Question follow-through · 2211
Development Aid: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of spending on international aid on the effectiveness of his Department's steps to tackle (a) hun
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 29 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 6 Sept 2024 · 39 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of spending on international aid on the effectiveness of his Department's steps to tackle (a) hun
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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6 Sept 2024
Answer published
We are committed to a modernised approach to international development, based on a reconnected Britain, with a strong focus on poverty and hunger. We will reset our relationship with the global South, founded on genuine respect and partnership to support ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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