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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:00 am on 16 October 2014.

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Photo of Barry Sheerman Barry Sheerman Labour, Huddersfield 11:00, 16 October 2014

I do not want to feel ashamed about the House, and I very rarely do, so will the Leader of the House assure me that we can have an urgent, full debate about the dreadful disease that is sweeping across Africa, the Ebola virus? The House has heard a statement, but we have not had a major debate. We owe Africa. Our forebears did dreadful things in Africa—slavery, and much else. We ought to take the matter seriously, but we are not acting fast enough to stop this dreadful disease.