Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of contributing to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

The Global Fund is a high-performing organisation that, with partners, has saved 50 million lives to date. The Global Fund has contributed to a reduction in the mortality of AIDS, TB and malaria by over half since 2002 and plays a key role in ending the preventable deaths of the three diseases.

The UK is a co-founder of the Global Fund and its third-largest donor historically, investing over £4.4 billion to date. At the seventh replenishment pledging conference, the UK committed to remain a strong supporter of the Global Fund and to announce our pledge in the coming weeks.