Freddie van Mierlo MP - Parliament Clip

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The public watching will be rightly confused to hear the Minister and Shadow Minister speak of the importance of aid when it is their governments that walked back the aid budget to 0.3%, a large percentage of which goes spent in the UK. So what assessment has the Minister made on the ability of the UK to support international aid efforts in Sudan and indeed around the world? I just want to be so clear about what is the significant driver of the hardship in Sudan. I'm happy to have this debate at some other time, but it is absolutely clear that it is the conduct of the parties. I am sure that there will be a debate at other times about the overall question about the percentages of aid, but Sudan has been protected, as I said in my statement, as has the aid for Gaza. We are trying to focus in areas where we can have the greatest impact, but when the primary issue is about...