MPs quiz Development Minister on aid’s value for money and displaced people inquiries
Ahead of the Spending Review and amid sharp aid cuts, how will the UK Government ensure its development spending delivers value for money, and how is it approaching the long-term needs of people displaced from their homes?
MPs will ask Development Minister Baroness Chapman to set out the Government’s position on these issues as she gives evidence to the International Development Committee on Tuesday 3 June.
Defending the Government’s decision to cut aid to 0.3% of gross national income (GNI) the Minister previously told the Committee that the days of “viewing the UK Government as a global charity are over”, and said the UK would focus on “partnering, not paternalism,” helping other countries to build their own capacity for development.
Meeting details
MPs will likely ask the Minister how she and her department would define value for money in aid, what role philanthropic organisations and the private sector will play in development, and whether these partnerships can deliver the same value for money as direct UK aid spending.
Meanwhile, with global displacement at its highest level in the modern era, MPs are likely to ask whether the Minister’s department has an overarching strategy to prevent and respond to displacement, and whether tackling displacement is a high personal priority for the Minister.
Ahead of the Spending Review, they are also likely to ask whether the Government will maintain funding for refugee host countries.