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Wendy Morton Excerpts
Wednesday 14th September 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Wendy Morton Portrait Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con)
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I welcome the new Secretary of State and her Ministers to their new roles. As a member of the International Development Committee, I look forward to seeing them in that Committee. Can she reassure me that the non-DFID ODA will continue to see the same amount of scrutiny as the DFID ODA?

Priti Patel Portrait Priti Patel
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I thank my hon. Friend. She is absolutely right. We have the watchdog, the Independent Commission for Aid Impact. As the lead Government Department, leading on overspend, we ensure that the money going across Government Departments through this cross-government strategy is spent on the right priorities. It will be spent in the right way.