that's great but i want to know why priti patel didn't say anything.there on priti patel but the other thing is the problem is these charities possibly losing a lot of their funding, that's the big concern for the next few days. yesterday when the times broke this story about the haitian incidents, i read the comments underneath the story, sometimes those comments are meaningless but other times they say something about the public mood and people were horrified wondering where their money was being used, their contributions and taxpayer funded donations were going because we contribute in various different ways. this is a discussion in the sense of what these charities need to do is get this cleaned up, that's the first order of business, we need to regulate and clean things up. to wrap this up, some of the people have been saying that the safeguarding measures that are in place are the ones that will decide who continues with their funding and lots of people are saying if you don't co—operate, you will lose your money, and this is charity wide, not ju

priti patel is the united kingdom.ecuting people. if oxfam or any other charity fails to demonstrate that it has the most robust vetting procedures in place, be that a passport system and so forth, showed that the charity was government funding? yes, it should. the vast majority of aid workers around the world a re majority of aid workers around the world are very good, a lot of good work is done in that world. you cannot cut aid, you have to fix it. if there is a charity which as you said, they do not have the most robust procedures, absolutely cut funding to that individual charity. but they must begin the chance to show they are collecting things? absolutely but very quickly. when you have a scandal like this with 0xfam, they were of moderate —— moral leadership as penny mordaunt said. they are not showing they understand what went wrong here. prostitution is illegal in haiti. they should take it to the police. what about the moral side? you are being sent there to help the most vulnerable people in the world and yo

and to point out, the dev patel —— priti patel as written in the telegraph saying that when she raisedrtment it was only a problem with un peacekeepers which is subsequently shown to be incorrect. she was rebuffed having raised this and it shows us about what you might call the international development culture. they can't be aid workers, but is not possible thing they do. the attitudes that pervade the charities also seem to pervade the government department responsible for administering the way in which uk aid is distributed and i find it concerning. it is an uncomfortable thing to have to accept. what i find particularly sad about this, i studied for my ethics degree under investor peter singer who is a right activist and has dedicated almost five decades to read disputing wealth amongst the poorest people from the richest —— redistributing. he said that if you're not sure what to do with your hard earned cash, one place to put it where it is safe is oxfam, he has been saying that for years. the idea that somebody who i studied with all of that work and belief, that we can feel safe

and finally, if you will give me ten seconds, people like priti patel need to get off their high horse conduct. the her to go round and start beating the aid agency at a time when they need support, very often, to get these things right, is not right. there are tory mps who are suspended at the moment because of sexual misconduct. she not out there saying that the tory party needs to have its money taken away. these are very, very difficult issues that we are tackling. we in britain had problems in rather and other parts of the country with sexual expedition of young women, so it happens in countries even when there is a functional police force, a school system that can care for young people, a social services service that can care for young people, so you can imagine how difficult it is to get these things right inhumanity variant crisis areas, but that means that the onus to get it right is even higher. we can do it, we must do it, and the british forces need to play a big role, the un need to play a much much bigger role, and part of the year two. i know that priti patel would conte

what fascinates me, priti patel was the former international development secretary, warned that predatoryes have been allowed to exploit the aid sector. did she just find this out, or did she know when she was in charge of this sector? we have jumped onto the times newspaper. it is the same story. but it is talking about, almost a crisis in the charity. almost endemic in the charity sector. if we have someone the charity sector. if we have someone in charge, the implication is she is telling us something either she has told others and it did not get through, or she is now saying something about it. this is a catastrophic situation. it has to be dealt with. we should not think it is new because it is not new. what does it do to your thoughts when you think of charities? would you think twice now? a lot of people will feel dismayed and feeding their contributions and taxpayer money is going to organisations that are not run ina going to organisations that are not run in a properly regulated and responsible way. we expect high standards of them than the ordinary organisation, to be exemplary

priti patel brought it up and was dismissed. developer and secretary says she raised concerns about sexual exportation to do with peacekeepers, but not charity workers. it comes back to culture, as i said. there is something to reflect on. we have heard nothing from the alleged victims. this is western people talking to western people about a western scandal. i had some journalists will go to these countries and speak to them. it shows the way these people are viewed and objectified as victims by the western gaze. it is very paternalistic. charities absolute you rely on local workers to engage with local people. they are the people who know what is really needed. there is still a level above that which is driving around in 4x4s and staying in hotels, which we do not hear much about. the question is how do you make sure the rights of these people in developing countries, that you are sure you we re countries, that you are sure you were helping them in the best way possible, and the only way to do thatis possible, and the only way

