Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:46 pm on 3 December 2018.
Lord Bates
The Minister of State, Department for International Development
2:46,
3 December 2018
That is absolutely right. On the sustainable development goals to which all 193 nations are signed up, goal 3.3 is the specific commitment. If it is going to be met, nations will have to step up and put more funds on the table to ensure people get the treatments that are needed. In 2017, those diseases killed approximately 2.6 million people, so we are a long way off 2030. We have the technologies, but we need to make sure the resources are there so that they are delivered.