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Speaker’s Statement
Wednesday 23rd May 2012

(12 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. Let us have a bit of order for Mr Bob Blackman.

Bob Blackman Portrait Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
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T7. I warmly welcome the dramatic increase in aid to our Commonwealth partners, including the funding for the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. Will my right hon. Friend inform the House of the type of projects we are funding that are much-needed by our Commonwealth allies?

Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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The whole House will be grateful to Sir John Major for chairing the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust. The British Government have put in £50 million to the match fund for these projects. Under the previous Government, support for the Commonwealth declined from some 45% of our development budget to 35%, whereas under this Government, over five years, it will increase to 55%.

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