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Written Question
Chile: Fires
Wednesday 22nd February 2017

Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to Chile's appeal for help in dealing with the aftermath of widespread forest fires.

Answered by Lord Bates

The UK is not providing a direct response to fires in Chile. However, the UK has supported the deployment of a disaster management expert through the UN.

Written Question
Sri Lanka: Floods
Wednesday 8th June 2016

Asked by: Lord Naseby (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will provide emergency funding from the international aid budget to help Sri Lankan citizens affected by the recent floods and landslides.

Answered by Baroness Verma

The UK provides substantial funding to international NGOs and UN agencies, enabling them to respond to disasters around the world, including Sri Lanka. This includes the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), which was established by the UN and other leading donors to enable rapid emergency response. The CERF is doing an assessment of the situation following the rainfall and landslips in Sri Lanka. The UK, along with other leading donors, will provide support as required through this coordinated response mechanism.

The UK is the biggest contributor to the CERF, having provided in excess of $855m in the last 10 years. The UK also provides funding to the European Union humanitarian agency (ECHO) which is also undertaking an assessment.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 08 Feb 2016
Syria

"My Lords, I, too, congratulate Her Majesty’s Government on calling this conference and on the UK showing the lead that it has in money and resources to help the refugees. Nevertheless, I am reminded of what happened in the Second World War. Is my noble friend clear that the Americans …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 16 Sep 2015
Middle East and North Africa

"My Lords, I, too, would like to be associated with the tributes paid to my noble friend Lord Brooke. In cricketing terms, he has carried his bat and scored a century in his last innings.

My speech is not about the plight of refugees, which I recognise, but about how …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 May 2013
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, my noble friend Lord Howell was so right to raise the question of the Commonwealth, particularly with the forthcoming conference in Colombo of the heads of state. Sri Lanka is a proud founder member of the Commonwealth. After nearly 30 years of civil war, it seems absolutely appropriate …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 06 Dec 2012
Foreign Affairs: Global Role, Emerging Powers and New Markets

"My Lords, I concur in congratulating my noble friend on the initiative of holding this debate. I do not want to embarrass him but, frankly, he is the best Foreign Secretary that we never had. I couple that with the role that the noble Lord, Lord Marland, plays as part …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 31 Oct 2012
Ingram National Park Visitor Centre

"My Lords, I have not been to the visitor centre in question, but is this decision not very strange at a time when we are promoting tourism in this country, when local and public money has been put into the centre over quite a long time and when there are …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Feb 2011
International Development Aid

"Is my noble friend aware that DfID’s practical help in demining in Sri Lanka has been enormously welcome and pretty successful? But as the refugees—more than 270,000 of them—have nearly all now returned home, the crying need is for infrastructure, particularly in the health field. Will she, with DfID, look …..."
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