Hilary Benn
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"Hilary James Wedgwood Benn" is a British people/British Labour Party (UK)/Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)/Leeds Central since Leeds Central by-election, 1999/1999. He served in the Cabinet (UK)/Cabinet as the Secretary of State for International Development from 2003 to 2007 and as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2007 to 2010. Currently, Benn is the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.

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It is a very, very important deal. But there are other countries represented on the World Bank board in particular and they need to support it too.

We have a long way yet to go and we need to keep up the pressure if we are going to vanquish these terrible diseases.

It is doing its work and those who are committing these crimes will in the end be brought to account.

These deaths are largely avoidable and preventable.

And as we respond to the requests for help then the sum that we commit will rise.

He's committed and determined.

Delays in getting aid to those who need it cost lives. That is why we need to ensure we have the means to deliver it straight away and why we need this emergency fund.

The government of Sudan has should be under no doubt whatsoever - we (the international community) are serious about our commitment to support the International Criminal Court.

We now need to turn commitments into resources that Africa can rely on.