Government Overseas Aid Commitment: Private Investment Debate

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Department: Department for International Development

Government Overseas Aid Commitment: Private Investment

Janet Daby Excerpts
Tuesday 9th October 2018

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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I absolutely can. That is why I am saying to the House, to the City and to our fellow donor nations that we have to start levering in others to help us with this agenda. If we really want to develop the global goals—we have been talking about the billions to trillions agenda for a very long time—we need to start delivering on it. Today, I have set out how we will start to do that.

Janet Daby Portrait Janet Daby (Lewisham East) (Lab)
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What steps is the Secretary of State taking to allow Parliament properly to scrutinise private investments in developing countries to ensure that they have a positive development impact on poorer countries?