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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the current conflict on humanitarian organisations operating within Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the current conflict on humanitarian organisations operating within Afghanistan.
The United Nations currently assesses that 22 million people require humanitarian support in Afghanistan. The UK continues to make one of the largest contributions to meeting those needs, allocating £154 million in 2025/26 for life-saving assistance and essential services, after providing over 2.7 million people with humanitarian support in 2024/25, including over 1.7 million women and girls.
Alongside our international partners, we also continue to seek a resolution of issues that are exacerbating economic hardship and humanitarian needs in Afghanistan, including the restriction of supplies caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and the recent increase in hostilities between Pakistan and the Taliban.
On the former, the UK, along with France and representatives from 38 other nations, confirmed our political support on 12 May for an independent and strictly defensive multinational military mission to support civilian shipping through the Strait.
On the latter, we continue to engage international and regional partners to encourage de-escalation, and we are working closely with UK aid partners, including the United Nations and Red Cross, to ensure that humanitarian assistance is reaching vulnerable communities affected by the conflict, including the estimated 100,000 people who have so far been displaced from their homes.
On all issues, our priority will remain to support regional stability and the protection of civilians, including the wellbeing of women and children in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has been making to the leadership of (a) Pakistan and (b) Afghanistan about ongoing conflict between the two countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has been making to the leadership of (a) Pakistan and (b) Afghanistan about ongoing conflict between the two countries.
The United Nations currently assesses that 22 million people require humanitarian support in Afghanistan. The UK continues to make one of the largest contributions to meeting those needs, allocating £154 million in 2025/26 for life-saving assistance and essential services, after providing over 2.7 million people with humanitarian support in 2024/25, including over 1.7 million women and girls.
Alongside our international partners, we also continue to seek a resolution of issues that are exacerbating economic hardship and humanitarian needs in Afghanistan, including the restriction of supplies caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and the recent increase in hostilities between Pakistan and the Taliban.
On the former, the UK, along with France and representatives from 38 other nations, confirmed our political support on 12 May for an independent and strictly defensive multinational military mission to support civilian shipping through the Strait.
On the latter, we continue to engage international and regional partners to encourage de-escalation, and we are working closely with UK aid partners, including the United Nations and Red Cross, to ensure that humanitarian assistance is reaching vulnerable communities affected by the conflict, including the estimated 100,000 people who have so far been displaced from their homes.
On all issues, our priority will remain to support regional stability and the protection of civilians, including the wellbeing of women and children in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent of humanitarian needs arising from the current conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent of humanitarian needs arising from the current conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The United Nations currently assesses that 22 million people require humanitarian support in Afghanistan. The UK continues to make one of the largest contributions to meeting those needs, allocating £154 million in 2025/26 for life-saving assistance and essential services, after providing over 2.7 million people with humanitarian support in 2024/25, including over 1.7 million women and girls.
Alongside our international partners, we also continue to seek a resolution of issues that are exacerbating economic hardship and humanitarian needs in Afghanistan, including the restriction of supplies caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and the recent increase in hostilities between Pakistan and the Taliban.
On the former, the UK, along with France and representatives from 38 other nations, confirmed our political support on 12 May for an independent and strictly defensive multinational military mission to support civilian shipping through the Strait.
On the latter, we continue to engage international and regional partners to encourage de-escalation, and we are working closely with UK aid partners, including the United Nations and Red Cross, to ensure that humanitarian assistance is reaching vulnerable communities affected by the conflict, including the estimated 100,000 people who have so far been displaced from their homes.
On all issues, our priority will remain to support regional stability and the protection of civilians, including the wellbeing of women and children in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the erection of a fence along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on humanitarian outcomes..
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the erection of a fence along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on humanitarian outcomes..
The United Nations currently assesses that 22 million people require humanitarian support in Afghanistan. The UK continues to make one of the largest contributions to meeting those needs, allocating £154 million in 2025/26 for life-saving assistance and essential services, after providing over 2.7 million people with humanitarian support in 2024/25, including over 1.7 million women and girls.
Alongside our international partners, we also continue to seek a resolution of issues that are exacerbating economic hardship and humanitarian needs in Afghanistan, including the restriction of supplies caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and the recent increase in hostilities between Pakistan and the Taliban.
On the former, the UK, along with France and representatives from 38 other nations, confirmed our political support on 12 May for an independent and strictly defensive multinational military mission to support civilian shipping through the Strait.
On the latter, we continue to engage international and regional partners to encourage de-escalation, and we are working closely with UK aid partners, including the United Nations and Red Cross, to ensure that humanitarian assistance is reaching vulnerable communities affected by the conflict, including the estimated 100,000 people who have so far been displaced from their homes.
On all issues, our priority will remain to support regional stability and the protection of civilians, including the wellbeing of women and children in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in a) India and b) Pakistan about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in a) India and b) Pakistan about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
The UK remains deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and it remains one of our largest humanitarian programmes. The £154 million we allocated to Afghanistan in the last financial year ensured continued access to health, nutrition and education programmes for vulnerable children. We continue to engage regularly with international and regional partners on the humanitarian situation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Pakistan on reports of a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Government of Pakistan on reports of a Pakistani air strike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul.
The UK is concerned by the recent escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan and the resulting impact on civilians. We continue to urge dialogue and de-escalation, building on the Eid ceasefire and the recent talks in Urumqi, China.
