Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what step she is taking to support an agreement with the EU on overseas development assistance and international action as set out in the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

The White Paper on our Future Relationship with the EU proposes a cooperative accord between the UK and the EU covering development assistance and international action. The UK remains open to pooling resources with the EU and drawing on our collective expertise to maximise combined development impact in areas of our mutual interest. Precisely how this relationship will work is to be determined in the negotiations.