In the Lords

My Lords, the Government agree with the premise of the question from the noble Baroness but take issue with the last bit on abandonment b

My Lords, the UK’s international development strategy has British expertise at its core.

I will have to refer the noble Baroness to a previous answer. I cannot comment on funding commitments for specific programmes.

The right reverend Prelate makes an extremely good point.

My Lords, the UK’s international development strategy has British expertise at its core.

My Lords, the Government agree with the premise of the question from the noble Baroness but take issue with the last bit on abandonment b

My Lords, the importance of volunteering is embedded and well understood in the FCDO.

I thank my noble friend for her persistence on this issue generally.

My Lords, I have to be honest that I do not know a huge amount about this scheme; it has been raised in previous debates on this issue, b

My noble friend makes a very good point and I am not going to argue with him.