Statement on the Government's revised approach to international development and official development assistance allocations.
Statement on the Government's revised approach to international development and official development assistance allocations.
As a former shadow International Development Minister, I know that one issue our nation has not grappled with is that 90% of the usurious levels of debt repayments for the poorest nations across our planet are governed by English law through the City of London. We could raise millions out...
As a former shadow International Development Minister, I know that one issue our nation has not grappled with is that 90% of the usurious levels of debt repayments for the poorest nations across our planet are governed by English law through the City of London. We could raise millions out...
My hon. Friend will know that the UK—certainly under previous Labour Governments—has a strong history of looking at debt relief, which was championed by Gordon Brown as Chancellor and Prime Minister. I recognise the strong work that my hon. Friend has done in this area and in championing these arguments....
My hon. Friend will know that the UK—certainly under previous Labour Governments—has a strong history of looking at debt relief, which was championed by Gordon Brown as Chancellor and Prime Minister. I recognise the strong work that my hon. Friend has done in this area and in championing these arguments....
I very much welcome the Foreign Secretary’s decision that the UK will once again co-chair the global Media Freedom Coalition, but will she match that with financial support for independent media organisations and journalists in the growing number of countries where media freedom is under attack and US support has...
I very much welcome the Foreign Secretary’s decision that the UK will once again co-chair the global Media Freedom Coalition, but will she match that with financial support for independent media organisations and journalists in the growing number of countries where media freedom is under attack and US support has...
The right hon. Gentleman makes a really important point, and we do champion media freedom worldwide. That is why we have become a co-chair of that organisation, and the partnerships in different countries can look at these issues. It is also why we are increasing the funding for the BBC...
The right hon. Gentleman makes a really important point, and we do champion media freedom worldwide. That is why we have become a co-chair of that organisation, and the partnerships in different countries can look at these issues. It is also why we are increasing the funding for the BBC...
The Foreign Secretary is aware of the impact of humanitarian aid and how it saves lives in the midst of the most horrific situations that humans experience on this earth. She will also be aware of the vital role that UN agencies, including the World Food Programme, play in co-ordinating...
The Foreign Secretary is aware of the impact of humanitarian aid and how it saves lives in the midst of the most horrific situations that humans experience on this earth. She will also be aware of the vital role that UN agencies, including the World Food Programme, play in co-ordinating...
I welcome the work my hon. Friend has done over many years, and continues to do, on development and support for those in conflict and crisis who face the greatest poverty and suffering. She is right to highlight the importance of the UN and, more broadly, multilateral aid institutions. There...
I welcome the work my hon. Friend has done over many years, and continues to do, on development and support for those in conflict and crisis who face the greatest poverty and suffering. She is right to highlight the importance of the UN and, more broadly, multilateral aid institutions. There...
I support prioritising hard power over soft power to protect our national security. In her statement, the Secretary of State drew a direct link between additional defence spending and reducing the development budget, but that was the exact opposite of the position put forward by the Prime Minister when he...
I support prioritising hard power over soft power to protect our national security. In her statement, the Secretary of State drew a direct link between additional defence spending and reducing the development budget, but that was the exact opposite of the position put forward by the Prime Minister when he...
Again, I would gently point out to the right hon. Gentleman that this Government have had to deal with a defence investment programme that was hollowed out by his party in government. We have had to deal with that, as well as the difficult fiscal circumstances they left us with....
Again, I would gently point out to the right hon. Gentleman that this Government have had to deal with a defence investment programme that was hollowed out by his party in government. We have had to deal with that, as well as the difficult fiscal circumstances they left us with....
I welcome this development reset. I support the Government’s decision to invest in our country’s security now and our ambition to support development more in future. On Yemen, given the conflict and the overall fragility in the region, how do the Government ensure that UK aid spent there does not...
I welcome this development reset. I support the Government’s decision to invest in our country’s security now and our ambition to support development more in future. On Yemen, given the conflict and the overall fragility in the region, how do the Government ensure that UK aid spent there does not...
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and for raising Yemen. This is a complex situation. We know there is immense humanitarian need, but there are also malign actors and huge risks around security, as well as that humanitarian crisis. That is why we have been working to ensure...
I thank my hon. Friend for his question and for raising Yemen. This is a complex situation. We know there is immense humanitarian need, but there are also malign actors and huge risks around security, as well as that humanitarian crisis. That is why we have been working to ensure...
Yesterday, I and my colleagues on the International Development Committee met staff from Action Against Hunger, who had just returned from Lebanon, to hear about the horrors they have seen on the ground there. I am grateful for the added support that has been talked about, but when we and...
Yesterday, I and my colleagues on the International Development Committee met staff from Action Against Hunger, who had just returned from Lebanon, to hear about the horrors they have seen on the ground there. I am grateful for the added support that has been talked about, but when we and...
The hon. Member rightly mentions Lebanon, where as we speak there is a huge humanitarian crisis. That is why in the past two weeks we announced an additional £15 million this year, particularly for Lebanon but also for some of the nearby areas, to provide urgent additional humanitarian and crisis...
The hon. Member rightly mentions Lebanon, where as we speak there is a huge humanitarian crisis. That is why in the past two weeks we announced an additional £15 million this year, particularly for Lebanon but also for some of the nearby areas, to provide urgent additional humanitarian and crisis...