Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 57641
Development Aid
Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025
Question
Rachael Maskell
Labour (Co-op) — York Central
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in aid spending on the global influence of (a) China and (b) other countries.
Answer
Stephen DoughtyTo fund a necessary increase in defence spending, the Government has taken the decision in the current fiscal and economic circumstances to reduce our Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget.This was not an ideological decision, but a hardheaded one,...
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