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Development Aid: Armed Conflict

Commons · Question 2787 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help improve access to (a) clean drinking water and (b) sanitation in fragile and conflict affected states and regions.

Answer

Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 9 Sep 2024

The UK is committed to improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for people in the developing world. The FCDO WASH programmes that are in fragile and conflict affected states including in Chad, DRC, Ethiopia and Mozambique. One example is t...