Lord Boateng

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the state of the rule of law in Burundi, the need for security sector reform and the role of development assistance in addressing any deficits in this regard.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of recent civil disturbances in Burundi on livelihoods and resilience and the role of the African Union and the East African Community in providing peace, reconciliation and econ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures were adopted at the Valetta Conference to strengthen law enforcement action against people smugglers in Sub-Saharan Africa, and to increase awareness amongst local populations in Sub-Saharan Africa of the dang...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the resources allocated by the EU to address the root causes of informal migration in Sub-Saharan Africa.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of (1) the role of law enforcement in Sub-Saharan Africa in deterring and apprehending people smugglers, and (2) the capacity of those forces to fulfil that role.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the likely impact of the outcomes of the Valletta Conference on Migration in reducing youth unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the UN World Food Programme's decision to reduce assistance provided to 1.6 million Syrians in refugee camps owing to budgetary constraints.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to increase the United Kingdom's contribution to the UN World Food Programme in response to the refugee crisis in Syria.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the European Union, the United States of America and other development partners, about the funding of the UN World Food Programme in the light of budgetary pressures ensuing from the r...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 17 June (HL214), what was the outcome of the meetings to discuss irregular migration at the African Union Summit in June.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the willingness of their African development partners to address at source the underlying causes of the increase in the number of their citizens seeking to enter the European Union through ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to (1) the African Union, and (2) the governments of African source and transit countries, regarding (a) strengthening law enforcement against human traffickers and their agents in sub-Sa...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps the European Union has taken to ensure that its strategic partners in Africa (1) warn their citizens of the dangers of making trans-Saharan and Mediterranean voyages for the purposes of irregular migration, (2) d...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the role of the Commonwealth and its organisations in capacity-building in Commonwealth Ministries of Health and Parliaments, in the light of lessons learnt from the experience of Sierra Leone an...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have met the Commonwealth Secretariat, or other institutions of the Commonwealth, to discuss health system strengthening as a response to the outbreak of ebola in Sierra Leone.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will raise the issue of the ebola outbreak and the requirement for health system strengthening in the Commonwealth at the next meeting of Commonwealth Health Ministers.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the economic impact of ebola on the economy of Sierra Leone and its implication for the share of the United Kingdom Official Development Assistance that country will receive in the current,...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received any representations regarding the suspension of British Airways services to Freetown; whether they have made an assessment of the economic impact of that suspension for Sierra Leone; and what advi...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what grants have been made to ecumenical organisations or faith-based developmental bodies to promote inter-faith dialogue or community cohesion in conflict-affected areas in each of the last three accounting periods for wh...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current assessment of the situation in South Sudan; and what actions they are taking to work with religious leaders to promote reconciliation in the current civil war there.