Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 16 September 2020, HC 744, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Development Act 2002.

As the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary have said, the UK is committed to maintaining the 0.7 per cent of national income spend on development assistance. This commitment is enshrined in law and there are no plans to change this.