International Development Aid

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead Excerpts

Wednesday 19th October 2016 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Mobarik]

I shall write to the noble Lord.

[Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Lab)]

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?

[Baroness Mobarik]

Yes.