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David Evennett

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Wednesday 10th October 2018

(5 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. There is far too much noise in the Chamber, with a lot of very loud private conversations. Can we have a bit of hush for a south-east London knight? I call Sir David Evennett.

David Evennett Portrait Sir David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con)
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T5. Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was pleased to read that my right hon. Friend had introduced a new test for UK aid—no longer just proving that UK aid is spent well, but that it could not be spent any better. Can she inform the House when that test will be implemented?

Penny Mordaunt Portrait Penny Mordaunt
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My right hon. Friend is absolutely right that we are not just ensuring that the aid we provide is as effective as possible; we are introducing new tests to ensure that we are doing things that are also in the national interest. The chief economist has placed that in our aid allocation formula and we are also looking at ways of improving that.

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