Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the UN General Assembly’s plan to offer increased support for Least Developed Countries ahead of the 5th UN Conference on least developing countries taking place in March 2023.

The UK is committed to supporting Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and delivering for our partners at the fifth UN Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCV). Our International Development Strategy sets out our approach to channel the majority of our Official Development Assistance (ODA) towards low-income countries where there is a clear commitment to progress. It also states that we will continue to support the global goal of providing at least 0.2% of our Gross National Income to Least Developed Countries. We continue to assess our overall offer to LDCs, which includes the provision of ODA, to develop a better, deeper, offer, from expertise to finance and trade.