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Caroline Spelman

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Commons Financial Privilege
Wednesday 28th October 2015

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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As the hon. Gentleman observes, there are no refugee camps in Lebanon—I have visited the settlements in the Bekaa valley—and it is precisely for that reason that we support UNICEF and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to make the provisions that we are paying for.

Caroline Spelman Portrait Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden) (Con)
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Are persecuted Christians and other religious minorities able to get into the camps, and will they be able to remain within them and take winter refuge?

Desmond Swayne Portrait Mr Swayne
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I have visited camps that are specifically for Christians, but I would be reluctant to make any kind of aid provision specific to a religious confession, because that would be to pour combustible material on a conflagration that is already in progress.

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