Jim Cunningham
Main Page: Jim Cunningham (Labour - Coventry South)UK Anti-corruption Plan
Jim Cunningham Excerpts(9 years, 4 months ago)
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Matthew Hancock
We are working very closely with the overseas territories. Progress has been made. There is recognition among them that they need to act and conversations with them are ongoing.
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab)
The Minister will know that when agencies are brought together to create one agency, that can sometimes create a form of rationalisation. Does he anticipate a reduction in the resources needed to make the new agency work?
Matthew Hancock
As I have said, we are looking at how the budget of the Department for International Development, through its designated funding, can support this work, because we are very clear that there is further work to do both internationally and domestically.