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Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 May 2026

Debate

Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: Ebola Outbreak

Contribution

Yes, that is what we are doing. I will be in the region next week and we speak regularly with our ministerial counterparts in the DRC and Uganda. I think some of the system-strengthening work that has taken place since the 2014 outbreak will help, but I am sure the noble Baroness understands the rather unique situation in the DRC and that this outbreak has happened in the east. We see a lack of territorial control over parts of that region by the Government in Kinshasa and the proliferation of armed groups in that part of the world.

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