Development Aid: Women
Commons · Question 64541 · Tabled 2 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed reductions to Official Development Assistance on women and girls’ reproductive (a) health and (b)
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 16 Jul 2025
The UK is committed to promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), recognising that health and rights are co-dependent and mutually reinforcing. Official Development Assistance (ODA) is one of multiple levers to achieve this. We will conti...