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Implications for development should Scotland becomes an independent country

Inquiry

The International Development Committee launched an inquiry into the implications for Development in the event of Scotland becoming an independent country. The Committee holds that there are implications for poor people and poor countries. The present devolved Scottish administration currently runs a small International Development Fund of its own, but it is not known how this would develop in the event of Scotland becoming an independent country.

The International Development Committee's concluding Report warned that an independent Scotland would no longer be able to make a 'transformational' contribution to international development.

Work news

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Independent Scotland: implications for development: Government responds
25 February 2014
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Independence would shrink Scotland's role in transformational development work
19 December 2013
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MPs to publish Report on Scotland and development
12 December 2013
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Secretary of State questioned on Scotland
8 November 2013
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Implications for development in event of Scottish independence: evidence session
23 October 2013
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Contact us

  • Email: indcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 1223 (general enquiries) |0207 219 8969 (media enquiries)
  • Address: International Development Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA