As the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, and the right reverend Prelate said, we must also look from today's Tsunami Crisis to even more profound problems.

During the Tsunami Crisis earlier this year, some concern was expressed about the service that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office offered to relatives of those involved in the disaster.

Your Lordships' House will recall that in the Tsunami Crisis a similar list of countries pledged support, but subsequently we heard stories in the media that these pledges were not honoured and the money did not come forward.

My Lords, a parallel has repeatedly been drawn with the Tsunami Crisis of a couple of years ago.