Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government plans to contribute towards and participate in the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations programme after the UK leaves the EU.

There will be no decisions on the future distribution of UK aid and future UK/EU policy until the Government’s negotiations on exiting the EU have concluded. On 12 September the Government published a Future Partnership Paper setting out how we might work with the EU on security, foreign policy and development after we have left the EU. We look forward to discussing our future partnership when the European Council is ready.