Urgent Motion - Pakistan Flooding

Zack Polanski AM proposed, and Sakina Sheikh AM seconded the following motion:

“This Assembly stands united in solidarity with the people of Pakistan who are facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis after weeks of catastrophic and deadly flooding. Our thoughts and sympathies are with the more than 33 million people who have been displaced, with homes and businesses destroyed and many lives lost. We recognise the horror and distress that must be felt by our friends and neighbours in London’s Pakistani communities, who make up nearly 20 per cent of Britain’s Pakistani population.

This Assembly recognises and thanks the Government for the allocation of £16.5 million in aid to address the crisis and believes that more can be done to address the injustice in a country which contributes less than one per cent of global greenhouse gases yet is subject to the most extreme consequences of climate breakdown.

The Assembly calls on the Mayor of London to write separately to the new Prime Minister Liz Truss and the relevant Minister, urging them to take strong action to further support the emergency response through additional short and long-term aid."

Following debate and upon being put to a vote, the motion in the name of Zack Polanski AM was agreed unanimously.