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- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Territorial Army (26 Oct 2009) has video
Sally Keeble: ...scheme, I am sure that my hon. Friend would wish to join in the tributes to the outstanding work that they have done. Does he accept that for people who have repeatedly been out to Afghanistan and Iraq this will look like a very poor return for their enormous service on the front line?
- Zimbabwe (1 Jul 2004)
Ms Sally Keeble: Rather than making a comparison with Iraq, will my right hon. Friend consider western Darfur, where the international community has been extremely effective—hopefully, at least—in putting pressure on the Sudanese Government to deal with their humanitarian problems, to give the people protection and food, and to allow aid to go in while the political situation is being resolved?
- Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Drinking Water (11 Jun 2003)
Ms Sally Keeble: We have taken substantial steps, which my hon. Friend will be aware of, to ensure that we provide aid to Iraq. Extensive work, supported by us, has been undertaken to ensure that the power supplies, which were a real problem, were reconnected so that the people could get water. I believe that the water supplies are now getting back to pre-war levels.
- Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Drinking Water (11 Jun 2003)
Ms Sally Keeble: ...the power to ensure that such supplies get through. We have also provided aid to several non-governmental organisations, including, I believe, UNICEF, to meet some of the needs of the children in Iraq. The hon. Gentleman is entirely right to point out the connection between water and child health—a problem that affects not only children in Iraq but children world wide. Some 2 million...
- Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Drinking Water (11 Jun 2003)
Ms Sally Keeble: ...and other organisations operating on the ground. We examine such information closely. Without wanting to sound complacent, we are aware of the health problems that can arise at this time of year in Iraq, and we are taking stringent steps to improve services, particularly water. I understand that both power and water supplies are more or less back to the position that obtained before the war.
- Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (7 May 2003)
Ms Sally Keeble: My Department has had regular discussions with EU colleagues at official and ministerial level to talk about humanitarian aid to Iraq. The EU is providing 100 million euros of emergency aid.
- Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Iraq (26 Feb 2003)
Ms Sally Keeble: My Department is holding regular discussions with international organisations about contingency planning for a range of eventualities in Iraq. In the event of substantial population movements, we would expect the International Committee of the Red Cross to be the lead international agency in helping internally displaced people and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to take the...
- Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Iraq (26 Feb 2003)
Ms Sally Keeble: ...the hon. Gentleman that, in addition to any scenario that has been predicted, there are a substantial number of internally displaced persons—between 1 million and 2 million—now in Iraq as a result of the appalling regime there. I do not want to speculate on the outcome of any action, but our Department, as my right hon. Friend has said, is putting every possible effort into...