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Sarah Champion

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Tuesday 20th January 2026

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Commons Chamber
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I call the Chair of the International Development Committee.

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Given the scale of the planned FCDO budget reductions and significant staffing cuts, what assessment has been made of which policy areas will be deprioritised as a result of those measures? What redundancy mitigation steps are being taken in line with the 2016 civil service protocols and how those changes are expected to impact both UK personnel serving overseas and country-based staff?

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