| Heading: |
Development Aid: UK Soft Power Council |
| Question ID: |
1784167 |
| UIN: |
HL5746 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3691 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Roberts of Llandudno
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 5 March (HL5369), what assessment they have made of the potential impact on the UK’s soft power of cutting the aid budget to 0.3 per cent by 2027. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
3972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
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| Answering Member handle: |
JennyChapman
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JennyChapman
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| Answer text: |
The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Detailed decisions on the future allocation of resources will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spendin... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |