that those people are starving is because of political choice.

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