In the Lords

The Foreign Secretary confirmed recently that the FCDO will spend £745 million on bilateral women and girls programmes this financial year.

My Lords, the FCDO’s annual report and accounts will be laid in Parliament before the Summer Recess and will include details of the FCDO’s O

All the allocations will be published in due course, but I can tell the noble Lord that a very large percentage of Commonwealth members are

It is worth saying that the UK remains one of the largest donors globally.

My noble friend makes an important point. As he says, the majority of overseas territories do not qualify for ODA.

My Lords, the Government published their UK strategy for international development on 16 May this year.

The Government is committed to ensuring that noise is managed effectively to promote good health and minimise disruption to people’s quality

Latest published figures (which go up to the year 2020) show that air pollution has reduced significantly across the UK since 2010.

We welcome this report and its recognition that the underlying drivers of violence in Nigeria's Middle Belt are complex.

Approximately 480,000 people in Ethiopia and Somalia are now experiencing famine-like conditions. The situation is extremely grave.