Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 9 November 2005.
Gareth Thomas
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, Party Chair, Co-operative Party
11:30,
9 November 2005
I recognise the campaigning work that my hon. Friend has done on this issue. As I told Alistair Burt, we will consider what further action we can take to speed the delivery of aid to grass-roots NGOs of the type that my hon. Friend has worked for and consistently advocated. On my recent visit to Malawi and Zambia, I saw that delivery is speeding up, but more remains to be done. As she says, that will be the focus of our global partners forum meeting with UNICEF in February.