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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of testimony by Hervé Diakiese Kyungu to a US Congressional hearing on 14 July that 40,000 children, some as young as six years old, are working in mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and what steps they are taking (1) through engagement with technology companies, and (2) via Overseas Development Assistance, to end the practice of child labour. 	HL4243

Question HL4243: tabled on 13 December 2022 and due for answer by 29 December 2022

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Lord Alton of Liverpool to ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of testimony by Hervé Diakiese Kyungu to a US Congressional hearing on 14 July that 40,000 children, some as young as six years old, are working in mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and what steps they are taking (1) through engagement with technology companies, and (2) via Overseas Development Assistance, to end the practice of child labour. 	HL4243
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