Tom Watson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2014-06-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of lethal operations in Yemen on (a) the civilian population and (b) security in that country.

Mr Alan Duncan

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) activity and attacks continue to threaten Yemen’s development and security. DFID has made no specific assessment of the effect of such operations in Yemen, but along with other Departments has conducted detailed analyses of conflict and instability.