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	answering dept sort name	International Development
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the UK has committed £205 million to contain, combat and ultimately defeat the disease in Sierra Leone. UK support will include the construction of six Ebola treatment centres across the country, providing 700 beds to treat 8,800 patients over the next six months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In support of this effort, the UK has deployed 750 military personnel to Sierra Leone. This will support the deployment of RFA Argus and three Merlin helicopters which will provide crucial transport support to medical teams and aid experts. It also includes military personnel to staff a WHO Ebola Training Facility training healthcare workers, logisticians and hygiene specialists; and support to a UK joint civilian-military command and control hub, which will provide the backbone of infrastructure, commodities, training and management needed to scale up the response in Sierra Leone.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

100006

	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has raised the reports of Syrian refugees stranded at their border with the Jordanian authorities. While we respect the rights of the Jordanians to control their border and protect entry against extremists and terrorists, we have stressed the humanitarian imperative that vulnerable people are protected and given refuge.</p>
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

100007

	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), asked that the Egyptian government address the large number of people being held in detention during his meeting with President Al-Sisi at the UN General Assembly in New York on 23 September. John Casson, our Ambassador in Cairo, discussed the recent university protests with Ahmed el-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, on 14 October. The UK believes that freedom of expression, including the right to protest peacefully, is important in any democracy.</p>
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton