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Nigeria: Armed Violence (Rural Communities)

Backbench debate on Tuesday, 27 November 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Jim Shannon. The answering members were Harriett Baldwin and Liz McInnes.
Motion that this House has considered the matter of armed violence against farming communities in Nigeria. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
650 cc45-67WH 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Armed violence against farming communities in Nigeria
Thursday, 22 November 2018
Research briefings
Proceeding contributions
Jim Shannon | 650 c45WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the matter of armed violence against farming ...

David Simpson | 650 c46WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does he agree that the scale of the diffic...


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Jim Shannon | 650 cc46-9WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend must have read the next sentence of my contribution, which says that we have barel...

Clive Betts | 650 c48WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. I will not impose a formal time limit, but as a guideline there are about nine minutes for...

Fiona Bruce | 650 cc48-51WH (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for his excellent speech and his devotion ...

Gregory Campbell | 650 c51WH (Link to this contribution)

In the light of Baroness Cox’s report, does the hon. Lady agree that the people of Nigeria—indeed...

Fiona Bruce | 650 c51WH (Link to this contribution)

I could not have expressed that better myself. Indeed, to warn of the risks of this escalating in...

Clive Betts | 650 c52WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. When I give a guideline for speaking, I hope that hon. Members will adhere to it. If some ...

David Drew | 650 cc52-3WH (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Mr Betts; I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship. I acknowledge your guidance...

Kevin Foster | 650 cc53-4WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. It is also a pleasure to be in Westm...

Clive Betts | 650 c54WH (Link to this contribution)

Order. We can now go back to nine minutes as a guideline. Hon. Members have been very helpful.

John Howell | 650 cc54-5WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend ...

Jim Shannon | 650 c55WH (Link to this contribution)

Given his knowledge of Nigeria, can the hon. Gentleman see any reason why the Nigerian Government...

John Howell | 650 cc55-6WH (Link to this contribution)

That is an interesting question. There is an ethnicity element to it. President Buhari comes from...

Stephen Kerr | 650 cc56-7WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. I thank and commend the hon. Member ...

Jim Shannon | 650 c57WH (Link to this contribution)

One thing to come out of our recent trip to Pakistan were three words that were used by those of ...

Stephen Kerr | 650 cc57-8WH (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention.

The situation in Nigeria is rive...

Clive Betts | 650 c58WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank hon. Members for their co-operation. We will now move on to the winding-up speeches, for ...

Chris Law | 650 cc58-9WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts, and I thank the hon. Member for Stra...

Jim Shannon | 650 c59WH (Link to this contribution)

I am reminded of the abduction of schoolgirls and young women, probably into forced marriages and...

Chris Law | 650 cc59-60WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. I share his concerns and look forward to what the Mi...

Liz McInnes | 650 cc60-1WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your Chairmanship, Mr Betts and to follow the hon. Member for Dun...

Jim Shannon | 650 c61WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady reminds me that some 300,000 men, women and children have been displaced. I do not ...

Liz McInnes | 650 c61WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that important point, which I think has also been made by several ...

Clive Betts | 650 c62WH (Link to this contribution)

I am sure it will be possible to give the hon. Member who moved the motion a couple of minutes to...

Harriett Baldwin | 650 cc62-3WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Betts. I congratulate the hon....

Jim Shannon | 650 c63WH (Link to this contribution)

May I ask the Minister, as I asked the hon. Member for Dundee West (Chris Law) when I intervened ...

Harriett Baldwin | 650 cc63-4WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that case, which, in relation to the conflict in the north...

Jim Shannon | 650 c64WH (Link to this contribution)

I asked the Minister in my contribution, as have others, whether it is possible to have an indepe...

Harriett Baldwin | 650 c64WH (Link to this contribution)

I welcome the inquiry that the hon. Gentleman’s committee is undertaking, but in terms of an inqu...

Chris Law | 650 c64WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the UK Government for the support they give in Nigeria through DFID. The Minister has lis...

Harriett Baldwin | 650 c65WH (Link to this contribution)

I would like to reassure the hon. Gentleman that, as he will know, the focus on this important ar...

Harriett Baldwin | 650 c65WH (Link to this contribution)

It is almost like a conversation. I give way to the hon. Gentleman once more.

Jim Shannon | 650 c65WH (Link to this contribution)

It is always a pleasure to be in a conversation with the Minister. One of the things that I and o...

Harriett Baldwin | 650 cc65-6WH (Link to this contribution)

We are exploring options for how we could support that dialogue and those peacebuilding efforts. ...

Jim Shannon | 650 c66WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank right hon. and hon. Members for their significant, heartfelt, sincere and conscientious c...

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