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Written question asked by Lord Rana (Crossbench) on Monday, 14 December 2015, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 December 2015. It was answered by Baroness Verma (Conservative) on Monday, 21 December 2015 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


India: Overseas Aid

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the humanitarian impact of cutting aid to India from 2016.

Answer

We selected this three year transition period specifically so that we could responsibly fulfil commitments to existing financial aid projects and ensure government partners were able to build the capacity needed to meet development needs after our support ends.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4555
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Development aid India
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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