I want to follow up on who would be covered by this measure. I welcomed the fact that on Second Reading the Minister's predecessor said that""we continue to press for a fuller set of protections".—[Official Report, 1 April 2009; Vol. 490, c. 980.]"
I say that because the other group of people who are not covered but who do an essential job of rebuilding countries and working in war zones are humanitarian workers for non-governmental organisations. They, too, face dreadful threats—as we saw, 2008 was one of the worst years for aid workers being killed—so will the Minister repeat the assertion that the Government will continue to press for fuller protection?
Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Jo Swinson
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 10 June 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [Lords].
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