Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 28 Apr 2011 Sudan
"I welcome the Minister who will reply to the debate and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Mr Clarke) on successfully petitioning the Backbench Business Committee for it to take place. With the events occurring in north Africa, the issue of Sudan has been driven …..." Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
"Education is particularly important. Without it, one would find it difficult to get out of the present situation. We have not heard much about gender equality in today’s debate, but education is particularly important for women because they are often the ones who not only do most of the work …..." Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
"The hon. Gentleman will now make a frivolous remark. I will give way if he is not making a frivolous intervention...." Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
"I am not sure whether or not that was a backhanded punch. I suspect that it was a punch from the blind side.
The international community faces a really important challenge. If it meets it, it could make a significant difference. As my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East …..." Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
"Before we move off that point about aid, when DFID promotes a project, and particularly an infrastructure project, it is right that it should promote the fact that the project is British. When I have been around the world, I have seen the wretched European Union signs showing that EU …..." Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
"On the aid that we might give to Sudan, it is worth noting in passing that the United States Agency for International Development, which is the largest aid agency in the world, is much more clever than DFID at making sure that its contracts go to US businesses...." Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend, because he is making a very useful speech. He has said what he would like to happen in Sudan. Can he confirm whether the Department for International Development is in discussions with United Nations agencies to produce a plan of precisely which country’s …..." Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
"On the LRA, I would like to mention intelligence specifically. The LRA leadership has particularly good intelligence about the location of the armies that they are combating, and how quickly they can move. It is therefore necessary to be able to outpace it, which requires those regional forces to have …..." Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech
"At a meeting yesterday, a former Foreign Secretary of Sudan said that when the new Government take over in July the desperate need will be for government advice and training, as well as infrastructure. What plans do my right hon. Friend and his Department have to provide that advice and …..." Geoffrey Clifton-Brown - View Speech