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World Bank: Finance

Commons · Question 69323 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Sep 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the speech by the Minister of State for International Development at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville on 2 July,

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 3 Sep 2025

The UK government supports a capital increase for the World Bank's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development subject to reforms in three areas. Firstly, implementation of reforms aimed at boosting lending from the Bank's existing resources. Se...