Pakistan

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 7 July 2010.

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Photo of Andrew Mitchell Andrew Mitchell The Secretary of State for International Development 11:30, 7 July 2010

My hon. Friend is right to identify that particular problem in Pakistan, and it was one of the problems I specifically looked at when I was in Pakistan some three weeks ago. My hon. Friend will know from his own very close relationship with members of the Pakistani diaspora in Britain that, as the Oxfam report makes clear, extensive work is being done in all the affected regions of Pakistan, but we are looking at our whole programme to see whether there is anything more we can do.