priti patel saying she was made aware of problems during her time as international development secretary agencies have a chequered history when it comes to some individuals carrying out abuse. we called on them to change their practices, mandatory reporting, independent whistle—blowing, we called for the establishment of databases and this corrosive culture of the revolving door, where people go from one organisation to another to perpetrate abuse. you can see why the government want to act quickly on this. the public needs reassurances that foreign aid money is going to be spent properly, that this will absolutely lead to questions, if there was a wider problem for some time, why is it only now that the government is getting to grips with it? thank you very much. these allegations about 0xfam aid workers in haiti after the devastating earthquake, how worried are you buy those allegations and 0xfam's response to them? are you buy those allegations and oxfam's response to them? worried would not be the right word in terms of responding to the allegations. i am not surprised that incidents

problems he was aware of with you when international peacekeeping soldiers, and we have heard from priti patelll, saying this was a matter raised with her. she says aid agencies have a chequered history when it comes to some of the individuals carrying out abuse. we called on them to change their practices, mandatory reporting, independent whistle—blowing, we called for the establishment of databases called for the establishment of data bases and called for the establishment of databases and this corrosive culture of the revolving door, where people go from one organisation to another to perpetrate abuse. so what we are seeing is the government taking very swift action because donors need to be reassured that money is being spent wisely and the government knows very well that a scandal like this has great potential to undermine public confidence in the foreign aid budget. thank you very much. the foreign secretary borisjohnson has met the leader of myanmar aung san suu kyi for talks. nearly 700,000 rohingya muslim refugees have crossed the border into neighbouring bangladesh, after a crackdown

the uk government is reconsidering whether it will give its £32 million a year to oxfam, priti patelr, implementing the highest standards of child protection, investigating all allegations and securing prosecutions of those responsible and if they don't make the grade, they shouldn't get the aid. right. i think it is important to recognise that a lot has been done. this has come to light several times over the past ten years and a lot has been done. there are policies and procedures and guidelines in place, there's code of conducts. but both in terms of whistleblowing and safeguarding both staff and beneficiaries. but i think this knee—jerk reaction, that this media coverage and maybe some donor responses as well, give the public, in terms of undermining the confidence in humanitarian assistance work — which is critical for many, many people around the world — is unfortunate and i think we need to be ensured that our action is actually motivated by a real, kind of, emphasis on change and change that is needed. are you implying to me that you believe some people might be playing polit

people like priti patel, the former international develin secretary, saying there is a culture of denialector about exploitation. others say that haiti was exceptional, it is wrong to tie the whole industry. the problem is this, aid workers operate in extreme circumstances and the chain of command get very stretched. temporary workers, local hires, short—term contract and you have primarily men with very large wallets a nd primarily men with very large wallets and a lot of influence. in that environment the abuse is taking place. penny mordaunt, the international develop the secretary wa nts to international develop the secretary wants to deal with this when she falls in the oxfam senior managers, to say look, what are you doing about accountability, safeguards, vetting, to make sure this doesn't happen again? the reason penny mordaunt is threatening to withdraw funding not just from mordaunt is threatening to withdraw funding notjust from oxfam but all charities that receive taxpayers money is because this has reopened a political debate about britain's £13 billion aid budget. to sun, a

there are also questions for civil servants here, after another former secretary of state, priti patelggested they dismissed her effo rts patel suggested they dismissed her efforts to question how wide a problem sexual abuse and predatory behaviour is in the charity sector. haiti save the children has vomited it had 31 claims of sexual harassment last year but if says eve ryo ne harassment last year but if says everyone must do more.” harassment last year but if says everyone must do more. i will not sit here pretending you can wave a magic wand and eliminate all risk tomorrow. i can assure the british public and the british public and the people who are ultimately responsible for... these vulnerable women and children, that we will give this our best shot. oxfam says it has now put new safeguarding measures in place including tougher vetting of staff. 0ther charities are calling for a new sector wide passport that workers can take from agency to agency to verify they are suitable and saved to be trusted helping those most in need. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. ja

charities if they do not undertake to nominate their staff to the police if they are accused of priti pateln to the un, asking for a new protocol, that whenever there is an accusation against a uk national tour uk staff are, the uk prosecuting authorities and the un should do is a joint investigation, it is that oxfam has done an internal investigation first, and i think whenever there is an accusation, especially for child sex crime, the british authorities need to be brought in right away, because people are breaking uk laws. if a charity not undertake to immediately inform the british prosecuting authorities, you cut the funding to that charity, but you are right, don't risk that absolutely important humanitarian development aid that needs to go around the world, don't tar every aid worker with the brush, but here's the thing, it isn't the individual rapist that is really evil, the real evil is the administrators, the ceos and trustees who, for two to three decades, have been turning a blind eye to this issue on this issue goes back to the 1990s, kofi annan mentioned it in his book, ban

