Question follow-through · 41090

Development Aid: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35684 on Development Aid: Reviews, whether he has considered including hon. Members in additional consultations.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 25 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 28 Mar 2025
Answer: 1 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35684 on Development Aid: Reviews, whether he has considered including hon. Members in additional consultations.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2025
Answer published
The review recommendations are now being considered as part of the Foreign Secretary's wider work to reform the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Parliamentarians will be included as part of any approach to further consultation.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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