Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the Government plans to safeguard and prioritise the UK international development sector in the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.

The Government remains committed to spending 0.7% of our Gross National Income on development assistance, and to achieving the UN’s Global Goals and ending extreme poverty by 2030. Once we have left the EU, control over how this money is spent will reside with the UK’s Government and Parliament. We are in dialogue with our partners in the UK international development sector as we negotiate our exit from the EU.