Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government's proposed reduction to the amount of overseas development aid channelled through multilateral organisations on outcomes in the efforts to eradicate global TB.

The UK is and will continue to be a leading donor on TB, in particular through our support to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and our ongoing research partnerships in TB, such as the LIGHT consortium led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the TB Alliance and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics. The Global Fund provides 77% of all international financing for TB and the UK is the second largest donor to the Global Fund's 6th replenishment. We will continue to make financial and leadership contributions to the Global Fund's 7th replenishment in the Autumn.