Venezuela - Private Notice Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:37 am on 24 January 2019.

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Photo of Lord West of Spithead Lord West of Spithead Labour 11:37, 24 January 2019

My Lords, I also agree that we are handling this very sensitively politically, but the problem, and the reason for the vast flow of people, is that people are starving to death in Venezuela—those pouring into Colombia are avoiding starvation. The noble Baroness talked of £500,000. What are we actually doing to try to mobilise something to try to recover this dreadful situation? I am afraid it has to be done more rapidly than some of these political manoeuvrings.