Debates between Ruth Cadbury and James Duddridge during the 2019 Parliament

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Debate between Ruth Cadbury and James Duddridge
Tuesday 30th June 2020

(3 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ruth Cadbury Portrait Ruth Cadbury
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Those with long memories will remember the Pergau dam scandal of the 1990s, where the High Court found that the Government had unlawfully provided aid in exchange for a lucrative arms contract. That was one reason why the Labour Government made the Department for International Development a separate and independent Department from the Foreign Office. What steps will the Government be taking to ensure that we do not see a repeat of the Pergau dam scandal in the future?

James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge
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We do not need a separate Department to learn lessons from the past, but that type of transaction would be wholly inappropriate and would not happen under this ministerial team.

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