Successive Governments can be proud of the role played by DFID in improving lives and the economies of some of the world’s poorest countries but, in light of much of the public debate on international development spending, much of what my hon. Friend says on parliamentary scrutiny is correct in principle. Does he agree that that is absolutely essential for maintaining and building public confidence in international development spending?
Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Wes Streeting
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 January 2017.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill.
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