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Development Aid

Commons · Question 49417 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 12 May 2025

Question

Asked by Preet Kaur Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of funding available to support cooperative models in international development programmes.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 12 May 2025

The Government recognises the important contribution cooperatives have made in serving local communities around the world. Cooperatives are a tried-and-tested model in international development, that can enable citizens and producers to access services or...