Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
"That is a point with which I have much sympathy, and which Committee members discussed with the Commission when we were there last December. The Commission is aware of that. Norway has Ministers of its Government in Brussels to discuss such things week in, week out. The EU and, as …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
"I am going to make some progress, if I may.
I suggest that we have to be the party of the rule of law, or we are nothing. It is sad that we have to be reminded of that. This a power grab, with all these Henry VIII clauses. If …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
"My hon. Friend was obviously not listening, because I made it very clear at the start that the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom is not touched by the protocol. The constitutional integrity of Northern Ireland within our United Kingdom is contained within the clauses of the Good Friday agreement—that …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
"I will not, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind, because of the time.
Anybody who thinks that this is, in some way, a back door to a speeding up of the reunification of Ireland is fundamentally wrong...."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
"I will not, but I know the hon. Gentleman will understand why.
The argument of necessity is clearly not made. The Prime Minister himself wants to see this done by negotiation, and I agree with him. There is the option to trigger article 16 if the Government think that that …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
"The right hon. Gentleman has not said anything up to now that is any way factually challengeable. On the presumption that the Bill secures its Second Reading this evening and begins its parliamentary progress, in the interest of serving those people in Northern Ireland who look to the Executive and …..."Simon Hoare - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 May 2022
Northern Ireland Protocol
"Thank you, Mr Speaker.
“The first duty of Government is to uphold the law. If it tries to bob and weave and duck around that duty when it’s inconvenient, if government does that, then so will the governed, and then nothing is safe—not home, not liberty, not life itself.”
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Written Question
Friday 25th March 2022
Asked by:
Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset)
Question
to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much overseas aid her Department has allocated to (a) India and (b) Pakistan in each year between 2015 and year end 2022; and what amount will be allocated to (a) India and (b) Pakistan over the next five years.
Answered by Vicky Ford
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) brought together the Department for International Development (DFID) and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on 2 September 2020. As the principal distributor of Official Development Assistance (ODA), these figures represent DFID expenditure until 2019, after which they represent FCDO expenditure.
Year | Department | ODA to India | ODA to Pakistan |
2015 | DFID | £150.391m | £351.379m |
2016 | DFID | £54.209m | £423.927m |
2017 | DFID | £47.691m | £366.579m |
2018 | DFID | £40.345m | £291.457m |
2019 | DFID | £15.417m | £259.770m |
2020 | FCDO | £49.097m | £179.059m |
Since 2015, the UK has given no financial aid to the Government of India. Instead, our development partnership with India is based on sharing skills, expertise, and development capital investments that help the poor and generate returns on our investment; our work reduces poverty, tackles climate change, and creates new partners and markets for the UK. To date £80.2 million of our ODA investment has been returned to HMG.
Between 2014 and 2019 Pakistan was the single largest recipient of bilateral UK aid. There has since been a downward trend in ODA funding to Pakistan from the high point of 2016 to reflect Pakistan's lower middle-income status.
FCDO will publish further details on our ODA spending in 2021 when this spending is finalised and will publish annual ODA spending statistics as these are finalised over the next five years. We are unable to provide projected future ODA allocations.