Mentions:
1: None The latest conflict in Sudan has now lasted 21 months. - Speech Link
2: None Civilians in Sudan and eastern DRC must feel so powerless. - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) £20 million for Sudan and £62 million for the DRC. - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) Have waivers been provided for US humanitarian and food assistance in Sudan? - Speech Link
5: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) The integrity of Sudan is absolutely vital. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) efforts to end the conflict in Sudan. - Speech Link
2: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) The Sudan conference in London presented an opportunity to generate international consensus for a path - Speech Link
3: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) Many of these countries I know well, and I served in South Sudan for the Department for International - Speech Link
4: Laura Kyrke-Smith (Lab - Aylesbury) The crisis in Sudan is awful. - Speech Link
Asked by: Wendy Morton (Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will convene a meeting of his international development minister counterparts to discuss the situation in Chad.
Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Foreign Secretary is looking to convene Foreign Ministers in London this spring to galvanise international efforts to bring an end to the conflict in Sudan and get aid to those who need it most, including in eastern Chad. Attendees include regional countries such as Chad, major donors, and multilaterals. The UK's former development Minister also convened a meeting of Development Ministers in February alongside the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, to explore how we can accelerate the UN-led international humanitarian response and better coordinate donor advocacy and engagement in response to the situation in Sudan and the wider region, including Chad.
In January this year, the Foreign Secretary became the first British Foreign Secretary to visit Chad. He met with the President and Foreign Minister to discuss the situation in Chad, a country that has received almost one million refugees from Sudan since the conflict started. These refugees live alongside Chadian host communities who themselves need humanitarian assistance. That is why the £40 million we have provided to Eastern Chad this year supports both refugees and host communities.
Apr. 15 2025
Source Page: G7 Foreign Ministers' statement marking two years since the beginning of Sudan warFound: unequivocally denounce the ongoing conflict, atrocities and grave human rights violations and abuses in Sudan
Asked by: Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations joint report Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity, published on 5 June, what steps they are taking to prevent further food insecurity in the 22 countries mentioned; and assistance they will provide to (1) Haiti, (2) Mali, (3) Palestine, (4) South Sudan, and (5) Sudan, who were found to be at the highest risk of famine.
Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The UK is deeply concerned by the findings of the 2024 Hunger Hotspots report. We are the third largest government donor to the World Food Programme (WFP) and in 2024 have contributed over $600 million (£495 million) to WFP programmes, including in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Sudan, South Sudan and Haiti. In November 2024, the UK doubled its support for those affected by the war in Sudan and we committed £112 million to the OPTs this financial year. On 30 December 2024, the Minister for International Development announced further humanitarian assistance to vulnerable communities, including up to £8 million for Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) Irregular migration from Sudan to Britain alone increased by 16% last year. - Speech Link
2: Steve Race (Lab - Exeter) Sudan has one of the highest rates of malnutrition in the world. - Speech Link
3: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) It is important that we continue to keep the spotlight on Sudan. - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) First, what can he do to reduce the flow of arms into Sudan? - Speech Link
Asked by: Wendy Morton (Conservative - Aldridge-Brownhills)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support capacity building with local partners in Sudan to support displaced people.
Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is the most severe and largest globally. The conflict has caused significant levels of forced displacement with more than three million Sudanese refugees seeking safety in neighbouring countries and a further 8.8 million people internally displaced within Sudan. This financial year (2024/25) the UK will provide £226.5 million in life-saving aid towards the crisis. Since the conflict started more than 2.5 million people have received UK funded humanitarian aid. Local organisations are an important part of our humanitarian response and UK funding has contributed to building their capacity through partnerships with the United Nations and international non-governmental organisations. These local organisations are continuing to provide critical support and assistance to displaced people across Sudan.
Apr. 15 2025
Source Page: UK announces new humanitarian funding for SudanFound: appalling disregard for the civilian population of Sudan.
Written Evidence Feb. 17 2025
Inquiry: Humanitarian access and adherence to international humanitarian lawFound: & Hunger Submission to the International Development Committee 1.
Asked by: Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the 2024–25 UK aid package for Sudan is allocated to Blue Nile State; and whether they will provide targeted humanitarian assistance to displaced communities in the state before the arrival of the 2025 rainy season.
Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is the most severe globally and it has generated significant levels of forced displacement within Sudan and across the region. The already dire humanitarian context will worsen with the onset of the coming rainy season. This financial year, the UK will provide £226.5 million in life-saving aid towards the crisis. Since the conflict started more than 2.5 million people have received UK funded humanitarian aid. The UK is supporting a range of humanitarian actors, including UN agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross, who are delivering aid throughout the country. In 2024, the UK was the third largest donor to the UN's Sudan response plan which provided urgent support in Blue Nile State and other locations. We are unable to provide more detailed information about the extent of UK aid provided to communities in Blue Nile State. The UK is doing all it can to increase the scale and reach of life-saving aid to those in need in Sudan.