Extract from Westminster Hall debate on International Disaster Relief - Feb 6
Wednesday, 7 February 2018 08:09
Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (Con):...We all
know that, due to their nature and usual geographical location,
when natural disasters strike it can take some time for even the
best prepared aid effort to get itself under way, losing precious
hours. Her Majesty’s Government were criticised last September for
what was perceived to be a slow response to Hurricane Irma, which
caused terrible devastation to Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands
and the Turks and...Request free
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(West Aberdeenshire and
Kincardine) (Con):...We all know that, due to their nature
and usual geographical location, when natural disasters strike it
can take some time for even the best prepared aid effort to get
itself under way, losing precious hours. Her Majesty’s Government
were criticised last September for what was perceived to be a slow
response to Hurricane Irma, which caused terrible devastation to
Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands, which are all, of
course, British overseas territories. It is therefore right that UK
aid organisations and DFID are working hard to shift the focus on
disaster relief and aid from responding to pre-empting and building
resilience in our programme countries, to help them to withstand
the worst of natural disasters, including through the disasters and
emergencies preparedness programme...
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