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Pamela Nash Excerpts
Tuesday 5th March 2013

(11 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mark Simmonds Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mark Simmonds)
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the threat that corruption poses both in Uganda and across the African continent. We remain concerned about the situation in Uganda and he may be aware that the Department for International Development temporarily froze all UK aid going through the Ugandan Prime Minister’s office. The UK, along with other donors, is supporting the Government of Uganda’s action plan, which will be reviewed next April.

Pamela Nash Portrait Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab)
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T7. Have the Foreign Secretary or the Foreign Office had any recent discussions with the European Commission about Scotland’s membership of the EU should it choose to leave the UK? If so, will he update the House?