FLOODING IN YEMEN

Early day motion 2356, tabled 28 October 2008 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 31 members.

That this House expresses grave concern over the humanitarian situation in Yemen in the wake of severe flooding in the south of the country, claiming 90 lives and displacing 20,000 people; notes the concerns of the UN World Food Programme over difficulties to get relief to remote regions because of the destruction of roads due to the flooding; and calls on the Government urgently to supply more aid to the region to help prevent further loss of life.

Signatures by party: Labour 19, Liberal Democrat 4, Conservative 2, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1, UKIP 1.