Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 11 June 2008.
Andrew Mitchell
Shadow Secretary of State (Home Office)
11:30,
11 June 2008
Despite the junta's promise to the Secretary-General to grant full access to aid workers, it is clear that insufficient aid is getting through. Indeed, victims are being forced out of the makeshift camps. The Department's own website makes it clear that only 15 travel requests for internationals were accepted in the time between the Rangoon conference and
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