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Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 July 2025

Debate

Tackling Unsustainable Debt

Contribution

My Lords, further to my noble friend’s question on the scale of the debt servicing costs as related to health and education costs, we know from Center for Global Development information that, as a result of western countries cutting development partnership support—the UK is cutting this by up to 40%—many of the least developed nations are borrowing more to fill the gap for the very programmes we are cutting. What assessment are His Majesty’s Government making of the countries for which we have cut development partnership support, which are borrowing more to fill the gap that we have created?

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