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Written Question
South Sudan
Wednesday 25th March 2015

Asked by: Gordon Brown (Labour - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to leaders in South Sudan on the recent abduction of children from a school in Malakal.

Answered by James Duddridge

We are deeply concerned by the recent abduction of children in Malakal, South Sudan. Our Embassy in Juba has made repeated representations to the Government of South Sudan and called for their safe return and for the perpetrators to be held to account.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Nigeria (Abducted Girls)

"I am grateful to you, Mr Speaker, for permitting me to raise the desperate and continuing plight of more than 200 Nigerian girls who were abducted from school on 14 April and have been held in captivity for the past 80 days, with no sign of their imminent release. These …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Nigeria (Abducted Girls)

"I am grateful for the support of the Churches in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency and elsewhere. Support from around the world is giving succour and confidence to the Nigerian people. I met schoolchildren who have been writing letters to the Nigerian President in support of Nigeria’s efforts to try to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Jul 2014
Nigeria (Abducted Girls)

"I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. He has a very honourable record in fighting for the causes of poor people in Africa, Asia and every part of the world, and I want to acknowledge the work that he has done over many years. He is absolutely right. Ngozi, …..."
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