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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Nov 2017
Brexit: Financial Settlement

"My Lords, we are back to the question of finance. Can the Minister confirm that over the past 40 years, we have been huge net contributors to EU funds? Can he also confirm that we are currently being asked to pay large sums of money to depart the EU? I …..."
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Written Question
Overseas Aid
Tuesday 27th October 2015

Asked by: Lord Grocott (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the United Kingdom's overseas development budget is distributed via the European Union; and what amount that represents.

Answered by Baroness Verma

The latest Statistics on International Development (published in 2014) show that in 2013, UK ODA attributed from the Development Share of the EU Budget was £813 million, and ODA contributions to the off-budget European Development Fund were £407 million. Combined this is around 11% of UK ODA.


Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 24 Jul 2014
Israel and Palestine: Humanitarian Aid

"My Lords—..."
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