Aid Workers — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:37 pm on 27 January 2009.

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Photo of Lord Tunnicliffe Lord Tunnicliffe Government Whip, Government Whip 2:37, 27 January 2009

My Lords, I can give a general answer but will write to the noble Lord on the specifics of Afghanistan because it has its own peculiar security problems. As a generality, we see a division among aid workers who are not DfID employees. Some aid workers are working for us by virtue of our grant, but we also respect those who work for organisations which choose to distance themselves from Her Majesty's Government because they believe that that is a more effective way of working. We do not support them because they do not want us to support them. However, we include them in systems of information, guidance and advice. We recognise that many of those organisations do an excellent job.