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Lord Grayling (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 14 January 2025

Debate

Sub-Saharan Africa: Diplomatic Relationships

Contribution

My Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee of the African Wildlife Foundation. I ask the Minister to look carefully at how we spend our aid money. So much of it goes through international or regional bodies and, often, when the money gets to practical solutions on the ground, the UK is not visible as a donor. That weakens our soft power, so can the Minister look at the different ways in which we spend aid money to make sure that our soft power really is visible on the ground?

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