South Asia Earthquake

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:44 pm on 10 October 2005.

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Photo of Tony Baldry Tony Baldry Conservative, Banbury 4:44, 10 October 2005

The argument for a substantially enlarged UN disaster emergency fund is unassailable. The Secretary of State said that so far only six countries had committed to it. Which G8 member states have yet to sign up to the Secretary of State's excellent idea? It must now be unassailable and there can be no excuse, certainly for G8 countries not to dig deep into their pockets to support that initiative.