she said it over the last week and to be fair, priti patel before her tried but often people did notetting to grips with the problem 110w. getting to grips with the problem now. where does that leave the current leadership of oxfam? in my view, i would suggest that the leadership really are no longerfit for purpose and have not been for some time. we, as the committee, did not call for his head but i do not believe he should remain. he could believe he should remain. he could be staying there until they think they are sorted it out and someone else could take it on but he is not sorting it out. he could not give concrete exa m ples sorting it out. he could not give concrete examples of what they were going to do to get it right in oxfam. they have pudsey fitted around it, they said sorry lots of times which is great but it does not change things. you are failing to mr goldring? yes, i am talking about the head of oxfam. what is your impression of the evidence, he apologised whole heartedly for giving the impression he was downplaying the seriousness of what happened? i was not convin

there are also questions for civil servants here, after another former secretary of state, priti patel efforts to question how wide a problem sexual abuse and predatory behaviour is in the charity sector. save the children has volunteered it had 3! claims of sexual harassment last year but if says everyone must do more. i will not sit here pretending you i can wave a magic wand and eliminate all risk tomorrow. but what i can do is assure the british public the people who are ultimately responsible for... these vulnerable women and children, that we will give this our best shot. oxfam says it has now put new safeguarding measures in place including tougher vetting of staff. other charities are calling for a new sector—wide passport that workers can take from agency to agency to verify they are suitable and saved to be trusted helping those most in need. matt cole, bbc news. well, our correspondent will grant is in haiti, where he says it's clear aid agencies will need to work hard, to rebuild trust within the country. by and large the reaction in haiti to the oxfam scandal has been twof

there are also questions for civil servants here after another former secretary of state, priti patelmissed her efforts to question the wider problem of sexual abuse and predatory behaviour in the charity sector. see the children has volunteered that it tackled 31 claims of sexual harassment last year, but it says everyone must do more. i'm not going to sit here and pretend to you that i can wave a magic wand and eliminate all risk tomorrow, but what i can do is to assure the british public and the british government and the people who were ultimately responsible for, the abuse of these vulnerable women and children, we will give this our best shot. the situation is clearly not a one—off. 1000 incidents have been reported to it from across the sector. oxfam says it has strengthened its safeguarding measures, but it is understood that the secretary of state is now considering what further steps need to be taken in an effort to enforce a zero tolerance approach. 0ur correspondent will grant is in haiti, where he says it's clear that aid agencies will need to work hard to rebuild trust w

and actually priti patel before her had tried to do this.how any remorgues or said sorry to anyone. i will leave it to the rest of the quys will leave it to the rest of the guys because those guys up there will speak to you, i am proud i did speak out. and if i hadn't have done we won't be stood here today. i am just proud i did it. thank you any way. that was andy woodward, one of the first you may remember to go on the victoria derbyshire programme, to, to tell what had happened to him and starting that whole process, which ended today in liverpool crown court with a sentence of 31 years for barry bennell for various sexual assault charges. if anything happens we will take you back there. let us move on to the united states. stu d e nts students survivors announced plans for a national march on washington to urge congress to take action on gun control. pupils led protests over the weekend where survivor emma gonzalez singled out the president. there has been one tweet i would like to call attention to. so many signs that the florida shoote

you have ritik patel saying there is a culture of denial in the aid sector about this. —— priti.aying haiti was exceptional and you do not want to tar the whole industry. aid operators work in extreme circumstances. it is stressful. you have temporary workers, short—term hires, and primarily men with large wallets and huge influence. that is the environment this abuse has taken place. the sunday times reported today that around 120 aid workers working for different organisations, notjust oxfam, have been accused over the last year of a range of offences. andrew macleod is a visiting professor at king's college london and currently works for the charity hear their cries which fights sexual exploitation. he was asked if that was an accurate figure. no, it is merely the tip of the iceberg. we estimate 60,000 in the un peacekeeping alone. if you want to see that, go to www. heartheircries. org. to see that, go to www.heartheircries.org. i was in aid worker and know the industry well. you have many white men with power and wealth going to underprivileged countries where the rule of la