Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in the UK aid budget on the UK's humanitarian work overseas.”
Tabled: 14 July 2021Answered: 20 July 2021
Asked by
Kerry McCarthy
Labour — Bristol East
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Darren Jones
To ensure that we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, we have committed £2.65 billion over 2024-25 to 2025-26 to improve flood defences, and we have established a flood resilience taskforce to feed into our decisions on future spending, which will report in due course.