Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the reduction of the UK's pledge to the Global Fund, what other means the UK Government has to continue supporting global health security and fighting malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS.

Tackling these diseases remains a priority for the UK Government - as evidenced by our significant £1 billion pledge at a time of challenging global fiscal conditions. The International Development Strategy (IDS) highlights how global health and global health security is a top UK priority; key for economic prosperity and global stability. Combatting these diseases supports the UK's commitment to end the preventable deaths of mothers, new-borns and children, and our priority to strengthen country health systems. We have invested around £400 million in Product Development Partnerships, and our commitments to Unitaid, Child Health Advocacy Initiative (CHAI) and MedAccess support access to innovations aimed at ending the three epidemics.