Forced Migration

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — International Development – in the House of Commons at on 2 October 2019.

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Photo of Preet Kaur Gill Preet Kaur Gill Shadow Minister (International Development)

The world is on course to have 200 million climate refugees by 2050, so will the Secretary of State tell us why his Government continue to be part of the problem by funding fossil fuel overseas, both with the Overseas Development Administration budget and with export finance. If he wants to be part of the solution, will he commit to work with Cabinet colleagues to increase the number of refugee settlements in the UK, as recommended by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees?