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International Development Aid

Debate between Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead and Baroness Mobarik
Wednesday 19th October 2016

(8 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Mobarik Portrait Baroness Mobarik
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I shall write to the noble Lord.

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Portrait Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Lab)
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My Lords, is the Minister aware that DfID’s Secretary of State has advocated the abolition of that very department, given what she calls the waste of development funds, and that by 2020 she will accept a 44% increase in the proportion of development assistance spent by departments other than DfID? Does the Minister think that such a Secretary of State has the personal and political commitment necessary to properly decide development priorities?

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