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Written Question
Developing Countries: Corruption
Wednesday 29th June 2016

Asked by: Maggie Throup (Conservative - Erewash)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the outcomes of the Anti-Corruption Summit in May 2016 on developing countries.

Answered by Desmond Swayne

The commitments agreed at the London Summit could potentially achieve major benefits for developing countries including preventing their resources from being stolen and hidden abroad; ensuring international systems recover these funds whilst punishing perpetrators; and helping citizens have greater opportunities to seek justice against corruption.