Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the ministerial responsibilities within her Department are of the new joint Department for International Development-Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers.

Mr Stewart and Mr Burt will build on the existing close cooperation between DFID and the FCO to strengthen the coordination of Britain's diplomatic and development work around the world. Individual responsibilities for all of our Ministers are available on our website (Rory Stewart OBE MP and Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP).