Speeches

Tom Watson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Watson on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any staff of her Department are engaged in considering the effects of drone strikes on civilian populations as part of her Department’s work in the Middle East and North Africa.

Mr Desmond Swayne

In countries where DFID has humanitarian programmes, we monitor the general humanitarian situation in close communication with partners on the ground.