Question follow-through · 26954
USA: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the pause in spending on (a) overseas development assistance and (b) humanitarian aid.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the pause in spending on (a) overseas development assistance and (b) humanitarian aid.
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Foreign Secretary had a call with his recently appointed US counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on 27 January. The readout is available here: [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/readout-foreign-secretary-meeting-with-us-secretary-of-state].
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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