As I have said in this House on several occasions, the primary focus of our aid programme remains on sub-Saharan Africa, where the greatest numbers of poor countries in the world are located. This focus will not change. I assure Members that the emergency humanitarian budget, which currently stands at €23 million, is by its very nature designed to be flexible. It is not allocated in advance to any particular region or emergency but is available to save lives and livelihoods in whatever region of the world there is greatest need. Our pledge of funding to Iraq has not shifted resources earmarked for major emergencies elsewhere. I have sufficient funding under the programme as a whole to deal with the full range of humanitarian needs and also to tackle the longer-term or development challenges in Africa and elsewhere. I wish to underline that in this important debate.