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Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations he has received on the risk ofdependency resulting from recent increases in funding to developing countries to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic. [145436]Mr. Gareth Thomas: I have received no representations on this matter. However, all DFID programmes, including those aimed at helpingto combat the scourge of HIV/AIDS, seek to achieve long term sustainability rather than build dependency. The UK's Call for Actionon HIV/AIDS, launched on 1 December last year, has at its core an objective for each country to have one national HIV/AIDS Strategy,one national AIDS Commission and one way to monitor and report progress --rather than having parallel, and less sustainable, systemsand structures driven by the needs of donors. |