Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the international impact of the Government's reduction of the Official Development Assistance budget.

The seismic impact of the pandemic on the UK economy has forced us to take tough but necessary decisions and we have concluded after extensive consideration, and with regret, that we cannot for the moment meet our target of spending 0.7% of Gross National Income on ODA. We remain a world leading aid donor spending 0.5% of GNI to fight poverty, tackle climate change and improve global health. We are holding the G7 presidency and hosting COP26 in 2021, it is a unique opportunity to galvanise international action, lead and shape the direction of international development.