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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
Economic and Diplomatic Relations: Africa - 4 December 2018 (Commons/Commons Chamber)

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Con
Jeremy Lefroy
Stafford
24. What progress the Government have made on strengthening economic and diplomatic relations with countries in Africa since the Prime Minister’s visit to that continent in August 2018.
  12:24:58
Harriett Baldwin
The Minister for Africa
Mr Speaker, congratulations on getting through the whole Order Paper.

We are opening posts in Chad, Niger, Eswatini, Lesotho and Djibouti and increasing the number of staff working on Africa by up to one third.
  12:25:25
Jeremy Lefroy
With the African Union developing a continental free trade area, what additional resources are the Government putting into Addis Ababa to deal with the increasing opportunities for working with the African Union?
Harriett Baldwin
My hon. Friend is right to highlight the importance of the African Union and its work in Addis Ababa. In the years to come, we will increase the number of posts working with the African Union by, I think, 12.

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