Question follow-through · 38518
British International Investment: Borrowing
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consideration he has given to allow British International Investment to borrow from the financial markets to support the expansion of its international development goals
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 14 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 20 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consideration he has given to allow British International Investment to borrow from the financial markets to support the expansion of its international development goals
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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20 Mar 2025
Answer published
In the first two years of British International Investment's (BII) current strategy (2022-2023), BII has invested approximately $3 billion into developing economies and mobilised an additional $2 billion in private capital on top of this. BII is evolving ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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